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Alex C:
Prestige classes have essentially been replaced by Paragon Paths. They don't change your role or revolutionize your character's class like PrCs can, rather they make you a "Paragon" of a certain aspect of the class (or in some cases, class-race combination). They're quite useful but in no way do they really greatly change your role (which I like). For example, a Fighter can take the "Iron Vanguard" path, which gives you some additional tricks to reposition your enemies by knocking them around and some increased endurance abilities; essentially, it's the ideal of a heavy infantryman taken to the logical extreme. Likewise Kensei also made it in, and it just lets you plain lay into people with any weapon you've attuned to recently; it doesn't let you control the battle field like a Vanguard can, but on the upside, you can hit stupidly hard. They provided barely any fluff for Paragons in the core book, but frankly, when it comes to character development, I prefer to fill in the blanks myself anyway.
TheViscount:
--- Quote from: Alex C on 16 Feb 2009, 00:11 ---Prestige classes have essentially been replaced by Paragon Paths. They don't change your role or revolutionize your character's class like PrCs can, rather they make you a "Paragon" of a certain aspect of the class (or in some cases, class-race combination). They're quite useful but in no way do they really greatly change your role (which I like). For example, a Fighter can take the "Iron Vanguard" path, which gives you some additional tricks to reposition your enemies by knocking them around and some increased endurance abilities; essentially, it's the ideal of a heavy infantryman taken to the logical extreme. Likewise Kensei also made it in, and it just lets you plain lay into people with any weapon you've attuned to recently; it doesn't let you control the battle field like a Vanguard can, but on the upside, you can hit stupidly hard. They provided barely any fluff for Paragons in the core book, but frankly, when it comes to character development, I prefer to fill in the blanks myself anyway.
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When I was talking about FB being a prestige for Fighter, I meant Paragon path, sorry. I do hope they add new content like that in the books though. Character development without the inspiration first of prestiges for specific abilities and information is great and all, but I am by all means not rejecting new content from being released. My friends have put the 4.0 campaign I was in on hold until I came back from Japan so they can continue with new content available to them, to which I whole heartedly agree. It`s always safer [well, USUALLY.] when the writers make the new content instead of the fans.
ackblom12:
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--- Quote from: ackblom12 on 15 Feb 2009, 13:58 ---But man, 3.x... bleh. Played it for years and got sick of playing a spreadsheet. Fun, but so goddamn easy to break.
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It's what you make of it. If you don't bother trying to break it, it generally works better.
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The main problem was that it didn't take much trying to do. It was especially a problem if you got someone who accidentally made an overpowered character.
I mean, I'm honestly not trying to say 3.5 is shit, it's not. It's just for me and my group play styles, I shouldn't have to house rule half of the choices characters make because it breaks the game for the rest of the party, especially since it was already enough of a pain in the ass to prepare combats for 3.5.
kabukiman:
I am the game master of a group of AD&D. Yes, the second edition (2.5). I had all the manuals, and I'm not interest to spend a small fortune to play the same game with just some changes in the rules.
ackblom12:
I think I could honestly say I enjoyed 2nd ed more than 3rd. The only real problem I had with it was the ridiculousness of TSR and their love of contradictory rules from book to book. Man though, I do miss a ton of officially supported material though. Dark Sun and Planescape... mmm.
1st Ed was just silly though. Ear worms... Jesus christ Gygax was a fan of being an asshole.
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