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| rdfs:comment | - A prestige class is a variation on the Player Character types (see class) that may only be chosen after meeting certain requirements and may not be chosen at first level. The following 24 prestige classes are included in NWN2.
- Prestige Class is a secondary class of a character, attained when meeting some prerequisites. Dashing Swordsman chosen by Elan, is a Prestige Class. We have also seen the Shadowdancer, another prestige class and Tsukiko's Mystic Theurge. In #209, Elan references the Master Samurai and Mean Old Cranky-Pants prestige classes.
- While mages, paladins, rogues, and warriors attract much of the spotlight on Azeroth, many heroes choose to follow more dedicated, specific paths to power and renown (or infamy, as the case may be). Through organizations, old traditions and esoteric ways, PCs can discover and gain levels in prestige classes, which specialize in particular abilities, skills, and areas of expertise. Prestige classes are RPG Classes.
- Prestige classes are classes that have requirements (other than alignment restrictions) that must be met before a player character can gain levels in the class, as opposed to base classes, which are open to all player characters of allowed alignments. These powerful classes grant characters unique new abilities unavailable to the base classes. A prestige class cannot be chosen for a starting character; it must be earned through careful advancement. For example, some classes require a certain number of ranks in one or more skills, while others require the ability to cast arcane spells. The requirements for each prestige class are listed in the article for that class.
- A form of Power-Up in Role Playing Games with a Class and Level System, whereupon a character can choose to advance from a basic starting class to a more powerful, but more specialized class. What distinguishes a Prestige Class from a regular one is that you must have experience in another class before you can gain access to the Prestige Class, thus creating a natural progression of power. Examples of Prestige Class include:
- Prestige classes are a group of advanced routes Faerûnian characters may take in their professional advancement which have nearly limitless options for their gaining in power and prestige. From secret societies such as the Harpers and the Shadow Thieves to military orders such as the Purple Dragons and the Aglarondan Griffonriders, there are many paths for characters of every class to follow. Fighters and other combat-focused characters can continue advancing in their basic training or sign up with a mercenary guild or national army. Arcane spellcasters must choose between dozens of mystical schools and philosophies, each devoted to understanding the Weave in its own unique way. Clerics have more than a hundred different deities and their attendant churches from which to select, and when o
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| abstract | - While mages, paladins, rogues, and warriors attract much of the spotlight on Azeroth, many heroes choose to follow more dedicated, specific paths to power and renown (or infamy, as the case may be). Through organizations, old traditions and esoteric ways, PCs can discover and gain levels in prestige classes, which specialize in particular abilities, skills, and areas of expertise. Note: The concept of prestige class is more of a game mechanic than having anything to do with lore. Due to changes in gameplay between the Warcraft RPG, and World of Warcraft RPG some prestige classes have been altered, updated, replaced, sometimes eliminated in the new series in order to make the game playable with the newest rules. Prestige classes are RPG Classes.
- Prestige classes are classes that have requirements (other than alignment restrictions) that must be met before a player character can gain levels in the class, as opposed to base classes, which are open to all player characters of allowed alignments. These powerful classes grant characters unique new abilities unavailable to the base classes. A prestige class cannot be chosen for a starting character; it must be earned through careful advancement. For example, some classes require a certain number of ranks in one or more skills, while others require the ability to cast arcane spells. The requirements for each prestige class are listed in the article for that class. Prestige classes are limited to 10 class levels through character level 20. Starting with character level 21, prestige classes can advance beyond level 10 (at which point they are considered epic classes) with no further limitations. A prestige class is not counted for the multiclass penalty.
- Prestige classes are a group of advanced routes Faerûnian characters may take in their professional advancement which have nearly limitless options for their gaining in power and prestige. From secret societies such as the Harpers and the Shadow Thieves to military orders such as the Purple Dragons and the Aglarondan Griffonriders, there are many paths for characters of every class to follow. Fighters and other combat-focused characters can continue advancing in their basic training or sign up with a mercenary guild or national army. Arcane spellcasters must choose between dozens of mystical schools and philosophies, each devoted to understanding the Weave in its own unique way. Clerics have more than a hundred different deities and their attendant churches from which to select, and when one includes the numerous options available only to members of specific races, the possibilities are endless. Prestige classes are specific to the 3rd edition rules.
- A prestige class is a variation on the Player Character types (see class) that may only be chosen after meeting certain requirements and may not be chosen at first level. The following 24 prestige classes are included in NWN2.
- Prestige Class is a secondary class of a character, attained when meeting some prerequisites. Dashing Swordsman chosen by Elan, is a Prestige Class. We have also seen the Shadowdancer, another prestige class and Tsukiko's Mystic Theurge. In #209, Elan references the Master Samurai and Mean Old Cranky-Pants prestige classes.
- A form of Power-Up in Role Playing Games with a Class and Level System, whereupon a character can choose to advance from a basic starting class to a more powerful, but more specialized class. What distinguishes a Prestige Class from a regular one is that you must have experience in another class before you can gain access to the Prestige Class, thus creating a natural progression of power. The trope namer is 3rd Edition Dungeons and Dragons, where Prestige Classes would become available after fulfilling certain class-specific prerequisites. The degree of specialisation required would vary from class to class; one Prestige Class -- the Fochlucan Lyrist -- requires taking levels in three separate base classes. The Fochlucan Lyrist class itself is an updated version of the original way you became a Bard in 1st edition Dungeons and Dragons, which involved a maddening process so convoluted and subject to chance that it handily explains why most Bards these days are Chaotic. A more recent progression (in games with single-class characters) has been to unlock Prestige Classes when the player raises at least one character to the prerequisite level. The player can then create a new character with the Prestige Class. Examples of Prestige Class include:
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