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<blockquote data-quote="Mike Myler" data-source="post: 8726822" data-attributes="member: 6726030"><p>We've done two on <em>EN5ider</em> (the <a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/spellshaper-21345527" target="_blank">spellshaper</a> and <a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/paradigm-class-24285295" target="_blank">paradigm</a>) but they didn't seem to stick with folks. I think they are great and would love to see them come back, but in <em>Level Up</em> that design space (sacrificing class potency for specialized role features) is pretty well filled up by synergy feats. <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🤞" title="Crossed fingers :fingers_crossed:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f91e.png" data-shortname=":fingers_crossed:" /> <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🤞" title="Crossed fingers :fingers_crossed:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f91e.png" data-shortname=":fingers_crossed:" /> that there are more in the future but I wouldn't put a wager on it. </p><p></p><p>A prestige class is the answer when it's a character role that could apply to more than one class and the main drive of that role doesn't lend itself to a specific class. The two examples above are good ones in that respect I reckon—it would be redundant to make a class archetype for every spellcasting class to shape magic like the spellshaper does (they are kind of like magic batteries) and no one class really posits itself as the elf/orc/human/halfling class (paradigm which is about being the elfiest elf, or halflingest halfling, etc).</p><p></p><p>The answer to your other question is good design. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mike Myler, post: 8726822, member: 6726030"] We've done two on [I]EN5ider[/I] (the [URL='https://www.patreon.com/posts/spellshaper-21345527']spellshaper[/URL] and [URL='https://www.patreon.com/posts/paradigm-class-24285295']paradigm[/URL]) but they didn't seem to stick with folks. I think they are great and would love to see them come back, but in [I]Level Up[/I] that design space (sacrificing class potency for specialized role features) is pretty well filled up by synergy feats. 🤞 🤞 that there are more in the future but I wouldn't put a wager on it. A prestige class is the answer when it's a character role that could apply to more than one class and the main drive of that role doesn't lend itself to a specific class. The two examples above are good ones in that respect I reckon—it would be redundant to make a class archetype for every spellcasting class to shape magic like the spellshaper does (they are kind of like magic batteries) and no one class really posits itself as the elf/orc/human/halfling class (paradigm which is about being the elfiest elf, or halflingest halfling, etc). The answer to your other question is good design. ;) [/QUOTE]
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