Changes to the 3.5 edition rules - Prestige classes
Prestige classes
I'd like to have at least one prestige class per country. Suggestions
welcome!
Generic prestige classes
Found many places in the known world
- Animal Lord (MotW)
- Archmage (DMG 3.5 not FRCS)
- Arcane trickster (3.5 DMG)
- Artificer
- Assassin (DMG)
- Battle mage has been
replaced by the Eldritch knight (3.5 DMG)
- Blackguard (3.5 DMG)
- Beastmaster
- Blighter (MotW)
- Devoted defender (S&F)
- Duelist (3.5 DMG not S&F))
- Halfling Outrider (CW)
- Hierophant (3.5 DMG)
- Horizon walker (3.5 DMG)
- Holy liberator (DoF)
- Hunter of the dead (CW, modified)
- Lasher (S&F)
- Loremaster (DMG, modified)
- Kensai (CW)
- Master of chains (S&F)
- Master of shrouds (DoF)
- Mystic therge (3.5 DMG)
- Master thrower (CW)
- Mindspy (CW)
- Occult Slayer (CW)
- Order of the bow initiate (S&F, CW)
- Sacred Exorcist (DoF)
- Seeker of the song (CA)
- Shifter (MotW)
- Spellsword (T&B)
- Sublime chord (CA)
- Thaumaturgist (3.5 DMG)
- Templar (DoF)
- Tribal protector (S&F)
- War mage
- Warpriest (DoF)
- Weapon master (S&F)
Religious orders
Found where these religions are found
- Athena - Order of the Griffon (Karameikos only)
- Rafiel - Hand of Rafiel
- Narvaez - Church inquisitor (DoF), Consecrated harrier (DoF)
- Heldannic Freeholds - Church inquisitor (DoF)
- Norse deities - Runecaster (Northern Reaches only)
Country specific prestige classes
A background or time in the appropriate country is required to take these
classes.
- Alfheim - Arcane archer (DMG)
- Alphatia - Spellguard (Thayan knight? (CW)), Magocrat, elemental master (air) (CW)
- Darokin - Darokin diplomat, Darokin guild merchant
- Karameikos - Royal Karameikan pathfinder, Cavalier (CW), Champion of
Halav (pandius)
- Glantri - Seven Secret crafts, Magocrat
- Thyatis - Knight of the air, Forester, Iron ring thug, Gladiator
(S&F), Cavalier (CW)
- Ylaruam - Order of the lance, Order of the scimitar, Order of
the spell, Dervish (CW)
- Thothia - Master of shrouds (T&B), True necromancer (T&B,
modified)
- Hule - Whispering sash assassins
- Five Shires - Whistler, Yes
- Ierendi - ?
- Isle of Dawn - Caerdwiccan pirate (pandius)
- Minrothad guilds - Merchant, something-sailor-ish?
- Norwold - Dragonslayer
- Northern Reaches - Valkyrie?,
Frenzied Berserker (CW), Runecaster
(access restricted), Warchanter (CW), Bear warrior (CW)
- Heldannic Freeholds - Cavalier (CW), Church inquisitor (DoF)
- Wendar - Arcane archer (DMG)
- Shadow Elves - Yes
- Rockhome - Dwarven defender (DMG), Tunnelrat,
Stonelord (CW), Warchanter (CW)
- Sind - Sindhi Mystic, Buraiya (pandius)
- Serraine - Windsinger ,(spells), Top Ballista pilot/gunner
- Savage Coast - Inheritors, Legendary Gaucho (pandius), Duelists, Honourbound
- Ocheala - Master samurai (S&F), Ninja of the crescent moon (S&F) (Note important errata)
Planar classes
- Gatecrasher (MotP)
- Planar champion (MotP)
- Planeshifter (MotP)
Epic prestige classes
- Agent retreiver (any lawful; gather information 24 ranks, knowledge (the
planes) 15 ranks; track)
- Cosmic descryer (knowledge (the planes) 24 ranks; spell focus
(conjuration); energy resistance feat; must be able to cast gate plus any
planat ally or planar binding spell; must have travelled to another plane)
- Divine emissary (BAB +23; weapon focus (deities favoured weapon); great
smiting; knowledge (religion) 10 ranks; patron deity; impress patron deity)
- Epic infiltrator (any non-chaotic; bluff 24 ranks, diplomacy 10 ranks,
disguise 24 ranks, spot 10 ranks; alertness, ployglot; disguised for one
month)
- Guardian paramount (BAB +15; spot 13 ranks; alertness, lightning reflexes,
blinding speed, superior initiative; uncanny dodge, evasion)
- High proselytizer (diplomacy 12 ranks, knowledge (religion or nature) 24
ranks; leadership, epic leadership; 5-th level divine spells; patron deity)
- Legendary Dreadnought (BAB +23; intimidate 15 ranks; combat reflexes,
great cleave, improved bull rush, improved critical)
- Perfect wight (hide 24 ranks, move silently 24 ranks; self-concealment;
sneak attack +10d6)
Yes means they exist, but are not common knowledge (ie: I'm not giving it away to
the players just yet).
(S&F) is Sword and Fist
(DoF) is Defenders of the Faith
(T&B) is Tome and Blood
(MotW) is Masters of the Wild
(CA) is complete arcane
(CW) is Complete Warrior
(MotP) is Manual of the Planes
(pandius) is pandius.com (aka starflung)
Glenn Butcher / knight