Prestige Classes

Prestige classes are going to be with us for a long time, and there are going to be an awful lot of them. From the six original prestige classes that appeared in the version 3.0 DMG the number in offical sources has ballooned into the hundreds. Prestige classes take the core classes to the next level by offering a higher degree of specialisation. They replace the concept of Kits from the second edition game (and I for one am glad to see the back of them). A prestige class, like a feat, lists a number of requirements that your character must satisfy before the class can be selected. For example, you need a +6 base attack bonus in order to qualify for a prestige. A fighter gains a +6 bonus at level six. That means he can start advancing in the prestige class from next level - his seventh character level.

Where the Prestige Class Master List gives a comprehensive list of all prestige classes, this section will eventually include all those prestige classes where I have altered the rules for some reason. However, I am only going to revise a prestige class if one of my players has an inclination to play one, otherwise it is too much work. Also listed below are selected prestige classes that I have not altered at all (amazing, but true) and links to new prestige classes I have invented for the Iourn setting. As I examine more classes the format of this section will have to change, but for the moment it seems to work well enough.

Modified Prestige Classes

• Bladesinger
• Church Inquisitor
• Spellsword
• Tainted Sorcerer
• Tainted Warrior

Unmodified Prestige Classes

• Frost Mage
• Sentinel of Bharrai
• Thaumaturgist

Iourn Specific Prestige Classes

• Fire Eye
• Hound of Mortis
• Maker
• Moonhunter
• Potentate