Canonfire!

I am looking to create a simple prestige class that does for the fighter / rogue what the eldrith knight does for the fighter / wizard and the mystic theurge does for the cleric / wizard. Anyone interested in helping? I fancy calling it the Magsman prestige class (or somethig like that).

Fri Feb 02, 2007 1:32 pm

I'm not so sure such a prestige class is necessary. The problem with multi-classing a spell casting class is that you gain no spellcasting advancement for all levels you gain in other classes. Thus, a 5-5 wizard-cleric is casting a 5 dice fireball at a CL10 enemy and failing badly, then casting a 3rd level healing spell on their allies and not helping much. This makes the multi-classed spell caster that actually advances both classes pretty much ineffective, and it gets worse as the character gains levels.

The fighter-rogue does not have this problem because both classes allow for advancement in BAB and skill level. BAB is only mildly affected by mixing fighter and rogue, since rogues gain 3BAB/4levels. Skills aren't affected either, because the maximum skill level is governed by total level, not level in the class the skill comes from. This means that the character won't have as many rogue skills as a straight rogue, but they can get the exact same skill level in a smaller number of skills.

Mon Feb 05, 2007 12:52 am

I agree. What you need to decide in designing a combo fighter-rogue prestige class is what abilities of each you wish to combine, and which ones will be left out, because you can't have it all of course. Wink

As it is, rangers fill the fighter-rogue combo pretty well though they lack a few of the rogue's abilities- uncanny dodge and backstab being the most notable.

Mon Feb 05, 2007 1:10 pm

Have you thought of creating an affiliation to help cross the story divide?