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Help / Re: Suggestions to balance a high magic world using PRC
« on: March 01, 2013, 07:20:50 AM »1.) Are any of the spellsword like classes unbalanced? I can understand for RP reasons someone choosing to play a fighter over a spellsword.Jade Phoenix Mage, but it's unbalanced because you can actually get ahead of your HD limit when it comes to caster level, which enables a lot of shenanigans if you're taking lower levels into account(as you should on a PW). It's also full spell progression, which the tabletop JPM isn't. A lot of gish PrCs are trash if you're looking for raw power, so this isn't a real issue.
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2.) Why is it believed that the Dragon classes are unbalanced? After reviewing the two base classes and four prestige classes i could not find anything that i think was unbalanced.I have no idea, honestly. DFA scales terribly due to no epic feat support for it, although it's stronger than the Warlock until 20. The dragon-based PRCs aren't particularly out there.
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3.) Are the Psionics unbalanced when compared to magic?No. Magic actually has a lot of crazy options in the PRC. Now, if immunities are all over the place, Psions will do a little better because they're better blasters, but without those in place, SoL spamming Red Wizards/Runecasters are much, much more powerful.
Now if you were comparing the PsyWar to the Fighter, that's a VERY different story, but that's more because the Fighter is an unimpressive class on its best day. PsyWar gets as many feats and better things to use them on PLUS powers. The lower BAB is painful by high levels, but you can make up for that with careful PrCing and your basic accuracy and damage boosts trump the Fighter's pitiful +2/+4 by Epic.
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5.) Are there any classes other than the mentioned ones that may be considered unbalanced?Sacred Fist with certain Cleric domains is really, really strong compared to either class normally. Monk clearly wasn't built for full BAB + an enhancement bonus of +5 to everything that stacks with gloves + 3d8 claws that are on fire, and that's pretty much exactly what Sacred Fist is when buffed. Cleric itself is stronger than normal due to it having great PrC support.


