Endarire
2010-11-14, 11:34 PM
Intro
There are certain assumptions: Most PrCs can be entered at level 6 at soonest, and Weapon Finesse can't be taken at ECL1 by those who need it most.
Instead of doing a lot of finangling to fulfill prereqs, and to prevent early entry, what if all prereqs were simply based on HD? Of course, we'd prevent Inspire Greatness from qualifying and ban anything that gave inordinate amounts of HD. (Dusk giants, barghests, and electroshock therapy shambling mounds, I'm looking at you.)
This way, we could ignore the silly prereqs and take the abilities we wanted.
Special Cases
There would be some feats and PrCs that build upon at least one of their requirements. For feats, these sensible prereqs would stay. For PrCs, these sensical prereqs would either be required or granted at L1.
Examples Under This System
Case 1: Scaling Feats
Cleave has no prereq. If you have Cleave and at least 4 BAB, you also get Great Cleave.
Case 2: Sensible Prereq
The Master Specialist PrC (Complete Mage 70) requires Spell Focus, but grants Greater Spell Focus @3.
Case 3: Prereq as a L1 Ability
The Mage of the Arcane Order PrC (Complete Arcane 48) requires Cooperative Spell, a feat which is only useful with other casters who have this feat prepared applied to the same spell as you. Make it a L1 ability for any Mage of the Arcane Order.
There are certain assumptions: Most PrCs can be entered at level 6 at soonest, and Weapon Finesse can't be taken at ECL1 by those who need it most.
Instead of doing a lot of finangling to fulfill prereqs, and to prevent early entry, what if all prereqs were simply based on HD? Of course, we'd prevent Inspire Greatness from qualifying and ban anything that gave inordinate amounts of HD. (Dusk giants, barghests, and electroshock therapy shambling mounds, I'm looking at you.)
This way, we could ignore the silly prereqs and take the abilities we wanted.
Special Cases
There would be some feats and PrCs that build upon at least one of their requirements. For feats, these sensible prereqs would stay. For PrCs, these sensical prereqs would either be required or granted at L1.
Examples Under This System
Case 1: Scaling Feats
Cleave has no prereq. If you have Cleave and at least 4 BAB, you also get Great Cleave.
Case 2: Sensible Prereq
The Master Specialist PrC (Complete Mage 70) requires Spell Focus, but grants Greater Spell Focus @3.
Case 3: Prereq as a L1 Ability
The Mage of the Arcane Order PrC (Complete Arcane 48) requires Cooperative Spell, a feat which is only useful with other casters who have this feat prepared applied to the same spell as you. Make it a L1 ability for any Mage of the Arcane Order.