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Yogibear41
2014-01-30, 09:42 PM
Are there any prestige classes similar to lore master in that they advance arcane casting and have a heavy knowledge focus?
ZamielVanWeber
2014-01-30, 09:46 PM
Tainted Scholar from Heroes of Horror. But be careful: there are ways of breaking that totally open.
prufock
2014-01-30, 09:46 PM
Paragnostic Apostle in Complete Champion.
Biffoniacus_Furiou
2014-01-30, 09:51 PM
Dracolexi from Races of the Dragon.
Sovereign Speaker from Faiths of Eberron.
Phelix-Mu
2014-01-30, 09:55 PM
There is limited similarity, but Urban Savant from Cityscape has excellent skill points, special uses for some of the Knowledge skills in a city context (similar to the Archivist's Dark Knowledge), and some other useful city-themed abilities. One of only a few full-progression casting classes that gives good skill points.
Also, Unseen Seer has a divination focus and lots of skill points, can kind of fill a similar role. Also gives some nice stealth abilities, which can be kind of useful for a less front-line, bookish caster. Unseen Seer is from Complete Mage.
RolandDeschain
2014-01-30, 09:55 PM
Are you an elf?
Olin Gisir
Falcon X
2014-01-30, 10:00 PM
Eh, I'm a big fan of knowledge-based base-classes:
- Factotum: THE knowledge class, with 1 spell per spell level.
- Duskblade with Knowledge Devotion. Comes across as a really smart swordsman/spellcaster.
- Archivist: Basically a Wizard, but with Divine spells.
- Beguiler: Lots of skills and an Int based caster.
Phelix-Mu
2014-01-30, 10:05 PM
Are you an elf?
Olin Gisir
POINTS. I love this very obscure PrC.
Story
2014-01-30, 10:14 PM
POINTS. I love this very obscure PrC.
Free metamagic or item creation feat for a one level dip? Why isn't this more popular? Seems like a good choice to slot into any gaps in a Grey Elf Wizard build, especially Mailman types.
Palanan
2014-01-30, 10:14 PM
And for dwarves, there's the Ollam, from Complete Adventurer.
Only 3/5 spellcasting progression, but it has a dwarven version of bardic lore, and a couple other quasibardish things.
Crake
2014-01-31, 12:40 AM
- Factotum: THE knowledge class, with 1 spell per spell level..
Think it's worth noting that its 1 spell of their highest level, and a maximum of 1 specific spell per day, but if your highest spell level is 5, you can have one 5th level and then all the rest 4th level iirc?
Diovid
2014-01-31, 03:02 AM
Loredelver from Races of Destiny, though it is an Illumian-only prc.
Entering classes such as Loredelver, Urban Savant and Paragnostic Apostle via Bardic Sage (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/variant/classes/variantCharacterClasses.htm#bardVariantBardicSage) is a decent idea.
Yogibear41
2014-01-31, 03:54 AM
Thanks for the suggestions all :smallsmile:
Thurbane
2014-01-31, 04:33 AM
Dark Scholar from Shattered Gates of Slaughtergarde.
Jeff the Green
2014-01-31, 07:22 AM
Are you an elf?
Olin Gisir
Dark Scholar from Shattered Gates of Slaughtergarde.
Similarly, Primal Scholar from Secrets of Xendrik. Pretty dependent on Action Points, though, like a lot of stuff from the Eberron books.
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