List of prestige classes
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This is a list of prestige classes in the 3rd edition of the Dungeons and Dragons role-playing game. This list includes content for both the original 3rd edition and the 3.5 revision.
Nearly every official supplement source book and most issues of Dragon Magazine introduce new prestige classes. This list is therefore likely to expand throughout the life of 3rd edition Dungeons & Dragons. This list does not include prestige classes from third-party material offered under the d20 System or the Open Gaming License. It also does not include prestige classes in video games based on Dungeons & Dragons, such as the Neverwinter Nights series.
Some prestige classes, such as the Ur-Priest and the Purple Dragon Knight, are printed in multiple sources. Sometimes there are slight revisions between these reprints, while others are exact duplications. As a result, there are slightly fewer total prestige classes than the sum of those appearing in each source.
[edit] Dungeon Master's Guide
The prestige classes in the Dungeon Master's Guide were the first (and, to date, the only) prestige classes considered part of the core rules for the game. The 3rd edition Dungeon Master's Guide contained six original prestige classes; the 3.5 revision included these six, and added ten more.
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Arcane Archer | Arcane archers mix archery with magical ability; they may enchant arrows and send spells as effects through them. They must be either an elf or a half-elf. | OGL stats Image |
Assassin | Assassins are killers and spies, generally for money. They must be of evil alignment and kill a victim as an initiation rite to join. They focus on stealth, sneak attacks, and safe (for them) poison usage. They also have a limited degree of magical talent focused on intrusion and stealth; it is cast normally like a Wizard in 3rd edition and spontaneous like a Sorcerer in 3.5. | OGL stats Image |
Blackguard | Blackguards are dedicated champions of evil; mechanically, they are similar to reverse Paladins in many ways. Some older versions of the game included "Anti-Paladins," which are similar. Blackguards may be of any evil alignment; fallen Paladin Blackguards gain additional abilities. | OGL stats Image |
Dwarven Defender | Dwarven Defenders are dwarf warriors who gain great defensive ability; they possess a higher Armor Class and gain damage reduction. Dwarven Defenders can also gain bonuses from a Defensive stance ability if they stay rooted to one spot. They must be of a Lawful alignment. | OGL stats Image |
Loremaster | Loremasters are scholars who acquire knowledge and occluded secrets. They must possess some skill in divination spells and detailed mastery of at least two Knowledge skills. | OGL stats |
Shadowdancer | Shadowdancers are able to use the cloak of shadows for a variety of powerful effects, such as hiding in plain sight or teleporting a short range through shadows. | OGL stats Image |
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Arcane Trickster | Arcane Tricksters are rogues who combine larceny with magical talent. They may attempt skills such as picking locks or sleight of hand from a distance, and can force sneak attacks even on prepared targets. Arcane Tricksters cannot be lawful. | OGL stats |
Archmage | Archmages are powerful wizards or sorcerers who gain a variety of special abilities in exchange for spell slots. | OGL stats |
Dragon Disciple | Dragon Disciples are those with some draconic heritage who seek to transform into half-dragons. They must have some inherent spellcasting ability to attempt this. | OGL stats |
Duelist | Duelists are nimble warriors who focus on wits and finesse. They gain a bonus based on intelligence to their armor class when not wearing armor and may strike their opponents with great precision with light weapons. | OGL stats |
Eldritch Knight | Eldritch Knights learn both martial and arcane arts. They must possess both skill with all weapons and significant arcane casting ability, and go on to improve both in training as an Eldritch Knight. | OGL stats |
Hierophant | Hierophants are already-powerful clerics or druids who seek a different form of training. The class does not enhance their spellcasting ability any, but hierophants gain powerful special abilities of their choice from their deity instead. | OGL stats |
Horizon Walker | Horizon Walkers are explorer-warriors. They gain knowledge of various terrains with experience, and eventually learn even the terrain of the outer planes. | OGL stats |
Mystic Theurge | Mystic Theurges are students of both divine and arcane magic. Mechanically, they are generally cleric / wizards who advance their spellcasting in both classes. | OGL stats |
Red Wizard | Red Wizards are members of the ruling hierarchy of Thay in the Forgotten Realms setting. They are extremely specialized wizards; they forsake access to even more schools of magic in order to increase their mastery in their specialized school. | (see below) |
Thaumaturgist | Thaumaturgists are generally former clerics who specialize in summoning allies from the planes. | OGL stats |
The Red Wizard prestige class was adapted from Forgotten Realms campaign-specific material. Because of its origins in Forgotten Realms, the Red Wizard is the only prestige class to appear in the Dungeon Master's Guide but not in the System Reference Document (SRD).
[edit] Supplemental source books
[edit] 3rd edition
[edit] Book of Vile Darkness
Book of Vile Darkness includes 18 prestige classes.
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[edit] Defenders of the Faith
Defenders of the Faith includes 14 prestige classes.
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[edit] Deities and Demigods
Deities and Demigods includes 3 prestige classes.
- Berserk
- Justiciar of Taiia
- Soldier of Light
[edit] Epic Level Handbook
Epic Level Handbook includes 9 prestige classes. As appropriate for the book's content, these classes have entrance requirements that limit them to characters above level 20. It also includes rules for continuing certain other prestige classes beyond their ten-level limits using the epic level rules. Unlike prestige classes from almost all other supplemental source books, these nine classes have been included in the SRD with the addition of the rules for epic levels. The SRD also includes epic levels for the Dungeon Master's Guide prestige classes (except the Red Wizard), including those in the 3.5 Dungeon Master's Guide, released after the Epic Level Handbook.
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[edit] Fiend Folio
Fiend Folio includes 3 prestige classes.
- Fiend of Blasphemy
- Fiend of Corruption
- Fiend of Possession
[edit] Manual of the Planes
Manual of the Planes includes 4 prestige classes.
- Divine Agent
- Gatecrasher
- Planar Champion
- Planeshifter
[edit] Masters of the Wild
Masters of the Wild includes 20 prestige classes.
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[edit] Psionics Handbook
Psionics Handbook includes 4 prestige classes.
- Metamind
- Pyrokineticist
- Slayer
- Soulknife
[edit] Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil
The module Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil includes one prestige class.
- Doomdreamer
[edit] Savage Species
Savage Species includes 10 prestige classes.
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[edit] Song and Silence
Song and Silence includes 10 prestige classes.
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[edit] Sword and Fist
Sword and Fist includes 19 prestige classes.
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[edit] Tome and Blood
Tome and Blood includes 15 prestige classes.
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[edit] 3.5 revision
[edit] Book of Exalted Deeds
Book of Exalted Deeds includes 22 prestige classes.
[edit] Cityscape
Cityscape includes 3 prestige classes
- Ebonmar Infiltrator
- Crimson Scourge
- Urban Savant
[edit] Complete Adventurer
Complete Adventurer includes 26 prestige classes.
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[edit] Complete Arcane
Complete Arcane includes 19 prestige classes.
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[edit] Complete Champion
Complete Champion includes 11 prestige classes.
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[edit] Complete Divine
Complete Divine includes 24 prestige classes.
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[edit] Complete Mage
Complete Mage includes 11 prestige classes.
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[edit] Complete Psionic
Complete Psionic includes 8 prestige classes.
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[edit] Complete Scoundrel
Complete Scoundrel includes 13 prestige classes.
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[edit] Complete Warrior
Complete Warrior includes 36 prestige classes.
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[edit] Draconomicon
Draconomicon includes 17 prestige classes.
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D=Prestige class for Dragontype Only (true dragons, landwyrms, elemental drakes, half dragons and draconic). TD=Prestige class for true Dragon only
[edit] Dragon Magic
Dragon Magic includes 7 prestige classes.
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[edit] Drow of the Underdark
Drow of the Underdark includes 7 prestige classes.
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[edit] Dungeonscape
Dungeonscape includes 2 prestige classes.
- Beast Heart Adept
- Trapsmith
[edit] Expanded Psionics Handbook
Expanded Psionics Handbook includes 9 prestige classes. Three of the four prestige classes from the 3.0 Psionics Handbook were revised as prestige classes in this book. The fourth was adapted as the Soulknife base class. Unlike prestige classes from almost all other supplemental source books, these nine classes have been included in the SRD with the addition of the rules for psionics.
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[edit] Expedition to Castle Ravenloft
The module Expedition to Castle Ravenloft includes 1 prestige class.
- Knight of the Raven
[edit] Expedition to the Demonweb Pits
The Expedition to the Demonweb Pits "super-adventure" includes 2 prestige classes.
- Demonwrecker
- Jaunter
[edit] Fiendish Codex II
Fiendish Codex II includes 4 prestige classes.
- Hellbreaker
- Hellfire Warlock
- Hellreaver
- Soulguard
[edit] Frostburn
Frostburn includes 10 prestige classes.
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[edit] Ghostwalk
Ghostwalk includes 4 prestige classes.
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[edit] Heroes of Battle
Heroes of Battle includes 4 prestige classes.
- Combat Medic
- Dread Commando
- Legendary Leader
- War Weaver
[edit] Heroes of Horror
Heroes of Horror includes 6 prestige classes.
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[edit] Libris Mortis
Libris Mortis includes 11 prestige classes.
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[edit] Lords of Madness
Lords of Madness features 6 prestige classes.
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[edit] Magic of Incarnum
Magic of Incarnum features 10 prestige classes.
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[edit] Miniatures Handbook
Miniatures Handbook includes 7 prestige classes.
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[edit] Planar Handbook
Planar Handbook includes 9 prestige classes.
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[edit] Races of Destiny
Races of Destiny includes 7 prestige classes.
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[edit] Races of Stone
Races of Stone includes 15 prestige classes.
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[edit] Races of the Dragon
Races of the Dragon includes 5 prestige classes.
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[edit] Races of the Wild
Races of the Wild includes 8 prestige classes.
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[edit] Sandstorm
Sandstorm includes 6 prestige classes.
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[edit] Stormwrack
Stormwrack includes 7 prestige classes.
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[edit] Tome of Battle
Tome of Battle: The Book of Nine Swords includes 8 prestige classes.
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[edit] Tome of Magic
Tome of Magic includes 15 prestige classes.
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[edit] Weapons of Legacy
Weapons of Legacy includes one prestige class.
- Legacy Champion
[edit] Campaign setting-specific sources
[edit] Dragonlance
Only prestige classes from the Dragonlance Campaign Setting appear in this list. All further Dragonlance books that have been published for 3rd edition were licensed to a third-party publisher.
[edit] Dragonlance Campaign Setting
Dragonlance Campaign Setting, released under 3.0 rules, includes 12 prestige classes.
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[edit] Eberron
[edit] Dragonmarked
Dragonmarked, released under 3.5 rules, includes 12 prestige classes.
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[edit] Eberron Campaign Setting
Eberron Campaign Setting, released under 3.5 rules, includes 7 prestige classes.
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[edit] Explorer's Handbook
Explorer's Handbook, released under 3.5 rules, includes 3 prestige classes.
- Cataclysm Mage
- Thunder Guide
- Windwright Captain
[edit] Faiths of Eberron
Faiths of Eberron, released under 3.5 rules, includes 5 prestige classes.
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[edit] Five Nations
Five Nations, released under 3.5 rules, includes 5 prestige classes.
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[edit] Magic of Eberron
Magic of Eberron, released under 3.5 rules, includes 8 prestige classes.
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[edit] Player's Guide to Eberron
Player's Guide to Eberron, released under 3.5 rules, includes 3 prestige classes.
- Gatekeeper Mystagogue
- High Elemental Binder
- Revenant Blade
[edit] Races of Eberron
Races of Eberron, released under 3.5 rules, includes 8 prestige classes.
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[edit] Secrets of Xen'drik
Secrets of Xen'drik, released under 3.5 rules, includes 3 prestige classes.
- Landforged Walker
- Primal Scholar
- Scorpion Wraith
[edit] Forgotten Realms
[edit] Champions of Ruin
Champions of Ruin, released under the 3.5 rules, includes 6 prestige classes.
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[edit] Champions of Valor
Champions of Valor, released under the 3.5 rules, includes 4 prestige classes.
- Knight of the Flying Hunt
- Knight of the Weave
- Moonsea Sentinel
- Triadic Knight
[edit] City of Splendors
City of Splendors, released under the 3.5 rules, includes 4 prestige classes.
- Gray Hand Enforcer
- Knight of the Blue Moon
- Moonstar Agent
- Sun Soul Monk
[edit] Faiths and Pantheons
Faiths and Pantheons, released under 3.0 rules, includes 20 prestige classes.
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[edit] Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting
Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting, released under the 3.0 rules, includes 13 prestige classes.
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[edit] Lords of Darkness
Lords of Darkness, released under 3.0 rules, includes 5 prestige classes.
- Darkmask
- Entropist
- Spur Lord
- Thayan Knight
- Zhentarim Skymage
[edit] Lost Empires of Faerûn
Lost Empires of Faerûn, released under the 3.5 rules, includes 5 prestige classes.
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[edit] Magic of Faerûn
Magic of Faerûn, released under 3.0 rules, includes 11 prestige classes.
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[edit] Player's Guide to Faerûn
Player's Guide to Faerûn, released under the 3.5 rules, includes 30 prestige classes: 20 for standard play, 2 for epic levels, 1 for psionic characters, 4 for use with the Book of Vile Darkness and 3 for the Book of Exalted Deeds. Many of these are revisions or reprints of classes published in other Forgotten Realms source books before the 3.5 revision.
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[edit] Power of Faerûn
Power of Faerûn, released under the 3.5 rules, includes two prestige classes.
- Court Herald
- Merchant Prince
[edit] Races of Faerun
Races of Faerun released under the 3.0 rules, includes 9 prestige classes.
- Battlerager
- Bladesinger
- Breachgnome
- Elven High Mage
- Great Rift Skyguard
- Orc Warlord
- Spellsinger
- Warrior Skald
- Warsling Sniper
[edit] Serpent Kingdoms
Serpent Kingdoms, released under the 3.5 rules, includes 6 prestige classes.
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[edit] Shining South
Shining South, released under the 3.5 rules, includes 9 prestige classes.
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[edit] Silver Marches
Silver Marches, released under the 3.0 rules, includes 6 prestige classes.
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[edit] Unapproachable East
Unapproachable East, released under the 3.5 rules, includes 12 prestige classes.
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[edit] Underdark
Underdark, released under the 3.5 rules, includes 12 prestige classes.
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[edit] Oriental Adventures
[edit] Oriental Adventures
Oriental Adventures, released under the 3.0 rules, includes 27 prestige classes. Many of these classes were intended to support the Rokugan campaign setting. All further source books for Rokugan were published by AEG.
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[edit] Dragon Magazine
Dragon Magazine has published over 200 prestige classes.
[edit] References
- ^ a b Andy Collins (2002-11-10). Book of Vile Darkness — Prestige Classes. wizards.com. Retrieved on 2007-03-14.
- ^ a b c d Andy Collins (2002-11-10). Epic-Level Progressions for Prestige-Class Characters (download). wizards.com. Retrieved on 2007-03-14.
- ^ a b c James Wyatt, Christopher Perkins, Darrin Drade (2003-10-04). Book of Exalted Deeds — Prestige Classes. wizards.com. Retrieved on 2007-03-14.
- ^ James Wyatt, Christopher Perkins, Darrin Drade (2003-10-04). See what's "In the Works" for October and beyond — Book of Exalted Deeds. wizards.com. Retrieved on 2007-03-14.
- ^ Mat Smith (2004-12-10). Previews for December and Beyond — Thief-Acrobat. wizards.com. Retrieved on 2007-03-14.
- ^ Richard Baker (2004-11-05). Complete Arcane — Green Star Adept. wizards.com. Retrieved on 2007-03-14.
- ^ David Noonan (2004-05-02). Complete Divine — Entropomancer. wizards.com. Retrieved on 2007-03-14.
- ^ David Noonan (2004-04-18). Complete Divine — Pious Templar. wizards.com. Retrieved on 2007-03-14.
- ^ a b c d Andy Collins (2002-10-18). Faiths and Pantheons. wizards.com. Retrieved on 2007-03-14.
- ^ Mat Smith (2003-11-16). Complete Warrior — Rage Mage. wizards.com. Retrieved on 2007-03-14.
- ^ Mat Smith (2003-11-16). Draconomicon — Dragonstalker. wizards.com. Retrieved on 2007-03-14.
- ^ Mat Smith (2003-11-16). Draconomicon — Hidecarved Dragon. wizards.com. Retrieved on 2007-03-14.
- ^ Andy Collins (2004-04-02). Extreme Explorer Prestige Classes. wizards.com. Retrieved on 2007-03-14.
[edit] External links
- Comprehensive list, as of 07-21 July 2005
- Wizards of the Coast Prestige Class List
- Prestige Class Creation Cookbook
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