while the fireball-happy wizard is a D&D cliche with a long and glorious tradition, this prestige class still made me happy. the class trades most of its spellcaster progression for a suite of equally effective fire-based special abilities. it is very clearly for arcanists who like fire more than arcana, are looking for more specialization than just through spell selection, and seems well-balanced on the whole.<br><br> <b>LIKED</b>: fire, and lots of it.<br><br><b>DISLIKED</b>: the writing could have used another round of editing. though the intent of the special abilities is consistently clear, some of the examples seem wrong. some of the prerequisites seem to be uselessly redundant.<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Acceptable<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Satisfied<br>

Not very useful. You may be better off to take the idea and make your own prestige class. But then, for a buck and change one can't compain. Fine for an NPC. <br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Acceptable<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Satisfied<br>

As someone pointed out before, these classes each seem to be concepts taken from the comic book realm (Dark Avenger=Batman, etc.), but these are still fun pieces easily added into any campaign.

A very cool addtion to any GM's libary. A must have!

Quick, short, concise. it is also easy to from into any on going campaign with little to no retooling. That's what I like about it.