Hilltop Preparatory Academy
Courses: Levels 1-4 of all basic spellcasting classes, including Bards, Clerics, Druids, Paladins, Rangers, Sorcerers, Warlocks, and Wizards, along with a general education that supports the fledgling adventurer of any class.
Student Body: Up to 576 students (72 new students admitted per year)
Faculty: 39 veteran adventurers (student/teacher ratio is 15:1)
Tuition: 100 gp/term (3/4 of the student body receives assistance with costs)
Terms: Two 20 week terms per year, with 6 week breaks over midsummer and midwinter. They're just called Spring and Fall term.
Student Body: Up to 576 students (72 new students admitted per year)
| Class | Dorm | Number of Students (avg) | Years Spent (avg) | Years Spent (1st Level) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bards | Rabindranath Hall | 144 | 8-12 | 4-6 |
| Clerics | Dovecote | 48 | 6 | 2 |
| Druids | Dovecote | 48 | 6 | 2 |
| Paladins | Rabindranath Hall | 48 | 4 | 1 |
| Rangers | Dovecote | 48 | 4 | 1 |
| Sorcerers | Rabindranath Hall | 72 | 4 | 1 |
| Warlocks | Rabindranath Hall | 24 | 4 | 1 |
| Wizards | Diotima House | 144 | 8 | 3 |
Tuition: 100 gp/term (3/4 of the student body receives assistance with costs)
Terms: Two 20 week terms per year, with 6 week breaks over midsummer and midwinter. They're just called Spring and Fall term.
History
Once upon a time 9 epic adventurers decided that low level adventurers shouldn't die so much. Together they formed the school board that created the Hilltop Preparatory Charter which founded a nice, safe boarding school to keep spellcasters while they got past the squishy stage. The next half century has been a complicated game of trial and error as the task of keeping baby spellcasters from dying proves a lot more difficult than "don't send them out to fight yet".
The School Board started with taking over a haunted ruin and summarily unhaunting it, before teaching the first small mixed class of bards and wizards who lacked the patronage, funding, or background to be admitted to established schools. Within five years, they added courses for clerics and sorcerers. After they overfilled the Main Building and expanded, they added programs for druids, then paladins and rangers, and finally and most recently, their experimental and controversial program for warlocks, only 5 years old.
The School Board started with taking over a haunted ruin and summarily unhaunting it, before teaching the first small mixed class of bards and wizards who lacked the patronage, funding, or background to be admitted to established schools. Within five years, they added courses for clerics and sorcerers. After they overfilled the Main Building and expanded, they added programs for druids, then paladins and rangers, and finally and most recently, their experimental and controversial program for warlocks, only 5 years old.
Type
University / Educational complex
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