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<blockquote data-quote="Pyrex" data-source="post: 3173975" data-attributes="member: 11600"><p>Mabye because gestalt characters create a totally different result than mandatory multiclassing. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /></p><p></p><p>The major problem is that your characters are going to be gaining levels way, way faster than the encounter tables suggest they should advance.</p><p></p><p>For example: Most characters with 90,000xp will be just shy of 14th level. With the changes you propose to the XP system a character in your campaign with 90,000xp split as 45,000/45,000 will be Level 20.</p><p></p><p>Secondly, it also harshly penalizes players who want a non-traditional combo like Dwarven Wizard -> at 90,000 xp the dwarf can only have 10 Wizard levels, but his Elven or Human companion could put Wizard on both pools and be Wizard 20.</p><p></p><p>OTOH, if you *can't* put the same class on both pools simultaneously, casters are completely borked; because by the time your Wizard hits 14th level (putting all his 91,000xp in one pool), his Ftr/Rgr companion is already level 20. Ouch.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pyrex, post: 3173975, member: 11600"] Mabye because gestalt characters create a totally different result than mandatory multiclassing. :p The major problem is that your characters are going to be gaining levels way, way faster than the encounter tables suggest they should advance. For example: Most characters with 90,000xp will be just shy of 14th level. With the changes you propose to the XP system a character in your campaign with 90,000xp split as 45,000/45,000 will be Level 20. Secondly, it also harshly penalizes players who want a non-traditional combo like Dwarven Wizard -> at 90,000 xp the dwarf can only have 10 Wizard levels, but his Elven or Human companion could put Wizard on both pools and be Wizard 20. OTOH, if you *can't* put the same class on both pools simultaneously, casters are completely borked; because by the time your Wizard hits 14th level (putting all his 91,000xp in one pool), his Ftr/Rgr companion is already level 20. Ouch. [/QUOTE]
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