Quasqueton
First Post
Every now and then, someone on this board mentions "how D&D3 characters can just pick up classes here and there as they advance", or some similar concept. It seems that some DMs let PCs pick up classes (base and prestige) just off the cuff, out of the blue, willy nilly, etc.
In the 3 campaigns I've played in (as a PC), I've seen one PC do this. A barbarian took 3rd and 4th character levels in fighter. The DM said the two classes were close enough that special training between the two wasn't necessary.
In the 4 campaigns I've run (as the DM), I've never allowed this. I start my campaigns at 2nd level, and the PCs can start with 2 classes, but taking another class later requires in-game explanation and training.
And in the 1 campaign that I rotated DMing and PCing, the concept never came up and was never done. It was our first experience with D&D3, just after it was released.
So, in my experience, this "just picking up a class" doesn't happen. The comments on jumping about the classes are completely unseen by me.
Do you see this concept in actual play? Or is it just a concept in mental excercises and theory only?
Quasqueton
In the 3 campaigns I've played in (as a PC), I've seen one PC do this. A barbarian took 3rd and 4th character levels in fighter. The DM said the two classes were close enough that special training between the two wasn't necessary.
In the 4 campaigns I've run (as the DM), I've never allowed this. I start my campaigns at 2nd level, and the PCs can start with 2 classes, but taking another class later requires in-game explanation and training.
And in the 1 campaign that I rotated DMing and PCing, the concept never came up and was never done. It was our first experience with D&D3, just after it was released.
So, in my experience, this "just picking up a class" doesn't happen. The comments on jumping about the classes are completely unseen by me.
Do you see this concept in actual play? Or is it just a concept in mental excercises and theory only?
Quasqueton