maddman75 said:
Or a paladin/bard, the epitome of the gentleman knight.
I wanted one of these, but the DM wouldn't relax the non-lawful Bard rule, and the Paladin multiclass restriction.
My problem is that the rules don't compare well.
Rogues can be any alignment, but bards can't be lawful?
Paladin's are more dedicated than Clerics?
The multiclass restriction actually ENCOURAGES the whole "take one level of this class." because you CAN'T go back.
So, an elven wizard can take a level of monk, the problem is that he can't gain any more levels after that. For the people abusing the front loaded nature of the class, they gain everything. For the person with the concept that requires more than simply dipping into the class, they're out of luck.
Also, the problem isn't DMs that think the rule is silly, but keep it anyway and complain. The problem is when you're that player that wants to do something, and your DM says "sorry, but that's the way the rule is written"
You're just out of luck.