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<blockquote data-quote="Herzog" data-source="post: 6142854" data-attributes="member: 25696"><p>3.5 multiclassing suffers from a couple of problems. I will list a few.</p><p></p><p>1. Class frontloading and the spreading of class abilities over levels.</p><p>This means that if you plan to multiclass AND take levels of rogue, you are shooting yourself in the foot if you do not start with the rogue level (because of the x4 skill multiplication at lvl 1)</p><p>It means taking a level of fighter gets you all armor and weapon proficiencies. Additional levels 'only' give you figher feats (and maybe fighter only feats like Weapon Specialization etc.)</p><p>It means taking a level of Cleric gives you Turn Undead (including all the uses, which power some Domain and Divine feats)</p><p>2. Class balance and class progression.</p><p>If you take a single level of fighter after several levels of Wizard, you are some BaB behind, but not completely. (even Wiz gets a minor BaB increase). Losing that caster level increase, however, will make you think twice (if not more often) before you take that level of fighter.</p><p>If you take a single level of wizard after several levels of fighter, your caster level starts at 1. You can burn a feat to increase your caster level, but only once. </p><p>And if you multiclass between barbarian, ranger and fighter, (and other full BaB classes) you are only loosing the higher level perks of the class (like better rage or Weapon Spec.)</p><p></p><p>IMO, multiclassing is a way to get a character that is able to do what I want my character to be able to do and is not possible with any of the base (or Prestige) classes.</p><p>Therefore, even when I have to take 2 or 3 levels of every class in the books, it should be of equal power level as when I single class up to the same character level.</p><p>Of course, since the character has more widespread options than a single class character, some trade-in of power for versatility is normal. If I am able to cast 300 1st lvl spells per day, I do not expect each of them to be as powerfull as the 9th lvl spells of the single class wizard. However, I DO expect them to have SOME result in a CR appropriate fight. If my first level spells are no longer affecting my opponents (example: Sleep) than why have these spells in the first place?</p><p>mmm. Ok, rant off. Bit of a tangent there. Hope I got my point across though.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Herzog, post: 6142854, member: 25696"] 3.5 multiclassing suffers from a couple of problems. I will list a few. 1. Class frontloading and the spreading of class abilities over levels. This means that if you plan to multiclass AND take levels of rogue, you are shooting yourself in the foot if you do not start with the rogue level (because of the x4 skill multiplication at lvl 1) It means taking a level of fighter gets you all armor and weapon proficiencies. Additional levels 'only' give you figher feats (and maybe fighter only feats like Weapon Specialization etc.) It means taking a level of Cleric gives you Turn Undead (including all the uses, which power some Domain and Divine feats) 2. Class balance and class progression. If you take a single level of fighter after several levels of Wizard, you are some BaB behind, but not completely. (even Wiz gets a minor BaB increase). Losing that caster level increase, however, will make you think twice (if not more often) before you take that level of fighter. If you take a single level of wizard after several levels of fighter, your caster level starts at 1. You can burn a feat to increase your caster level, but only once. And if you multiclass between barbarian, ranger and fighter, (and other full BaB classes) you are only loosing the higher level perks of the class (like better rage or Weapon Spec.) IMO, multiclassing is a way to get a character that is able to do what I want my character to be able to do and is not possible with any of the base (or Prestige) classes. Therefore, even when I have to take 2 or 3 levels of every class in the books, it should be of equal power level as when I single class up to the same character level. Of course, since the character has more widespread options than a single class character, some trade-in of power for versatility is normal. If I am able to cast 300 1st lvl spells per day, I do not expect each of them to be as powerfull as the 9th lvl spells of the single class wizard. However, I DO expect them to have SOME result in a CR appropriate fight. If my first level spells are no longer affecting my opponents (example: Sleep) than why have these spells in the first place? mmm. Ok, rant off. Bit of a tangent there. Hope I got my point across though. [/QUOTE]
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