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<blockquote data-quote="Mephista" data-source="post: 6603382" data-attributes="member: 6786252"><p>There seem to be some misconceptions floating around. The level 20 capstone is not meant to be a huge jump in power. The big jump in power is supposed to be at level 17, give or take one. </p><p></p><p>The game is set up to have four tiers. 1-4 are the apprentice levels, 5-10 are the heroic, 11-16 are whatever-is-between-hero-and-epic, and 17+ are considered the epic levels. At each milestone (5, 11, 17) there is a marked jump in power; well, sometimes it varies by a level up or down, but generally its on those levels. 20 is not a level with a marked jump in power, so that someone who's 18, and someone who's 20, are still roughly on the same power level. One could argue that past level 20, with epic boons, is another tier of power, given what some of those can do (extra level 9 spells, etc), but level 20 is still not that jump. </p><p></p><p></p><p>What this also means is that multi-classing is best when done after the highest milestone your game will reach. If your game is going to 20, then generally you are best off multiclassing after hitting the barbarian's level 17 milestone, otherwise you'll be operating at less power than anyone else at 17. After that level 17 boost? It makes little difference if you multiclass or not. If your game is going to end at level 15 or so, then anything past level 11 can be almost anything. 2 levels of Fighter and 2 of Rogue on top of Barbarian 5 is generally better than Barbarian 9, but 3 Fighter, 3 Rogue, Barbarian 5 is generally worse than Barbarian 11. </p><p></p><p>There are a couple exceptions to the rule (character level growth on eldritch blast for one, eldritch knight-wiz for another), but its generally its best to either:</p><p>1) dip one level at char gen for needed proficiencies, then level your main class, and/or</p><p>2) wait until the highest milestone you'll reach in the game, then multiclass to heart's content. </p><p></p><p>Remember, level 20 theory builds are nice, but remember you have to stay alive through all these to get to that level 20, so deciding <em>when</em> to multiclass is just as critically important as the decision to multiclass at all.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mephista, post: 6603382, member: 6786252"] There seem to be some misconceptions floating around. The level 20 capstone is not meant to be a huge jump in power. The big jump in power is supposed to be at level 17, give or take one. The game is set up to have four tiers. 1-4 are the apprentice levels, 5-10 are the heroic, 11-16 are whatever-is-between-hero-and-epic, and 17+ are considered the epic levels. At each milestone (5, 11, 17) there is a marked jump in power; well, sometimes it varies by a level up or down, but generally its on those levels. 20 is not a level with a marked jump in power, so that someone who's 18, and someone who's 20, are still roughly on the same power level. One could argue that past level 20, with epic boons, is another tier of power, given what some of those can do (extra level 9 spells, etc), but level 20 is still not that jump. What this also means is that multi-classing is best when done after the highest milestone your game will reach. If your game is going to 20, then generally you are best off multiclassing after hitting the barbarian's level 17 milestone, otherwise you'll be operating at less power than anyone else at 17. After that level 17 boost? It makes little difference if you multiclass or not. If your game is going to end at level 15 or so, then anything past level 11 can be almost anything. 2 levels of Fighter and 2 of Rogue on top of Barbarian 5 is generally better than Barbarian 9, but 3 Fighter, 3 Rogue, Barbarian 5 is generally worse than Barbarian 11. There are a couple exceptions to the rule (character level growth on eldritch blast for one, eldritch knight-wiz for another), but its generally its best to either: 1) dip one level at char gen for needed proficiencies, then level your main class, and/or 2) wait until the highest milestone you'll reach in the game, then multiclass to heart's content. Remember, level 20 theory builds are nice, but remember you have to stay alive through all these to get to that level 20, so deciding [I]when[/I] to multiclass is just as critically important as the decision to multiclass at all. [/QUOTE]
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