Wrong. A Fighter draws his power from Martial power source, a Bard draws power from the Arcane power source. "A character who has taken a class-specific multiclass feat counts as a member of that class" is not the same as counting as that class' power source. I don't think there was ever any clarification on whether or not you pick up access to the new power source when you multiclass. It was only in Martial Power and the DDI articles that they actually started doing things by power source, so it's still kind of a new thing.
Is there anything in the PHB about picking up the power source when you multiclass? Or is there anything that CS has said on the subject?
I completely agree with half of this. You do not gain a power source, at the moment, when taking a multiclass feat. There are certainly things that require a power source to qualify. I do not agree that the Weapon Training feats are among them. The word class is used not Power Source. When I'm home and can email CS I'll do so, unless someone has done so already.
Wrong. A Fighter draws his power from Martial power source, a Bard draws power from the Arcane power source. "A character who has taken a class-specific multiclass feat counts as a member of that class" is not the same as counting as that class' power source. I don't think there was ever any clarification on whether or not you pick up access to the new power source when you multiclass. It was only in Martial Power and the DDI articles that they actually started doing things by power source, so it's still kind of a new thing.
Is there anything in the PHB about picking up the power source when you multiclass? Or is there anything that CS has said on the subject?
Whip Training’s requirements are as follows; Prerequisites: Dex 13, any martial class
Page 208 of the 4e PHB says “A character who has taken a class-specific multiclass feat counts as a member of that class for the purpose of meeting prerequisites for taking other feats and qualifying for paragon paths.”
Fighter is a Martial class, and as such the Bard multiclassing into fighter should qualify for Whip Training.
Agreed. Yep - it really is this easy.
dorpond said:Re: Multiclass - Would I be a 'martial class'?
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I got this reply to your specific question:
Yes, you would be able to select those feats where "any martial class" is required. I will pass this along to the Character Builder team.
And so we have closure - I hope. Thanks Nimrand for your persistency.
I'm of the opinion that you can have both a weapon mastery path and be multiclassed in another class. ...My take is that you can only exchange one each of daily attack, encounter attack, and Utility power. Thus, if you have both a multiclass and a weapon mastery path, you can exchange one of each for either a multiclass power or a weapon mastery power, but you cannot do both.
This is not what the rues say...