Feat rogue + fighter

[Veven1290]

I know you cannot take levels in Feat rogue and then take normal rogue level but is it legal to take a couple levels in feat rogue and then take fighter levels?

 

[HoboGod]

I think your levels of rogue would stack with fighter for determining your fighter bonus feats. I don't think there's anything explicit in the rules, however, so you'll have to check with your DM.

 

[Dandu]

They wouldn't stack.

 

[HoboGod]

I dunno, I don't want to be the DM that says you can multiclass like that. Could you imagine if someone took Feat Rogue 2/Fighter 2/Psychic Warrior 2? A human with two flaws would have 12 feats at 6th level.

 

[Dandu]

I dunno, I don't want to be the DM that says you can multiclass like that. Could you imagine if someone took Feat Rogue 2/Fighter 2/Psychic Warrior 2? A human with two flaws would have 12 feats at 6th level.

And what would they do with the 3 feats they'd have over a Fighter 6?

 

[HoboGod]

And what would they do with the 3 feats they'd have over a Fighter 6?

Well, I suppose it depends on what they're trying to do, wouldn't it? If they're going for a feint strategy, they'd get Combat Expertise, Improved Feint, and Skill Focus (Bluff). If they're going for a reach AoO strategy, they'd get Combat Reflexes, Exotic Weapon Proficiency (Spiked Chain), and Hold the Line. If they're going for a damage output strategy, they'd get Power Attack, Weapon Focus, Weapon Specialization.

 

[Dandu]

Your example feats contain many poor or underpowered feats, which lead me to believe that the power difference is likely to be smaller than you think.

Pathfinder Fighters will have more feats than the 3.5 fighter, and they're still not overpowered.

You've also forgotten to take account the XP penalty the multiclassed character will probably incur.

 

[radmod]

You've also forgotten to take account the XP penalty the multiclassed character will probably incur.

I dunno, I don't want to be the DM that says you can multiclass like that. Could you imagine if someone took Feat Rogue 2/Fighter 2/Psychic Warrior 2? A human with two flaws would have 12 feats at 6th level.

No xp penalty, he's human, or is it different in Pathfinder?

 

[Dandu]

No xp penalty, he's human, or is it different in Pathfinder?

In 3.5, a Human with 2 levels in 3 classes will soon find himself facing XP penalties as he levels up, iirc, due to the difference in levels between his various classes.

 

[HoboGod]

There wouldn't be exp penalty because they'd all be within 1 of eachother. And I'm just pulling feats from the player's handbook and off the top of my head, so don't bug me about whether the feats are underpowered. Quite frankly, these are extra feats that a fighter 6 wouldn't have. In any case, even if it's just a slight advantage in what a player can do, it's enough of an advantage.

We're always arguing what's broken or not as compared to a wizard, well I don't mind that wizards are insanely strong. I can kill a wizard at any time I like. Oh no, she wasted a great deal of her precious exp and money to gain blinking and invisibility? Her hit points, AC, and fortitude still suck and plenty of my monsters don't care if you're invisible or if they miss a few times. It's when those tanks start holding their own that I get worried. Granted, I could run every encounter as if the fighters aren't their and just wail upon the wizards, but I don't. When players build their characters to withstand damage, I don't punish them for it by never letting monsters try to strike them. I build my encounters around my players. It's only when any given player could clearly survive on her own with a cleric cohort that I believe it's unbalanced.