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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 6378805" data-attributes="member: 29398">Very.  In a 1e or 2e style independent-class system, if you go, say, 90% fighter 10% MU you'll start at 1-1 but your F side will be up to 4th or so before the MU bumps to 2nd.  But most of your xp are still going to the F side, you don't have to use 5th-level xp numbers just to tack on a MU level; it's being dragged along as your F advances.  Doesn't work worth crap in 3e, I know because I tried it.I've seen two good character concepts use exactly this breakdown (90%F/10%MU): one was a noble who as part of her lofty position was forced to take and maintain training in magic use; she wanted to be a fighter instead, so 90-10 was the best she could do.  The other was a full-on warrior who just wanted to have the MU side available to cast Identify on the cool stuff he found, along with an occasional other spell e.g. Alarm.I usually handwave it too, but I still chalk off the time it takes; and a double-class with caster on both sides can easily delay the adventuring day's start until well after lunchtime. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Lan-"having sais all this I'd better go on record as saying I'm not usually much of a fan of multiclassing in any form"-efan</blockquote>