Can Prestige classes incur multi-class XP penalties?

[Nightfall]

Well it helps IMHO.
















IF YOU CAN READ THIS YOU DON'T NEED GLASSESS!

 

[Thanee]

Helps with what?

Bye
Thanee

 

[Mista Collins]

It helps with sight, silly

 

[Nightfall]

Something like that MC.

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

That's because it isn't! (TM)

Well it does say 100% official on the cover.

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

IF YOU CAN READ THIS YOU DON'T NEED GLASSESS!

I could read it, without my glasses, but it was really blurry...

* resized for quote friendliness.

 

[ThirdWizard]

Well it does say 100% official on the cover.

Here's the relevant text:

Errata Rule: Primary Sources
When you find a disagreement between two D&D® rules
sources, unless an official errata file says otherwise, the
primary source is correct. One example of a
primary/secondary source is text taking precedence over
a table entry. An individual spell description takes
precedence when the short description in the beginning
of the spells chapter disagrees.
Another example of primary vs. secondary sources
involves book and topic precedence. The Player's
Handbook, for example, gives all the rules for playing
the game, for playing PC races, and for using base class
descriptions. If you find something on one of those
topics from the DUNGEON MASTER's Guide or the
Monster Manual that disagrees with the Player's
Handbook, you should assume the Player's Handbook is
the primary source. The DUNGEON MASTER's Guide is the
primary source for topics such as magic item
descriptions, special material construction rules, and so
on. The Monster Manual is the primary source for
monster descriptions, templates, and supernatural,
extraordinary, and spell-like abilities.

This would be an example of the FAQ differening from the DMG text. According to the primary source rule, the DMG text takes precedence over all sources having to do with PrCs except official errata which can overrule the DMG. Thus, the DMG is correct on the matter and the FAQ is in error, no matter the intention behind the rules. The same goes for RotG articles. If WotC wants to correct mistakes in the official rules, then they must alter those rules through errata.

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

If WotC wants to correct mistakes in the official rules, then they must alter those rules through errata.

*shrugs* I guess for some people they do. I'm happy with the Sage Advice rules being official. (but I play a lot of Star Wars and if you want an update you have to read a JC for it.)

 

[Nightfall]

Brother S,

Well I tried hard but I can't help if your screen is blurry.

 

[the Jester]

Just a note though...the Fochlucan Lyrist in the Complete Adventurer has a line in the Unbound Section (Under Class Features) that says 'A Lyrist also suffers no Experience penalty for Multiclassing'

I take that to mean that, for instance, a dwarf could be a bard 10/druid 7/rog 1/foclyr x and not take an xp penalty from any of his classes' separation in levels.