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<blockquote data-quote="FrogReaver" data-source="post: 7048545" data-attributes="member: 6795602">Let me first say I think multiclassing utterly fails at adding much to the character concept.&nbsp; There is rarely a multiclass option that is worth taking before level 5 (from a mechanics peraspective) and if so it's only for a dip into the class which rarely works either.&nbsp; (It's not as bad if you don't start at low levels).I think more classes and multiclassing both attempt to achieve the same goal.&nbsp; However, there are some characters that multiclassing does a poor job of realizing, just like you pointed out above that their are a few characters that a new class does a poor job of realizing.&nbsp; I'd wager that the number of characters that classes can realize is vastly larger than the number of characters that multiclassing can realize.This sounds like a great argument for having both.&nbsp; However, multiclassing adds a much steeper cost to class creation than otherwise.&nbsp; If balance is cared for at all there will eventually come a point where there are so many classes and multiclass combinations to consider in making a new class that such a class will take 10 times as long to create as it used to.&nbsp; Without multiclassing the release of a new class is going to only take slightly longer for each new one.&nbsp; So which is a better method for creating a level 1 character to fulfill a concept at level 1-5?&nbsp; A unique class of course.&nbsp; Your power features stay on course and you still get whatever concept you had desired (assuming a class exists for it).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="FrogReaver, post: 7048545, member: 6795602"] Let me first say I think multiclassing utterly fails at adding much to the character concept. There is rarely a multiclass option that is worth taking before level 5 (from a mechanics peraspective) and if so it's only for a dip into the class which rarely works either. (It's not as bad if you don't start at low levels). I think more classes and multiclassing both attempt to achieve the same goal. However, there are some characters that multiclassing does a poor job of realizing, just like you pointed out above that their are a few characters that a new class does a poor job of realizing. I'd wager that the number of characters that classes can realize is vastly larger than the number of characters that multiclassing can realize. This sounds like a great argument for having both. However, multiclassing adds a much steeper cost to class creation than otherwise. If balance is cared for at all there will eventually come a point where there are so many classes and multiclass combinations to consider in making a new class that such a class will take 10 times as long to create as it used to. Without multiclassing the release of a new class is going to only take slightly longer for each new one. So which is a better method for creating a level 1 character to fulfill a concept at level 1-5? A unique class of course. Your power features stay on course and you still get whatever concept you had desired (assuming a class exists for it). [/QUOTE]

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