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<blockquote data-quote="KarinsDad" data-source="post: 4973837" data-attributes="member: 2011">For a Eladrin Wizard, it allows him to melee fight reasonably with a longsword.No, it doesn't give him the fancy extra bonus ability that most melee attacks have, but it allows him to melee. The feat allows any PC to melee, hence, it is a multiclass-like feat.When a foe gets past the front line, I wanted this PCs to be able to melee with that foe in the back lines. I wanted him to Defend when doing this as well, but I could not find a good way to do that yet.It doesn't matter if the Wizard role is to control. When a foe is in this PC's face, he's going to melee him. That's multiclassing. A Wizard fighting with a sword like a Fighter.No, that's not 4E game mechanics multiclassing. It's 4e game roleplaying multiclassing. The Wizard acting like a Fighter. Hence the reason I said that this feat shores up the multiclassing rules. It by itself is not &quot;a multiclassing rule&quot;, it allows the PC to do a multiclassing-like activity.I wouldn't doubt that other multiclassing-like feats might not be added to the game in the future. If you think about it, even something as simple as Armor Proficiency Leather is a multiclassing-like feat. It allows a Wizard to armor up without penalty, something only other classes are allowed to do.Any feat that allows a given PC to do something that only other classes are allowed to do is a multiclassing-like feat.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="KarinsDad, post: 4973837, member: 2011"] For a Eladrin Wizard, it allows him to melee fight reasonably with a longsword. No, it doesn't give him the fancy extra bonus ability that most melee attacks have, but it allows him to melee. The feat allows any PC to melee, hence, it is a multiclass-like feat. When a foe gets past the front line, I wanted this PCs to be able to melee with that foe in the back lines. I wanted him to Defend when doing this as well, but I could not find a good way to do that yet. It doesn't matter if the Wizard role is to control. When a foe is in this PC's face, he's going to melee him. That's multiclassing. A Wizard fighting with a sword like a Fighter. No, that's not 4E game mechanics multiclassing. It's 4e game roleplaying multiclassing. The Wizard acting like a Fighter. Hence the reason I said that this feat shores up the multiclassing rules. It by itself is not "a multiclassing rule", it allows the PC to do a multiclassing-like activity. I wouldn't doubt that other multiclassing-like feats might not be added to the game in the future. If you think about it, even something as simple as Armor Proficiency Leather is a multiclassing-like feat. It allows a Wizard to armor up without penalty, something only other classes are allowed to do. Any feat that allows a given PC to do something that only other classes are allowed to do is a multiclassing-like feat. [/QUOTE]

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