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(Coming from 3.5) Are casters still the most powerful in PF?
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<blockquote data-quote="knottyprof" data-source="post: 6117165" data-attributes="member: 6715607"><p>Well, to be honest the actual direction given in the Core rule book is that it is up to the group to decide what rate fits you best which makes it sound like a group decision as to which one is chosen. Granted that the rules imply that the same track will be used by everyone it isn't necessarily ban the possibility of different character classes using different tracks in the same group.</p><p></p><p>First off I personnally feel that should be a DM decision more than a "group" decision. If players do not like or want to follow the DM's guidelines on this issue they can just find another game that is more to their style of play. Being a person that began playing in the 80's I was a bit shocked at the unilateral XP chart when I started back up a few years back with 3.5. Granted that some of the 1st edition XP charts (especially the classes in the Unearthed Arcana book) were way out their in left field, for the most part I still think that separate XP tables based on class are somewhat viable, especially if the DM is giving communal XP (where everyone gets an equal share regardless of what was done or not done).</p><p></p><p>As far as the multi-classing issue, the whole fraction thing seems to complicated to me. If a player wants to expand to a class that has a slower rate then I say that rate applies to all class levels taken. If the character starts out with a fast track and decides to switch to a class with a longer XP track then I would say they would have to earn that much more XP before they can take a level in the other class. So if a 4th level fighter (fast track) wants to take a level in Wizard he would actually have to earn 23,000 XP to get to 5th level at that point rather than 10,000. This would represent the time and experience required to learn the basics of the class. Just my opinion anyway, your campaign and you can do it any way you want.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="knottyprof, post: 6117165, member: 6715607"] Well, to be honest the actual direction given in the Core rule book is that it is up to the group to decide what rate fits you best which makes it sound like a group decision as to which one is chosen. Granted that the rules imply that the same track will be used by everyone it isn't necessarily ban the possibility of different character classes using different tracks in the same group. First off I personnally feel that should be a DM decision more than a "group" decision. If players do not like or want to follow the DM's guidelines on this issue they can just find another game that is more to their style of play. Being a person that began playing in the 80's I was a bit shocked at the unilateral XP chart when I started back up a few years back with 3.5. Granted that some of the 1st edition XP charts (especially the classes in the Unearthed Arcana book) were way out their in left field, for the most part I still think that separate XP tables based on class are somewhat viable, especially if the DM is giving communal XP (where everyone gets an equal share regardless of what was done or not done). As far as the multi-classing issue, the whole fraction thing seems to complicated to me. If a player wants to expand to a class that has a slower rate then I say that rate applies to all class levels taken. If the character starts out with a fast track and decides to switch to a class with a longer XP track then I would say they would have to earn that much more XP before they can take a level in the other class. So if a 4th level fighter (fast track) wants to take a level in Wizard he would actually have to earn 23,000 XP to get to 5th level at that point rather than 10,000. This would represent the time and experience required to learn the basics of the class. Just my opinion anyway, your campaign and you can do it any way you want. [/QUOTE]
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