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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Herzog" data-source="post: 5576014" data-attributes="member: 25696">The LA+1 or +2 is for the fact you actually start out as a second or third level character: Fighter 1/Rogue 1 at 0 XP is a second level character, and should receive a level adjustment of +1 Fighter 1/Rogue 1/Wizard 1 at 0 XP is actually a third level character, and should receive a level adjustment of +2. To do the above WITHOUT LA, he could let them start as single class, and require multiclass characters to take their other classes before progressing into the second level of their first class. And I agree the requirement to keep your class levels within 1 is a nerf, but if you deviate from that you (possibly) come into the realm of XP penalties, and I don't think you want to start that discussion up with this particular DM. This is all, to be clear, to allow the DM in question to fulfill his desire to replicate an (IMO) outdated multiclass system, while remaining within the 3.5 levelling rules, avoiding the problem the OP has brought forward (that is, that the current system he uses sets single class characters at a disadvantage)</blockquote>