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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Thomas Shey" data-source="post: 9623002" data-attributes="member: 7026617">The last thing most people wanted was to have them be actively attracting fire.  Remember, in the groups I saw, their primary job was carrying treasure out.  Can't do that well if they're dead.Archery from low level opponents was a thing, and it was very hit or miss how GMs would treat the front line in protecting from that (as was whether it was perceived you could even use spears from second rank--again, these were often not people with a wargaming background, and nothing under the entry for spears in OD&D would suggest it was practical).Don't think I ever saw the 6th character in a six character party be a third fighter.  Might occasionally be a second cleric.(This is, of course, ignoring the 12 character parties which could vary considerably)In the OD&D days, as I recall, there wasn't a provision for multiclassing with cleric for much of anybody.  You'd see the elven fighter/mage business on occasion, or some thief combos, but dual classing didn't come along until AD&D as I recall (I can't speak for the B/X and other offshoots at all) and even people who allowed dwarven or elven clerics didn't usually allow them to multiclass, so there was a very low chance of ever seeing a cleric multiclassed with anything.</blockquote>