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<blockquote data-quote="comrade raoul" data-source="post: 332277" data-attributes="member: 554">I don't know about that. Balanced rules don't mean munchkiny ones, and characters who are on par with the other, single-classed characters in the party (and with the epic-level challenges) aren't necessarily maxed out. In fact, one of the nice things about balanced rules is that with them, you're not penalizing people for staying true to their characters. That is, you should never have to choose between role-playing well with a crappy character and giving up role-playing to play successfully. When all the different character are roughly on par with each other, you don't have to make that choice, so you're freer to pick the character you want as a role-player.So when epic multi-classed characters are noticeably weaker than epic single-classed characters, you're not hindering role-playing by changing the rules to balance them out. If anything, you're helping the role-players, since you're not forcing them to decide between playing-a-game and playing-a-character. Dungeons and Dragons, remember, is about both. So the original question remains -- are you penalized for being an epic multiclassed character, and, if so, what can be done about it?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="comrade raoul, post: 332277, member: 554"] I don't know about that. Balanced rules don't mean munchkiny ones, and characters who are on par with the other, single-classed characters in the party (and with the epic-level challenges) aren't necessarily maxed out. In fact, one of the nice things about balanced rules is that with them, you're not [i]penalizing[/i] people for staying true to their characters. That is, you should never have to choose between role-playing well with a crappy character and giving up role-playing to play successfully. When all the different character are roughly on par with each other, you don't have to make that choice, so you're freer to pick the character you want as a role-player. So when epic multi-classed characters are noticeably weaker than epic single-classed characters, you're not hindering role-playing by changing the rules to balance them out. If anything, you're helping the role-players, since you're not forcing them to decide between playing-a-game and playing-a-character. Dungeons and Dragons, remember, is about both. So the original question remains -- are you penalized for being an epic multiclassed character, and, if so, what can be done about it? [/QUOTE]

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