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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Storm Raven" data-source="post: 3263278" data-attributes="member: 307">And that is true in 3e as well. A multiclass wizard is going to be less effective at being a wizard than the straight wizard will be. So will the cleric. A multiclass fighter will usually have a hard time keeping his AC up to where a single class fighters is, since he will likely have to ecshew heavier armor to keep his class abilities. And so on.And, to tell the truth, a multiclass character in 3e is likely to be more hampered in these respects than a multiclass character in 1e was. A multiclass 1e fighter/magic-user (for example) adventuring with an 8th level party was probably a 7th/7th level character (or thereabouts) lagging one level behind his single classed 8th level magic-user buddy, and almost as good a fighter as his single classed 8th level fighter pal (all at the same or very similar experience point totals). A multiclassed 3e fighter/wizard in an 8th level party is either a 4th/4th level character, much worse at both fighting and spellcasting than his counterparts, or he has to pick which side he wants to favor - he can be a better fighter, but he has to be a worse caster, or vice versa.Of course, the purported character in question was a single classed artificer, who might be able to have a high AC for a minute or two a day (or not) who has not been shown to be rules legal. But he shouldn't be a problem for you, because he's a single classed character.</blockquote>

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