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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 4470813" data-attributes="member: 19675">No.  My game design philosophy is that learning curves exist for a reason.  Knowledge is cumulative.Just because a PC is 14th level doesn't mean he gets to step into a high-level benefit when he multiclasses. Again, I don't care that the 1d4+1 attack doesn't stack up to the abilities of his non-multiclassing cronies. If the player's concept is that his 13th level fighter went to Wiz school for a level, he gets the benefits a 1st level Wizard gains.I have a couple of graduate level degrees.  I can't get into another program and get another diploma unless I go through all the grunt work that builds up to that point. I can't walk into a dojo and ask for a black belt just because I was a brown belt in a different combat form.  I have to earn that belt.I can't just go and play a Schubert concerto on piano at Carnagie Hall just because I'm pretty good at guitar.  I have to put in the hard work and practice to gain that skill.The spells are not balanced, but the opportunities are.  The PC who chooses that road is picking a difficult one, but hardly unfair.  He's not looking at the now, he's looking at the future.Another descriptor would be "realistic."No, I said that a 13th level PC gaining his 14th PC level as his first in a different class isn't entitled to anything beyond the benefits of any other 1st level practitioner in that class.  He hasn't learned anything beyond that point.No, I was describing one possible set of design options.Personally, I hailed the freedom granted by 3Ed multiclassing as compared to previous editions.  3.5Ed is, in fact, my 3rd favorite game system of all time.Given a choice, however, I gravitate more towards point-based RPGs.  They generally grant nearly infinite flexibility.Actually, other than my adoption of the AU/AE racial levels, none of what I've discussed are my HRs.  Some were other players' HRs, others were actually lifted from other RPGs.</blockquote>

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