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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kraydak" data-source="post: 4196211" data-attributes="member: 12306">While I would argue that the preview suggests that the secondary role will be more than merely suboptimal, I am in agreement with the above.  On the other hand, I feel that calling this mechanic multi-classing is misleading.  You aren't gaining the ability to act as multiple classes.  In previous editions, you did.  If WotC had admitted that they weren't including multiclassing, but might later, and were providing mechanics for dabbling in other classes as a way to tweak (rather than fundamentally modify) your character, they would have been honest.  As it is... they are misrepresenting the mechanics.  They appear decent at what they were designed to do, and it isn't the mechanic's fault that their design parameters are at odds with their name.In the above I am assuming that, say, most/most of a striker's extra damage *isn't* coming from their Powers being better, but rather the extra dice abilities, which aren't relevantly picked up by the multi-classing feats, or most of the fighter's defender abilities are, as appears in the DDXP, wrapped up in non-exploit abilites.</blockquote>