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<blockquote data-quote="Ilbranteloth" data-source="post: 7291772" data-attributes="member: 6778044"><p>I didn't dig into that, so that's interesting. Obviously they hadn't finalized things when the FRCS went to press.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Personally, it doesn't make any difference to me. And wow, you're right. I had totally forgotten that 3e switched to the straight character level instead of leveling classes independently, with their own XP totals, etc. Too long going to the SRD instead of the books for 3/3.5e stuff I guess.</p><p></p><p>When class levels were tracked independently, then if the max level for a class was 20, you were still well within the rules to dual/multi-class and gain levels in another class. Because there wasn't a "character level" at that point, just "class level." With the 3e and later approach, once you reach the maximum character level, you're "outside the rules." </p><p></p><p>You could easily do the same thing in 5e, or you could just keep extending the table with no additional abilities except boons (which is essentially what they've done). Again, I don't have a problem with that either. My point was simply that there's a difference between an official releases allowing 21+ level characters rather than a homebrew. Of course, I love homebrew so I"m good with that!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ilbranteloth, post: 7291772, member: 6778044"] I didn't dig into that, so that's interesting. Obviously they hadn't finalized things when the FRCS went to press. Personally, it doesn't make any difference to me. And wow, you're right. I had totally forgotten that 3e switched to the straight character level instead of leveling classes independently, with their own XP totals, etc. Too long going to the SRD instead of the books for 3/3.5e stuff I guess. When class levels were tracked independently, then if the max level for a class was 20, you were still well within the rules to dual/multi-class and gain levels in another class. Because there wasn't a "character level" at that point, just "class level." With the 3e and later approach, once you reach the maximum character level, you're "outside the rules." You could easily do the same thing in 5e, or you could just keep extending the table with no additional abilities except boons (which is essentially what they've done). Again, I don't have a problem with that either. My point was simply that there's a difference between an official releases allowing 21+ level characters rather than a homebrew. Of course, I love homebrew so I"m good with that! [/QUOTE]
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