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<blockquote data-quote="steeldragons" data-source="post: 5832853" data-attributes="member: 92511">hmmm. No sir, I don'like it.Be Fighter/Magic-user if you want to be...ya know...a Fighter/Magic-user.Multiclassing, in my dream universe 5e, is:1) 2 Classes only. Taken/chosen at Character Creation. That's all.2) May only be done with between &quot;Base&quot; classes (Ftr, Cle, Mu, Thf) or certain &quot;sub-classes&quot; and a base class.Most subclasses have lots of specific flavors and additional powers that they receive for being that class. They do not need, or shouldn't be able to, add a whole separate disparate set of skills and abilities when they wake up one day with enough XP.I would also advocate certain sub-classes that are too &quot;involved&quot; in their training, discipline, honed or secret skills, to have time or energy to &quot;multi-class&quot; at all. Paladin and Monk are obvious...Bards are already their own one-man party...but I would go so far as to add Druid and Assassin there...perhaps Psions or Warlocks too.Actually, thinking about it, maybe no sub-classes get to multi-class at all. Base classes only!Do we really need, out of the box, a &quot;Bladesinger&quot; and a &quot;Swordmage&quot; and a &quot;Duskblade&quot; and a &quot;Hex-knife&quot; and a &quot;Daggerwitch&quot; and a &quot;Witchdagger&quot; and a dozen other &quot;Sharppointycasterspeller&quot;?Call it a &quot;Ftr/MU&quot; and add whatever &quot;flavorful term that means 'guy with spells and a sword' in your game world&quot; that you like. Heck, make a half-dozen warring factions of them, all called something different...but the Character sheet will still say &quot;Ftr/MU&quot; or, maybe, &quot;Thf/MU&quot;.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="steeldragons, post: 5832853, member: 92511"] hmmm. No sir, I don'like it. Be Fighter/Magic-user if you want to be...ya know...a Fighter/Magic-user. Multiclassing, in my dream universe 5e, is: 1) 2 Classes only. Taken/chosen at Character Creation. That's all. 2) May only be done with between "Base" classes (Ftr, Cle, Mu, Thf) or certain "sub-classes" and a base class. Most subclasses have lots of specific flavors and additional powers that they receive for being that class. They do not need, or shouldn't be able to, add a whole separate disparate set of skills and abilities when they wake up one day with enough XP. I would also advocate certain sub-classes that are too "involved" in their training, discipline, honed or secret skills, to have time or energy to "multi-class" at all. Paladin and Monk are obvious...Bards are already their own one-man party...but I would go so far as to add Druid and Assassin there...perhaps Psions or Warlocks too. Actually, thinking about it, maybe no sub-classes get to multi-class at all. Base classes only! Do we really need, out of the box, a "Bladesinger" and a "Swordmage" and a "Duskblade" and a "Hex-knife" and a "Daggerwitch" and a "Witchdagger" and a dozen other "Sharppointycasterspeller"? Call it a "Ftr/MU" and add whatever "flavorful term that means 'guy with spells and a sword' in your game world" that you like. Heck, make a half-dozen warring factions of them, all called something different...but the Character sheet will still say "Ftr/MU" or, maybe, "Thf/MU". [/QUOTE]

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