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<blockquote data-quote="Willie the Duck" data-source="post: 9384030" data-attributes="member: 6799660">Yes. Someone asked and we tried it to see how it would go.As a strange coincidence, it was almost Clint's example of a Battlemaster/Rune Knight (in this case Edritch Knight). They went EK 1-5, then BM 1-3, then EK 6-... I think 9 or 10 before the campaign petered out. As you can imagine, the delay in getting your third attack (and before that the 3-level delay in your F8 and F8 ASIs) was hugely significant, mathematically (perhaps a little less so because of EK's attack+BB). However, the benefits of both EK and BM abilities (and getting 2 action surges super-early) did eat into that deficit. And it certainly felt like there was a lot more decisions the fighter got to make (in combat, and out, since they took some of the skill-boost BM maneuvers).It worked really about the same as those builds where you take a martial up two two attacks and then drop into something else (Ranger5/Druid 1-..., Fighter5/Rogue1-..., sorcadins, etc.). By that I mean:<ol>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">The 'build' only really takes off at level 8+. Since you really don't want to wait until level 8 or so for multi-attack as a martial, you likely will power-level whichever you want to take 5+ levels in. This means your first tier looks very much like a single-class advancement.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">At level 8 (L5/L3), you get all the cool benefits of the second archetype, which certainly feels more significant than what you might otherwise get at levels 6-8 (maybe 7-9 for paladins, who really want that aura).</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">When you hit the upper tiers, those nifty level 11+ abilities classes get seem really delayed.</li>
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[QUOTE="Willie the Duck, post: 9384030, member: 6799660"] Yes. Someone asked and we tried it to see how it would go. As a strange coincidence, it was almost Clint's example of a Battlemaster/Rune Knight (in this case Edritch Knight). They went EK 1-5, then BM 1-3, then EK 6-... I think 9 or 10 before the campaign petered out. As you can imagine, the delay in getting your third attack (and before that the 3-level delay in your F8 and F8 ASIs) was hugely significant, mathematically (perhaps a little less so because of EK's attack+BB). However, the benefits of both EK and BM abilities (and getting 2 action surges super-early) did eat into that deficit. And it certainly [I]felt [/I]like there was a lot more decisions the fighter got to make (in combat, and out, since they took some of the skill-boost BM maneuvers). It worked really about the same as those builds where you take a martial up two two attacks and then drop into something else (Ranger5/Druid 1-..., Fighter5/Rogue1-..., sorcadins, etc.). By that I mean: [LIST=1] [*]The 'build' only really takes off at level 8+. Since you really don't want to wait until level 8 or so for multi-attack as a martial, you likely will power-level whichever you want to take 5+ levels in. This means your first tier looks very much like a single-class advancement. [*]At level 8 (L5/L3), you get all the cool benefits of the second archetype, which certainly [I]feels[/I] more significant than what you might otherwise get at levels 6-8 (maybe 7-9 for paladins, who really want that aura). [*]When you hit the upper tiers, those nifty level 11+ abilities classes get seem really delayed. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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