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Message: <blockquote data-quote="WayneLigon" data-source="post: 4439534" data-attributes="member: 3649">I think a lot of people who multiclass do it to cherry-pick certain abilities that compliment what they already know. They'll dip into a class for 1-2 levels and that's it. Doing that can hurt you a little but depending on the type of character you're looking for, that piddly little -1 to BAB is nothing. Pick up a +1 dagger and you're back to where you 'should' be.Almost any class benefits from picking up a level or two in a spellcasting class. A rogue that takes even one level of Wizard is suddenly able to be much more effective than a straight rogue; shoot, just knowing all the cantrips is a big help in certain circumstances. Fall in a pit? Spider Climb. Pitch-black room in a place where you can't use fire for fear of blowing yourself up? Light. The prepared rogue that has done his homework on an area can be much more effective with just that little bit of magic.Similarly, the fighter that can do a couple Cure Light Wounds can stay in the fight just thaaat much longer in case the cleric goes down.Also, many people could have more than one profession without sacrificing the other. Unless you're an Olympic class gymnast It's not as hard as you make it out to be in terms of time, but most people don't have the drive and organizational skills to pull it off. Those are the two keys to success.Another thing to consider is that obviously it doesn't take long years to learn most professions. These characters don't, for example, have the millstone of a 9-5 make-work job around their necks. Without that and with the attendant drive and devotion, you can master most skills and professions in less than a year. With proper diet and motivation, you can take a couch potato and turn him into Jet Li inside of a year. Also, there are not a lot of requirements dreamed up to keep people employed. Your wizard doesn't have to sit through two years of busywork like Economics 101 before he gets to his actual coursework in magic. If being a wizard was the same as being, say, a programmer then he could get to first level in about six weeks simply by studying with a master ten hours or so a day. That would be the equivilant of three weeks of college-level work per day, without the distractions.  The rest, in about 2-3 years at the outside. People waste a tremendous amount of time. For someone who doesn't, they can accomplish some amazing things. In D&D it's simply a fact that it doesn't take that long because no-one would ever put up with it. If I start out as a Rogue and decide to multiclass as wizard, it doesn't take me 10 years to learn that. You can assume I've been working on it all along in some capacity, but remember, I can go from farmboy to demi-god archmage in less than a year unless you artificially limit me to one plotline or dungeoncrawl every year or two.</blockquote>

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