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<blockquote data-quote="James Gasik" data-source="post: 8600371" data-attributes="member: 6877472">I had several hybrid characters in 4e, and they were all pretty decent.&nbsp; My favorite of these was a Bard/Wizard- no synergy at all between the classes, he had to split Int/Cha, and yet, he became one of my highest level characters and never had a problem pulling his weight.&nbsp; You're going to burn a feat to get a useful class ability most likely, but most classes hybrid rather well (the Fighter, sadly, has issues due to how his marking ability functions).Normally you do want some synergy, however, which is why most of my other hybrids were better thought out, like my Seeker/Cleric or Warlord/Wizard.&nbsp; Now as to hybrid classes in 5e, I don't think the system is built to do that easily.&nbsp; You have classes that get subclass abilities at different levels, or sometimes multiple abilities at the same level.&nbsp; And sometimes abilities gained at the same level are not the same in power- no Battlemaster is going to miss Know Your Enemy, since it's both hard to use, and doesn't give especially great information.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="James Gasik, post: 8600371, member: 6877472"] I had several hybrid characters in 4e, and they were all pretty decent. My favorite of these was a Bard/Wizard- no synergy at all between the classes, he had to split Int/Cha, and yet, he became one of my highest level characters and never had a problem pulling his weight. You're going to burn a feat to get a useful class ability most likely, but most classes hybrid rather well (the Fighter, sadly, has issues due to how his marking ability functions). Normally you do want some synergy, however, which is why most of my other hybrids were better thought out, like my Seeker/Cleric or Warlord/Wizard. Now as to hybrid classes in 5e, I don't think the system is built to do that easily. You have classes that get subclass abilities at different levels, or sometimes multiple abilities at the same level. And sometimes abilities gained at the same level are not the same in power- no Battlemaster is going to miss Know Your Enemy, since it's both hard to use, and doesn't give especially great information. [/QUOTE]

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