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Message: <blockquote data-quote="RFisher" data-source="post: 3220328" data-attributes="member: 3608">I've never found multiclassing in 3e to be a problem. At most, there is the "front-loaded" problem, but I've never seen that be much of a problem in actual play. I dropped the multiclass restriction whenever I ran 3e rather than add more. Have you tried not multiclassing to see what a single-classed character v. a multiclass character of the same level is like?I figured nobody would let metamagic magic items into their game the moment I saw them.That's not a bad solution. It's better for the DM to just rule on a case-by-case basis, but it can be hard to know what's going to be a problem until it becomes a problem.There are plenty of very enjoyable games, however, that don't use anything outside the core books.Hmm...this seems like another thing that has to do with supplements. In the games I've played in--which have stuck pretty much to the core rules, I haven't seen this problem.Of course, the proper solution to balancing different fighting styles--if you think they should be balanced--is to use the same mechanics for all of them & leave the style differences to window dressing.I didn't really follow this, but I think I agree. This solution is also to vague to comment upon.I'm not a big fan of buff spells. But I'm also not a fan of the trend of reducing spell durations. Costly material components or XP cost to make them less attractive would work for me.That seems reasonable to me.I completely agree. Point buy is handy for some situations--like pbem. Retrofitting a point buy system on D&D generally just doesn't work for me, though. When I want to craft a character, I want a system designed to let me do that. I want a system that lets me make trade-off between different aspect of the character (e.g. ability scores, skills, & feats) instead of just between ability scores. For D&D, I prefer either roll or freely pick.Another problem caused by using too much from too many supplements? While I haven't seen the problem, that solution seems perfectly fine to me.Don't take mechanics too literally. For this is the last thing about D&D you'll end up saying "How on [E]arth does that make sense?" about. That said, replacing the XP cost with questing for rare components is an oft used option that works just fine.</blockquote>

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