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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Razz" data-source="post: 3222264" data-attributes="member: 3014">You're looking at it in the eyes of a tweaking power gamer. WHen my players multiclass, it's for RP reasons and it's to be unique. No one in our games, in character or out of character, truly refer to themselves by their class/prestige class names. They make each individual unique. For example, one player of mine has a Paladin/Fighter/Cavalier but in-game he's known as a "Holy Cavalier of Helm". He also has a Samurai/Psychic Warrior/Elocator who's known as "Amutsugi of Clan Kaisetsu, a clan where it's warriors are gifted with abilities that they have molded into a unique martial arts style known as te Kaisetsu Style. Amutsugi's talents have been honed to specialize in martial maneuvers involving psychoportation."If you look at it in that perspective, then multiclassing not only doesn't seem so bad but you'd hardly notice it. Unless someone were truly just trying to tweak and power game, in which case I can see the problem.Those magic items are not "free". They have a market price value and a character should not have items equal to the total he or she should have for that character level. If they go over it, then they're imbalanced for game play. It's in the DMG.This I agree with, but then again, the DM should rule 0. It's that simple. If he makes it known that only core rules are allowed and he has to review non-core rules before admitting them into play, then so be it. If the problem springs up afterwards, again he should rule zero it. If the player doesn't understand, too bad.I don't really see that many two-handed wielders. It's a good split between sword&shield, two-weapon, one-handed and two-handed fighting with my group. I have seen material that greatly benefit all of those. Well, no one has fun when the DM throws a great wyrm at them at level 2. In the end, you need to realize it's a game and as long as your players know that too, then it doesn't seem so unrealistic anymore. To make things more realistic, I agree with throwing in something too weak or too powerful now and then, but give them a fighting chance. Like allow them to lure the frost giant into a know fire trap or something if they're level 4 fighting it.I can agree with this, but it depends on the game's style. Not everyone likes the same style of gaming. Some like D&D to be more MMORPG like and others don't. I don't mind it either way.No, flat bonuses are horrible, trust me. They're like that in DDO: Stormreach and a lot of people hate it. My Barbarian hardly, if ever, uses Power Attack because of it. And you were just recently talking about players need to do more strategizing, allowing Combat Expertise and Power Attack to be customizable IS strategy. Depends on game style. Everyone has to make a character according to whatever method the DM uses. Well, you're Luck Priest isn't really lucky if he can't manage to get himself out of a 1 on an attack, now is he? Doesn't really make sense.Well, you don't unlearn anything, because you can't lose a level crafting magic items. I see and explain it as a representation of great energies that tax the mind, body and spirit of the individual crafting such potent items, whether minor or overwhelming in power. Someone else might explain it differently. Point is, XP cost is a great way to deter power gamers from crafting magic items to the point of uberness.</blockquote>

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