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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nyeshet" data-source="post: 2935677" data-attributes="member: 18363">I chose "balanced for non-casters, weak for casters." In point of fact, I am not entirely sure if it is completely balanced for non-casters, although I admit that non-casters suffer far far less than casters. Casters more or less require patch classes / PrCs to function if multiclassed (such as the Mystic Theurge, Eldritch Knight, and equivalents). Oddly enough, if vancian magic was not the core of the casting system I think the problem would not be quite as notable. A skill based system for instance, might work well if a feat were allowed with the following traits: Pre-req: the magic skill is already a class skill for at least one class level already taken; Benefit: the magic skill is considered a class skill for all further class levels taken. Have about a dozen or so magic skills, re-emplement exclusive skills so that a level of a caster class must be taken to gain use of them as class or cross-class skill (dependent on the caster type), and perhaps multiclassing casters would no longer be a major issue. As for whether casters could multiclass in a balanced manner in a point based system - just look at psionics. They too need to make use of patch PrCs. Granted, they also make use of manifester levels. If that could be dropped and a means of gaining points made independent of class (such as bonus hp from Con) then perhaps a point based casting system could also multiclass in a balanced manner. I do think that the point based system is closer than the vancian system, however.</blockquote>

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