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<blockquote data-quote="AnthonyJ" data-source="post: 1201969" data-attributes="member: 13807">First of all, an observation: in my experience, multi-class wizards (and, to a lesser degree, clerics) suck; you wind up with a character who's dramatically inferior at everything.&nbsp; The following is a sudden idea I had for making multiclass spellcasters playable, but hopefully without being unreasonable:Feat: Improved SpellcastingPrerequisite: multi-class spellcasterIncreases your spellcaster level by 1 (in one subclass, if multiple types of spellcaster) for purposes of spells known and effects of spells (i.e. same as the PrC '+1 level to existing class' ability).&nbsp; May be taken multiple times, with the following restrictions:1) Spellcaster level must always be lower than character level (note: this means the feat cannot be taken at first level).2) You may not take this feat more times than the actual number of class levels you have.Now, I admit that +1 caster level is, in general, way overpowered for a feat -- but it seems like it might be a fair way to balance out something that's otherwise really discouraged.Thus, a 10th level character (Ftr5/Wiz5) might take this feat three times, in which case he casts spells as an 8th level wizard, has an attack bonus of +7 (roughly equivalent to a 7th level fighter), and, assuming a +2 con bonus, probably has 64 hp, equivalent to an 8th level fighter.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AnthonyJ, post: 1201969, member: 13807"] First of all, an observation: in my experience, multi-class wizards (and, to a lesser degree, clerics) suck; you wind up with a character who's dramatically inferior at everything. The following is a sudden idea I had for making multiclass spellcasters playable, but hopefully without being unreasonable: Feat: Improved Spellcasting Prerequisite: multi-class spellcaster Increases your spellcaster level by 1 (in one subclass, if multiple types of spellcaster) for purposes of spells known and effects of spells (i.e. same as the PrC '+1 level to existing class' ability). May be taken multiple times, with the following restrictions: 1) Spellcaster level must always be lower than character level (note: this means the feat cannot be taken at first level). 2) You may not take this feat more times than the actual number of class levels you have. Now, I admit that +1 caster level is, in general, way overpowered for a feat -- but it seems like it might be a fair way to balance out something that's otherwise really discouraged. Thus, a 10th level character (Ftr5/Wiz5) might take this feat three times, in which case he casts spells as an 8th level wizard, has an attack bonus of +7 (roughly equivalent to a 7th level fighter), and, assuming a +2 con bonus, probably has 64 hp, equivalent to an 8th level fighter. [/QUOTE]

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