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<blockquote data-quote="Crazy Jerome" data-source="post: 5793668" data-attributes="member: 54877">I've toyed with the idea before of having only 10 levels per class, but then let multiclassing go beyond that.&nbsp; The idea would be some strange mix of 1E and 3E dualclassing/multiclassing, where getting to 10 took a lot of XP, and it got slowly but steadily worse as you passed the 10th level mark.&nbsp;Thus, it takes the 3E problem of certain weak multiclassing, makes it the norm, and gives a progression where the second career is harder to get.&nbsp; That is, you've got a fighter and a wizard.&nbsp; After lots of adventures, they hit 10th level.&nbsp; From there, they decide, what they heck, and swap careers.&nbsp; Well getting to 11th was slightly harder than going from 9th to 10th.&nbsp; And all each of them gets out of it is what the other guy got relatively easy at 1st.&nbsp; Then after even a lot more adventures, they finally max out again.&nbsp; At some point, the diminishing returns makes it not worth it to start a whole new career, and thus would encourage niche protection going after the equivalent of prestige classes.&nbsp; That is, the 10th level fighter gets a lot more bang for his buck adding on barbarian or paladin levels, than wizard levels.&nbsp;That model has problem of its owns, but I like it as way to have relatively distinct and concise class level listings at around 10th level, but still provide for later growth for groups that want it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Crazy Jerome, post: 5793668, member: 54877"] I've toyed with the idea before of having only 10 levels per class, but then let multiclassing go beyond that. The idea would be some strange mix of 1E and 3E dualclassing/multiclassing, where getting to 10 took a lot of XP, and it got slowly but steadily worse as you passed the 10th level mark. Thus, it takes the 3E problem of certain weak multiclassing, makes it the norm, and gives a progression where the second career is harder to get. That is, you've got a fighter and a wizard. After lots of adventures, they hit 10th level. From there, they decide, what they heck, and swap careers. Well getting to 11th was slightly harder than going from 9th to 10th. And all each of them gets out of it is what the other guy got relatively easy at 1st. Then after even a lot more adventures, they finally max out again. At some point, the diminishing returns makes it not worth it to start a whole new career, and thus would encourage niche protection going after the equivalent of prestige classes. That is, the 10th level fighter gets a lot more bang for his buck adding on barbarian or paladin levels, than wizard levels. That model has problem of its owns, but I like it as way to have relatively distinct and concise class level listings at around 10th level, but still provide for later growth for groups that want it. [/QUOTE]

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