Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 4612227" data-attributes="member: 177">Can it be done, sure.Do you really want to do it?  That, I'm not so sure of, especially with 4e.  If I wanted to do this sort of thing, I'd probably work with a game that was more designed for it in the first place. A point-buy system would be far better - or even 3e, that has more loose multiclassing options.But not that the loose multiclassing (or more flexible advancement, in general) gives the player far more ability to either min/max or shoot themselves in the foot.  Everyone crows about how a 3e Wizard/Fighter of evenly distributed levels is inefficient, compared to a straight wizard or straight fighter.  Same logic applies here.Splitting up the ways characters can advance is a good way to lose track of how tough they are.  One of the gains the GM gets from the way 4e does things is having a good clue how much punishment the characters can deal out and take.  The more variability in advancement, the less grasp the GM has - and that can lead to either more work in adventure design, or adventures that are accidentally not well-suited to the party.</blockquote>