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<blockquote data-quote="Pielorinho" data-source="post: 43607" data-attributes="member: 259">I see the flavor you want to achieve, but I'm not sure that the feat, as you describe it, works well in the D20 rules.&nbsp; It makes multiclassing really weird.Hmm -- here's a way you could achieve almost exactly the same effect.&nbsp; Instead of having the wizard give up proficiency with weapons, impose a -4 penalty when using any weapon, in exchange for a +3 bonus when using spells.Since the penalty for attacking with a weapon that you're not proficient with is -4, this achieves almost the same thing.The only difference is that you can't buy back proficiencies in weapons.&nbsp; But that should be okay, shouldn't it?I'm still uncomfortable with this feat:&nbsp; D&amp;D is never about forgetting what you've learned, and ruleswise a fighter1 who takes the next 19 levels in wizard and never uses a bardiche in that time will still remember perfectly well how to use a bardiche at 20th level.If you want to achieve this effect, I almost think you'd be better off houseruling the wizard to be only proficient in staff and dagger, and giving them the +3 bonus with spell attacks.&nbsp; If they choose to MC, have it work as normal -- they're obviously not specializing in magic, in this case.Daniel</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Pielorinho, post: 43607, member: 259"] I see the flavor you want to achieve, but I'm not sure that the feat, as you describe it, works well in the D20 rules. It makes multiclassing really weird. Hmm -- here's a way you could achieve almost exactly the same effect. Instead of having the wizard give up proficiency with weapons, impose a -4 penalty when using any weapon, in exchange for a +3 bonus when using spells. Since the penalty for attacking with a weapon that you're not proficient with is -4, this achieves almost the same thing. The only difference is that you can't buy back proficiencies in weapons. But that should be okay, shouldn't it? I'm still uncomfortable with this feat: D&D is never about forgetting what you've learned, and ruleswise a fighter1 who takes the next 19 levels in wizard and never uses a bardiche in that time will still remember perfectly well how to use a bardiche at 20th level. If you want to achieve this effect, I almost think you'd be better off houseruling the wizard to be only proficient in staff and dagger, and giving them the +3 bonus with spell attacks. If they choose to MC, have it work as normal -- they're obviously not specializing in magic, in this case. Daniel [/QUOTE]

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