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Message: <blockquote data-quote="slwoyach" data-source="post: 5626792" data-attributes="member: 1022">I was looking at the Unearthed Arcana generic classes and noticed something, they are absolutely perfect for E6 play.  I’ve been trying to find a good multi-classing system for the system and had even dabbled in gestalt feats, but there’s no need when using generic classes.  The reasons are two fold.A)  A spellcaster gains his most powerful spells at 6th level.  If he steps away from his chosen field for even one level he will never gain his most powerful spells.B)  A warrior gains his second attack at 6th level, if he multi-classes he will never gain a second attack.  This eliminates completely the broken ranger/fighter/paladin/knight/swashbuckler/samurai with his ridiculous saves while maintaining maximum BAB.It also fits in nicely with the concept of “mini-tiers”.  Under this concept the 6 level character is broken down into 3 tiers:*  Levels 1-2 (commoner).  90% of the population is level 2 or lower.*  Levels 3-4 (hero/master).  10% of the population is level 3 or 4.  Only master wizards can gain access to 2nd level spells, the common hedge wizards that dot the landscape are limited to minor magics.*  Levels 5-6 (legend).  1% of the population is level 5 or 6.  I may adjust these numbers, as this seems to make high level characters too common.  Only legendary casters may ever master 3rd level spells and only legendary fighters may gain a second attack.Both pcs and npcs can be broken down into one of those 3 tiers.  Not all legends need necessarily be adventurers.  The party may need to find the legendary weaponsmith Caerlin who has a hidden forge deep in the Ice Teeth mountains.  Caerlin would be a 6th level expert, of course.To keep from high level non-adventurers being more powerful than lower level adventurers I’ve introduced the non-combatant feat.  A character with this feat may trade hit dice and BAB for bonus feats on a one-for-one basis.  So the ancient Caerlin may have a +0 BAB and only one hit die but still be maxed out in craft ranks.Thoughts?</blockquote>

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