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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dausuul" data-source="post: 6465259" data-attributes="member: 58197">This is very true. The main flaw of 5E multiclassing is not that it's easily exploitable, but that it takes a lot of careful planning to make a character who isn't wretchedly sub-par. This undercuts the theory of multiclassing as a story element: If you change classes "on the fly" as your PC grows and changes, you'll almost certainly end up with a heap of low-level abilities that don't combine in any useful way, and your character will be pathetic compared to your single-classed companions.Much has been made of the ability to get armor proficiencies by dipping fighter or cleric. I remain unimpressed. Having played a multi-classed cleric/wizard, I eventually cajoled my DM into letting me go straight wizard. The armor proficiency is not worth delaying access to high-level wizard spells and abilities. (Yeah, yeah, 20th-level build, whatever. What happens at 20th is almost entirely theorycrafting; very few campaigns ever get anywhere close to that high. My wizard is 13th level right now, and I consider that quite high. I don't expect to reach 20, ever.)Of the few exploits that do exist, most revolve around the warlock, because the warlock's peculiar mechanics let you pull some shenanigans with conventional spellcasting classes. A lot of these disappeared after it was ruled that warlock invocations key off warlock level instead of character level. Still, there are a few remaining. Here are the two I'm aware of offhand:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A wizard 5/warlock 5 can cast animate dead twice per hour, amassing a much larger force of undead than would normally be possible at 10th level. However, this trick takes 10 levels to start working, so it's not ideal.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A warlock 2/sorcerer X can stack Quicken Spell with Agonizing Blast for powerhouse single-target damage output. As an example, if you're a warlock 2/sorcerer 3 with Charisma 16, you can dish out 4d10+12 damage per round, for a total of 5 rounds per day plus 1 additional round per short rest. Of course, this assumes you're willing to burn up all your spell slots generating sorcery points. However, as you gain sorcerer levels, you'll have a lot more sorcery points available, and your eldritch blast damage will continue to grow. At warlock 2/sorcerer 5, you've got 10 rounds per day plus 1 per short rest, and you're dealing 4d10+16. At warlock 2/sorcerer 9 (when the fighter is just hitting her third attack), you've got 22 rounds per day of dealing 6d10+30! Crazy stuff. This is about the best exploit I've seen so far. Plus, of course, you've got 5th-level sorcerer spells in case you need to do something other than smack someone upside the head for ~58 damage.</li> </ul></blockquote>

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