multi-classing book of nine swords

[Particle_Man]

If you have a 1st level crusader/1st level warblade, what initiator level do you have as crusader? (Basically, does one round the (1/2 of the) warblade level up or down?)

 

[shilsen]

One. And down. You generally round down in D&D, so unless there's a specific mention otherwise, I think that's the way to go.

 

[glass]

One. And down. You generally round down in D&D, so unless there's a specific mention otherwise, I think that's the way to go.

Yep. From the SRD:

ROUNDING FRACTIONS

In general, if you wind up with a fraction, round down, even if the fraction is one-half or larger.

Exception: Certain rolls, such as damage and hit points, have a minimum of 1.

glass.

 

[hong]

The more interesting question is what happens when you have more than 2 classes. Do you round each one down separately, or add them up and round down the result?

Eg warblade1/fighter1/barbarian1. Is the warblade IL 1 + int(1/2) + int(1/2), or 1 + int((1+1)/2)?

I'd treat it as the former, in line with the general principle of treating numeric progressions separately by class.

 

[Dracomeander]

By my reading of the multi-class guidelines for initiator classes, you lump all your other classes together then halve the result to determine the boost your other classes give to your initiator level.

A 16th level character with the martial study feat and no initiator classes would have an initiator level of 8 no matter how many classes he had.

 

[Nifft]

What's most interesting IMHO is that the calculation lumps other classes EXCEPT initiator prestige classes together. Initiator prestige classes count as full initiator levels for all your martial adept classes. So, a Warblade 6 / Crusader 4 / Eternal Blade 10 would have a WB IL = 18 and a Crusader IL = 17. That's solid spiffy.

Cheers, -- N