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<blockquote data-quote="Blue" data-source="post: 4211827" data-attributes="member: 20564"><p>Depends on the game.</p><p></p><p>In the very high stat game that always aims at hitting epic, here's the breakdown:</p><p></p><p>Up through fifth I usually see 1-2. If it's 2 it's either a character concept that fits between them (the savage tracker who's a barbarian/ranger, for example) or someone with just a single level of something else, usually to represent backstory or to cherry pick something like track or a fighter feat. But single class is also common, especially for casters. Say a 50/50 split.</p><p></p><p>By 8th, 80% of the people have a prestige class, with the exception being single class folks who have a core class that's actually interesting and unique at higher levels, like a Druid, Monk or Beguiler. There is a chance by this point there was some PrC cherry picking and someone has two prestige classes, but that seems rarer.</p><p></p><p>By 15th the people going for prestige classes often have two of them, perhaps three and in rare cases four. So we've got a spread of 1-6 classes total by this point, with 2-4 being the most common.</p><p></p><p>20th either sees +1-2 more prestige classes or finishing up other ones, especially 10 level ones in preparation for epic levels. So the spread is 1-8 classes, with 2-5 being most common.</p><p></p><p>The other games, with less high stats (so MAD hurts more) I see less multiclassing.</p><p></p><p>Cheers,</p><p>=Blue(23)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Blue, post: 4211827, member: 20564"] Depends on the game. In the very high stat game that always aims at hitting epic, here's the breakdown: Up through fifth I usually see 1-2. If it's 2 it's either a character concept that fits between them (the savage tracker who's a barbarian/ranger, for example) or someone with just a single level of something else, usually to represent backstory or to cherry pick something like track or a fighter feat. But single class is also common, especially for casters. Say a 50/50 split. By 8th, 80% of the people have a prestige class, with the exception being single class folks who have a core class that's actually interesting and unique at higher levels, like a Druid, Monk or Beguiler. There is a chance by this point there was some PrC cherry picking and someone has two prestige classes, but that seems rarer. By 15th the people going for prestige classes often have two of them, perhaps three and in rare cases four. So we've got a spread of 1-6 classes total by this point, with 2-4 being the most common. 20th either sees +1-2 more prestige classes or finishing up other ones, especially 10 level ones in preparation for epic levels. So the spread is 1-8 classes, with 2-5 being most common. The other games, with less high stats (so MAD hurts more) I see less multiclassing. Cheers, =Blue(23) [/QUOTE]
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