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Message: <blockquote data-quote="joethelawyer" data-source="post: 4218708" data-attributes="member: 55764">Quote:3) People who have no idea just how bad it is to multiclass as a spellcaster.Quote:  It isn't bad at all for a roleplayer.what good is it to be a roleplayer if you're dead because your abilities dont match up in a fight with a straight classed character?look at it this way. a character with 5 levels in wizard, 5 in fighter, 5 in rogue and 5 in cleric sucks.  he is essentially a 5th level guy with higher hp's, since he can only perform one class's abilities at a time.  he is a 20th level character who couldn't stand toe to toe with a 10th level foe.  of what use is that?  if the abilities in one class dont add to or complement the other class's abilities, using some sort of synthesis factor, then multiclassing is just a way to gimp your character.  to use a sports analogy, lets say a person could be ranked as average, good, very good, or excellent in sports.  lets say a guy was ranked good in baseball, football, and basketball.   if a group of very good players was getting together a pickup basketball game, and could choose between the guy who was good in three sports, and a guy who was very good in just basketball, who would he choose?once you get down to it, this is a ROLL playing game in which ROLE playing takes place.  if you are not good at ROLL playing, you won't last long enough to ROLE play.  if you cant hit the jump shot from outside the key, what good are you to a team?joe</blockquote>

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