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<blockquote data-quote="ferratus" data-source="post: 5993186" data-attributes="member: 55966">I think each version of multiclassing has something to recommend, and all have extreme difficulties.1e/2e - Pros: With multiclassing, you managed to keep pace with single classed characters, only losing a minor bit of power in exchange for much improved flexibility.&nbsp;&nbsp; Dual-classing allowed you to switch classes in mid-stream, without all the frankenstein abuse of 3e Dual-classing.Cons: You sacrificed little for multiclassing, and most demihumans did it as a result.&nbsp; Multiclassed characters far outnumbered regular characters, and people really started to hate elves.&nbsp; 3e-&nbsp; Pros: Allowed D&amp;D to contort itself into a point buy system for those who really like specific, mixed, or optimized characters.&nbsp; Cons: Too easy to be trapped with a bad build if you were ignorant of the rules, too easy to create Pun-pun if you had a gift for numbers.&nbsp; Multiclasses outside of your particular BAB progression or spellcasting type were hopeless without prestige class kludges (essentially precursors to 4e's hybrid classes).4e - Pros - 4e hybrid classes were the first time that multiclassing was well balanced with their core classes.Cons - They did it by creating new classes for you, in a very rigid way.&nbsp; Their first attempt at multiclassing by using feats forced you to sacrifice both a power and a feat to simply gain another power meant you lost ground to your single classed brethren without much improved flexibility.5e -Best way to multiclass?&nbsp; Honestly it is probably going to be through specialities.&nbsp;&nbsp; A feat chain giving new powers is probably the way to go.&nbsp; If you look at the acolyte or necromancer specialities, it gives you a pretty good approximation of being multiclassed, without giving you the whole power of that other class.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ferratus, post: 5993186, member: 55966"] I think each version of multiclassing has something to recommend, and all have extreme difficulties. 1e/2e - Pros: With multiclassing, you managed to keep pace with single classed characters, only losing a minor bit of power in exchange for much improved flexibility. Dual-classing allowed you to switch classes in mid-stream, without all the frankenstein abuse of 3e Dual-classing. Cons: You sacrificed little for multiclassing, and most demihumans did it as a result. Multiclassed characters far outnumbered regular characters, and people really started to hate elves. 3e- Pros: Allowed D&D to contort itself into a point buy system for those who really like specific, mixed, or optimized characters. Cons: Too easy to be trapped with a bad build if you were ignorant of the rules, too easy to create Pun-pun if you had a gift for numbers. Multiclasses outside of your particular BAB progression or spellcasting type were hopeless without prestige class kludges (essentially precursors to 4e's hybrid classes). 4e - Pros - 4e hybrid classes were the first time that multiclassing was well balanced with their core classes. Cons - They did it by creating new classes for you, in a very rigid way. Their first attempt at multiclassing by using feats forced you to sacrifice both a power and a feat to simply gain another power meant you lost ground to your single classed brethren without much improved flexibility. 5e - Best way to multiclass? Honestly it is probably going to be through specialities. A feat chain giving new powers is probably the way to go. If you look at the acolyte or necromancer specialities, it gives you a pretty good approximation of being multiclassed, without giving you the whole power of that other class. [/QUOTE]

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