Multiclass XP problem

[gfunk]

I'm making a human Fighter 1/Paladin 2/Marshal 3 for a new FR campaign.

Was thinking about using the Paladin of Freedom variant from UA.

Anyway, will this PC suffer XP penalties for multi-classing and/or be limited in the Paladin levels he can take? IDHMBIFOM, so I don't know which orders allow Paladins to multi-class.

Any help would be appreciated.

 

[Jack Simth]

No XP penalties as listed for a Human, regardless of order taken up to that point (Fighter 1/ Marshal 3/ Paladin 2; for example) as nowhere in the line would any non-favored class be more than 1 level out of sync with the rest.

However, later XP penalties might accrue - for instance, if you went for Ftr 1 / Paladin 3 / Marshal 3 at your next level, then you have a penalty as Ftr-1 isn't within one level of all non-favored classes.

However, if you go for Ftr 1 / Pal 2 / Mar 4, you don't have any XP penalties (marshall, being the highest, counts as favored, and the other two are within one level of each other)

 

[Alzrius]

The normal paladin has his multiclassing restriction listed under the "Ex-Paladins" section in the PHB. Given that, and given that corresponding "Ex-Paladin" listings aren't given for the variant paladins in UA, it can be somewhat ambiguous if those variants can multiclass.

The only real text in the book that I think could be said to making a ruling on this is that each paladin variant says "has all the standard paladin class features, except as noted below." I interpret that to mean that the variant paladins do face the same multiclassing restrictions.

 

[blaine_evans]

paladins of helm,tyr or torm can multiclass into fighter freely. but as mentioned: when human or half-elf, ignore the highest level and if 2 classes are more than one level apart, take the appropriate XP penalty.

blaine.

 

[gfunk]

Thanks!