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<blockquote data-quote="Dausuul" data-source="post: 6365237" data-attributes="member: 58197"><p>I do think that the Extra Attacks thing is an issue. I'll keep an eye on it, but I might house rule that if you have five combined levels in classes that grant Extra Attack, you get one Extra Attack (non-stacking with any other Extra Attacks you may have).</p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">What? It's by far the most important class feature in any martial class. Spellcasters cast spells; martial classes attack. Extra Attack means you get twice as many attacks. That's enormous.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">But the more I think about it, the more I think multiclassing before 5th level, except maybe a 1st-level dip to get proficiencies and such, is a bad idea for anybody. For casters, it means delaying your access to 3rd-level spells; a scaled-up 2nd-level spell doesn't come close (compare scaled-up <em>scorching ray</em> to <em>fireball</em>). For noncasters, it means delaying your Extra Attack. There is pretty much nothing you can possibly get out of MCing that makes up for that. Once you hit 5th, <em>then</em> you can start branching out.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dausuul, post: 6365237, member: 58197"] I do think that the Extra Attacks thing is an issue. I'll keep an eye on it, but I might house rule that if you have five combined levels in classes that grant Extra Attack, you get one Extra Attack (non-stacking with any other Extra Attacks you may have). [FONT=Verdana] What? It's by far the most important class feature in any martial class. Spellcasters cast spells; martial classes attack. Extra Attack means you get twice as many attacks. That's enormous. But the more I think about it, the more I think multiclassing before 5th level, except maybe a 1st-level dip to get proficiencies and such, is a bad idea for anybody. For casters, it means delaying your access to 3rd-level spells; a scaled-up 2nd-level spell doesn't come close (compare scaled-up [i]scorching ray[/i] to [i]fireball[/i]). For noncasters, it means delaying your Extra Attack. There is pretty much nothing you can possibly get out of MCing that makes up for that. Once you hit 5th, [I]then[/I] you can start branching out.[/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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