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<blockquote data-quote="Snapdragyn" data-source="post: 6365251" data-attributes="member: 12432"><p>My point was that in 3.5 there was the concern 'casters sacrifice too much & gain too little' for the versatility they gained by multiclassing (expanded list of lower level spells, less higher level spells AND higher level slots). It seems everyone accepts that the change to spell slot progression was a step in the right direction (even if, upon further playtesting, we may find it isn't enough of a step).</p><p></p><p>Now there's a concern 'martials sacrifice too much & gain too little' for the versatility they gain by multiclassing (expanded range of abilities, worse progression of extra attack & ASI).</p><p></p><p>Why this differing reaction? Why aren't people screaming 'casters shouldn't get special spell slot progression when they multiclass! It's the price paid for versatility!'? Or, if people accept (or at least hope until we test more) that a special spell slot progression strikes a good balance between broader versatility/lower focus of power, then why not want something similar for martials (like an extra attack & ASI multiclassing progression table - even if it's one that's slower than the 'full class' table)?</p><p></p><p>I'm really not comparing apples & oranges here - more like peaches & nectarines. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Snapdragyn, post: 6365251, member: 12432"] My point was that in 3.5 there was the concern 'casters sacrifice too much & gain too little' for the versatility they gained by multiclassing (expanded list of lower level spells, less higher level spells AND higher level slots). It seems everyone accepts that the change to spell slot progression was a step in the right direction (even if, upon further playtesting, we may find it isn't enough of a step). Now there's a concern 'martials sacrifice too much & gain too little' for the versatility they gain by multiclassing (expanded range of abilities, worse progression of extra attack & ASI). Why this differing reaction? Why aren't people screaming 'casters shouldn't get special spell slot progression when they multiclass! It's the price paid for versatility!'? Or, if people accept (or at least hope until we test more) that a special spell slot progression strikes a good balance between broader versatility/lower focus of power, then why not want something similar for martials (like an extra attack & ASI multiclassing progression table - even if it's one that's slower than the 'full class' table)? I'm really not comparing apples & oranges here - more like peaches & nectarines. :p [/QUOTE]
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