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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Staffan" data-source="post: 7948230" data-attributes="member: 907">Currently I'm cautiously optimistic about the way Pathfinder 2 does multi-classing.Essentially, a PF2 class consists of three elements.<ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">A set of proficiencies that advance at various levels. Your proficiency bonus when actually doing any of the things in which you are proficient is your level +2/4/6/8, depending on proficiency level. These are what make you competent at what you're supposed to be doing.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Class features. These are things that make the class unique and that all class members have, though they may have different spins on it. These are things like the barbarian's Rage, the rogue's Sneak attack, or a wizard's spells.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Class feats. These are optional abilities which you get every even level, and you usually get to pick from 2-6 ones (or you can choose a lower-level one). These are the things that differentiate different members of a class – one barbarian might channel the might of draconic spirits in order to breathe energy, while another performs mighty feats of athleticism.</li> </ol>Multi-classing consists of spending one of your class feats on doing so, and gives you a limited version of what a full member of that class can do. Multi-classing as a wizard gets you training in the Arcana skill, in arcane spell attacks and save DCs, and lets you cast cantrips. Multi-classing as a monk gets you Powerful Fist (your unarmed attacks deal more damage and become a viable weapon) and training in monk class DCs and either Acrobatics or Athletics.You can then spend more class feats to gain more abilities from the other class. Essentially, you're giving up your definition as your main class in order to gain abilities from another class. But since your core math is based on your class proficiencies and class features, you will always be able to keep up. But instead of being the barbarian that breathes fire, you get to be the barbarian that casts spells. Instead of being the rogue that dashes across the battlefield without enemy blades touching them, you get to be the rogue that knows kung fu.</blockquote>

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