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<blockquote data-quote="DND_Reborn" data-source="post: 8032254" data-attributes="member: 6987520"><p>Well, for one thing whenever you have the same feature twice, it doesn't stack.</p><p></p><p>Another option would be "multipathing". In multipathing, you keep your class and advance in that class normally, but when you would get the next subclass feature, you choose the first feature of a <em>different</em> subclass.</p><p></p><p>Using your example with Barbarian. Suppose you begin by taking Bear Totem at level 3. Then, at level 6, instead of taking the next feature in Bear Totem, Aspect of the Beast, you instead choose the first feature of Berserker, getting Frenzy. Then, when you get to level 10 Barbarian and get another subclass feature, you choose either the second one from either subclass: choosing Aspect of the Beast from Bear Totem, or Mindless Rage from Berserker.</p><p></p><p>The only downside is this tends to be a bit more powerful in some ways since the first subclass features are typically better than the second ones, but it isn't always the case and a lot depends on what you want.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, such a character would be Barbarian 6 (Bear Totem 3/ Berserker 3), giving you all the features of a level 6 Barbarian as well as Frenzy (Berserker) and Spirit Seeker and Totem Spirit (both from Totem Warrior).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DND_Reborn, post: 8032254, member: 6987520"] Well, for one thing whenever you have the same feature twice, it doesn't stack. Another option would be "multipathing". In multipathing, you keep your class and advance in that class normally, but when you would get the next subclass feature, you choose the first feature of a [I]different[/I] subclass. Using your example with Barbarian. Suppose you begin by taking Bear Totem at level 3. Then, at level 6, instead of taking the next feature in Bear Totem, Aspect of the Beast, you instead choose the first feature of Berserker, getting Frenzy. Then, when you get to level 10 Barbarian and get another subclass feature, you choose either the second one from either subclass: choosing Aspect of the Beast from Bear Totem, or Mindless Rage from Berserker. The only downside is this tends to be a bit more powerful in some ways since the first subclass features are typically better than the second ones, but it isn't always the case and a lot depends on what you want. Anyway, such a character would be Barbarian 6 (Bear Totem 3/ Berserker 3), giving you all the features of a level 6 Barbarian as well as Frenzy (Berserker) and Spirit Seeker and Totem Spirit (both from Totem Warrior). [/QUOTE]
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