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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Azul" data-source="post: 2614659" data-attributes="member: 11779">I allow it when some reasonable in-game explanation exists, typically some form of training or preparation.  I generally want an explanation for where the character learned the basic abilties, skills and proficiencies of their new class.  This learning is typically acquired via training with characters who already have levels in the new class or in a class with similar abilities (e.g. a PC who spends their free time practicing martial skills with the party paladin could reasonably justify becoming a fighter).In my game, I typically see 3 sorts of multiclassing:1) dual-classed characters who actively progress in both of their main classes - roughly analogous to the old AD&D multi-classes2) dabblers - characters who are pretty clearly focussed on one class but take a level or two in another class to acquire some particularly desireable ability or to add a little twist on their character's flavour3) converts - much like the old AD&D dual-class method, these are PCs who suddenly stop advancing in one class (often after only a few levels) and start advancing in another -- these are especially common in games where I start the PCs at higher than 1st level (e.g. I often see PCs with their first few levels as rogue to represent a criminal past, after which the PC will typically focus on a very different class (e.g. cleric, wizard or sorcerer)) -- I have also often seen 10th-12th level fighters and rogues suddenly shift to a new class because the player felt those classes were sub-optimal in higher level gamesI have noticed that certain classes tend to attract "dabbling" far more than others.  Taking a few levels of fighter (for the feats) or rogue (for the skills and to a lesser degree sneak attack and evasion) are especially popular with my players.  The other popular dabbling choices for my players are barbarian (for raging), cleric (for access to healing magic) and sorcerer (for access to arcane magic).The nature and flavour of bards, druids, monks, paladins and wizards lends itself poorly to dabbling (at least for my group).  I can imagine players might want to dabble in the ranger class for various reasons, but it seems to have little appeal to my players as an "on the side" thing.</blockquote>

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