scruffygrognard
Adventurer
To be honest I don't like PrCs but see them as a necessary fix to the flaws with multiclassing, particularly with multiclassed spellcasters, in 3rd edition.
EXAMPLES:
To be an effective wizard/rogue you would be wise to take levels in Arcane Trickster.
To be an effective cleric/rogue you would be wise to take levels in Divine Seeker.
To be an effective fighter/wizard you would be wise to take levels in Spellsword or Eldritch Knight.
To be an effective fighter/cleric you would be wise to take levels in Warpriest.
To be an effective wizard/cleric you would be wise to take levels in Mystic Theurge.
MULTICLASSED SPELLCASTING FIX:
In place of using PrCs to fix the multiclassed caster shortcomings, I was thinking of getting rid of PrCs and coming up with a better system for multiclassing as a spellcaster (multiclassing, as is, works just fine for non-casters).
In this system there would be 4 degrees of casters:
1] Greater Casters: Clerics, druids, wizards, and sorcerers
2] Lesser Casters: Bards, adepts
3] Semi Casters: Paladins and rangers
4] Non Casters: Barbarians, fighters, monks, and rogues
A multiclassed caster would gain spellcaster levels in one caster class (called the Primary Caster Class or PCC) as they advance in one other class (called the Secondary Caster Class or SCC). Furthermore, in order to benefit from a Secondary Caster Class the Primary Caster Class must be of the same or higher level than the Secondary Caster Class (thus a 10th Barbarian (SCC) who later gains levels of Druid (PCC) would only benefit from a number of Barbarian levels equal to his current Druid level).
These benefits would work as follows. A Primary Caster Class gains one level of spellcasting ability (not a class level) for every:
A] 2 levels in a Greater Secondary Caster Class. If the player gives up their spell progression in this Greater SCC the character gains one spellcasting level in their PCC for every level in their Greater SCC.
(EX: A cleric 6/druid 6 would cast as a cleric 9/druid 6 or as a cleric 12 if he gave up his access to druid spells)
B] 3 levels in a Lesser Secondary Caster Class. If the player gives up
their spell progression in this Lesser SCC the character gains one spellcasting level in their PCC for every 2 levels in a Lesser SCC.
(EX: A cleric 6/bard 6 would cast as a cleric 8/bard 6 or as a cleric 9 if he gave up his access to bard spells)
C] 4 levels in a Semi Secondary Caster Class. If the player gives up their spell progression in this Semi SCC the character gains one spellcasting level in their PCC for every 3 levels in a Semi SCC.
(EX: A cleric 6/ranger 6 would cast as a cleric 7/ranger 6 or as a cleric 8 if he gave up his access to ranger spells)
D] 4 levels in a Non Secondary Caster Class.
(EX: A cleric 6/rogue 6 would cast as a cleric 7)
It's very rough but what do you think?
EXAMPLES:
To be an effective wizard/rogue you would be wise to take levels in Arcane Trickster.
To be an effective cleric/rogue you would be wise to take levels in Divine Seeker.
To be an effective fighter/wizard you would be wise to take levels in Spellsword or Eldritch Knight.
To be an effective fighter/cleric you would be wise to take levels in Warpriest.
To be an effective wizard/cleric you would be wise to take levels in Mystic Theurge.
MULTICLASSED SPELLCASTING FIX:
In place of using PrCs to fix the multiclassed caster shortcomings, I was thinking of getting rid of PrCs and coming up with a better system for multiclassing as a spellcaster (multiclassing, as is, works just fine for non-casters).
In this system there would be 4 degrees of casters:
1] Greater Casters: Clerics, druids, wizards, and sorcerers
2] Lesser Casters: Bards, adepts
3] Semi Casters: Paladins and rangers
4] Non Casters: Barbarians, fighters, monks, and rogues
A multiclassed caster would gain spellcaster levels in one caster class (called the Primary Caster Class or PCC) as they advance in one other class (called the Secondary Caster Class or SCC). Furthermore, in order to benefit from a Secondary Caster Class the Primary Caster Class must be of the same or higher level than the Secondary Caster Class (thus a 10th Barbarian (SCC) who later gains levels of Druid (PCC) would only benefit from a number of Barbarian levels equal to his current Druid level).
These benefits would work as follows. A Primary Caster Class gains one level of spellcasting ability (not a class level) for every:
A] 2 levels in a Greater Secondary Caster Class. If the player gives up their spell progression in this Greater SCC the character gains one spellcasting level in their PCC for every level in their Greater SCC.
(EX: A cleric 6/druid 6 would cast as a cleric 9/druid 6 or as a cleric 12 if he gave up his access to druid spells)
B] 3 levels in a Lesser Secondary Caster Class. If the player gives up
their spell progression in this Lesser SCC the character gains one spellcasting level in their PCC for every 2 levels in a Lesser SCC.
(EX: A cleric 6/bard 6 would cast as a cleric 8/bard 6 or as a cleric 9 if he gave up his access to bard spells)
C] 4 levels in a Semi Secondary Caster Class. If the player gives up their spell progression in this Semi SCC the character gains one spellcasting level in their PCC for every 3 levels in a Semi SCC.
(EX: A cleric 6/ranger 6 would cast as a cleric 7/ranger 6 or as a cleric 8 if he gave up his access to ranger spells)
D] 4 levels in a Non Secondary Caster Class.
(EX: A cleric 6/rogue 6 would cast as a cleric 7)
It's very rough but what do you think?
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