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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Shadowdancer" data-source="post: 1290175" data-attributes="member: 515">You're welcome. As for multiclass characters being less powerful than single-class characters of the same character level, this might just be my interpretation (or misinterpretation) of the mechanics of the game. But let me try an example. Say you have a first-level wizard. When you become a second-level wizard, you gain access to more spells per day, making the wizard more powerful as a wizard. But, if instead of taking a level in wizard, you take a level in rogue, you are not as powerful as a wizard as a second-level wizard is. You are a more versatile character, and get some new abilities that a wizard usually doesn't have, but you are not as powerful in a particular class as a single-class character is in that same class. It comes more into play as you go up in levels. A Rogue 2/Wizard 2 would be less powerful than a Wizard 4 or a Rogue 4. To use a poker analogy, four of a kind is a better hand than two pair. And a simple pair (level 2 in one class) is better than an ace and a king. There are certainly benefits to being multiclassed. In fact, the game's rules practically encourage it by making it so easy. But multiclassed characters do not gain power as fast as single-class characters. That's the trade-off: More power vs. more versatility.</blockquote>