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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BryonD" data-source="post: 5200013" data-attributes="member: 957">I have elected not to tinker too much yet in Pathfinder.  But my last 3X campaign used the following house rule:For all classes your caster level and level for determining "special" abilities was equal to your class level + 1/2 all other class levels combined, or double the actual class level, whichever was less.Thus a wizard4/Fighter2 could cast spells as a 5th level wizard AND would get the bonus feat due a 4th level fighter.  He could not take Weapon Specialization because he still did not meet the prereq.  He would not gain further fighter bonus feats if he continued to advance as a wizard because his fighter specials were capped at 8.  Similarly, if he switched to fighter only, he would continue to gain wizard caster levels every other level until he hit caster level 8 (at wizard4/fighter8).  After that he would need to gain at least one wizard level to continue advancing in spell casting.I found that CL = char level was too much.  Plus I very much agree with DA that some price should be paid.  But I also found that the price being paid was excessive.  This "split the difference" approach was fun and seemed to make the choice between being able to cast spells of the highest level or being diverse in ability a valid comparison of concepts without having to worry about making highly inferior choices.</blockquote>