one-class characters through 20th?

[Driddle]

How many of you have developed a character over the full campaign (whether its 20 levels or not) using just one core class without multiclassing or picking up a PrC? A 20th level fighter, for example, or 17th level wizard (if the adventure ended then).

Remember, NO other class combinations, not even for a single level.

 

[Crothian]

I took a bard to 22nd level, and I took a ranger to level 10. That's when the campaigns ended; the ranger would have gone straight to 20th if the game had lasted.

 

[IcyCool]

I took a Druid to 7th level. Prior to that I took a Monk to 6th (where he died a horrible zombie laden death, but I would have kept straight monk) and a Rogue to 7th.

 

[Henry]

I haven't done it, but I've seen it done. A friend of mine took a cleric to 17th level.

Any particular thing you wanted to know?

I've taken many characters from 1st to 7th or 9th as single-classed, but rarely have my games I played in gone higher than that. Most recently, I took a fighter to 5th, and had the game continued playing, I didn't see any reason to not be a fighter any more, other than if a choice Weapon master PrC came along or similar.

 

[Numion]

I think there's been two out of five that made it over to 20+:

23rd level Cleric
21st level Psychic Warrior

Two had single prestige class in addition:

16/4 level Cleric / Divine Disciple
17/5 level Wizard / Archmage

And to round out the group, a mess:

3 / 4 / 7 / 6 Fighter / Rogue / Order of the Bow / Eldritch Warrior (Book of Eldritch Might 2)

Pretty good balance, in my opinion. The last character was a bit over the top, but not that bad.

 

[Warrior Poet]

I'm an ardent supporter of single classed characters.

Right now my cleric is 12th. Real life has got our DM occupied for now, but if the campaign continues, I'd still like to keep that character just a cleric.

All the other characters I've played, even in four-hour one-shots, have been single classed.

I attribute this to the fact that I'm not very good with numbers and statistics and organizational cognition (I'm not completely hopeless, but it just doesn't come as easily to me), and it's enough effort for me to keep track of one set of abilities, or spells, or what-have-you (especially since 3rd edition is very number heavy, with swiftly changing combat bonuses, and so on). It's just easier for me to play one class, and makes it more enjoyable for me.

Warrior Poet

 

[Patryn of Elvenshae]

I always, always, always multiclass.

So, none.

 

[Thanee]

I like multiclassing.

My favorite type of character is Rogue/Wizard.

I think Bard, Cleric, Druid, Monk, Paladin and Ranger (and maaaybe Rogue) all make good classes to go straight through, but Barbarian, Fighter, Sorcerer and Wizard are almost always better off with multiclassing or a prestige class (PrC is especially true for Sorcerer and Wizard).

Bye
Thanee

 

[kenobi65]

In one of our campaigns, three of the four PCs are single-classed. Currently, they're a human Cleric 16, a half-orc Fighter 16, and a fire genasi Wizard 14. (The other PC is a halfling Rogue 11 / Sorcerer 4.)

While I love multi-classing, too, you're always "paying" the penalty of gaining class abilities more slowly than your single-classed brethren; IMO, this is particularly true of spellcasters.

 

[Jdvn1]

I would've done that with my Wanderer in a WoT game, but the DM was like, "By the way, you've developed magical abilities of some sort. You have to take a level in Wilder if you want to be able to control it and not go insane."

... Eesh.