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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Viktyr Gehrig" data-source="post: 2543946" data-attributes="member: 9249">Mechanically, not so much-- with the exception of spellcasters, it's usually about the same to go to 20 levels in one class or to split your levels up between two classes. Prestige Classes generally involve a substantial increase in power, but only within a specific area not covered well by the base classes themselves. (Once again, excepting spellcasters-- Sorcerors lose nothing by adopting any PrC with 10 levels of spellcasting, and Wizards are usually still better off.)As long as the single-classed character isn't trying to do something the PrC is specifically better for-- for instance, a Fighter 20 rapier specialist vs. a Fighter 10/Duelist 10-- I'd say they're usually about the same.I have never, ever done this. Hell, I only played one single-class character ever in AD&D 2e, when multiclassing was supposed to be a lot rarer than it is now. The idea of taking a single character class for the character's entire career is utterly alien to me.A couple of the guys I DM for are usually pretty diehard purists, but I've never had a whole group function that way.</blockquote>