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<blockquote data-quote="Thasmodious" data-source="post: 4576931" data-attributes="member: 63272">Are you kidding?&nbsp; 4e pulled off the wizard/fighter, whereas 3e never did.&nbsp; By your last two questions it seems you might not understand 4e multiclassing well.&nbsp; Multiclassing is not about acquiring a second role, its about gaining benefits from another class.&nbsp; The benefits for a squishy, low hp controller are many.&nbsp; First squishy and low hp are relative.&nbsp; They can still take a few hits, have 2 less starting hp than strikers, and 1 less per level, a lot of which can be mitigated by toughness (a very viable choice for a wizard/fighter).&nbsp; With a focus on close burst spells, a good str, and an armor feat or two, the wizard/fighter is in great shape.&nbsp; With utilities like expeditious retreat and dimension door they can stay as mobile as strikers or with shield, blur and mirror image they can get a big boost to AC (on top of their light armor and high INT).&nbsp; And it plays well.&nbsp; My dwarf wizard/fighter is a load of win.&nbsp; He added crushing blow to his powers at 4th level, wields a craghammer and a wand.&nbsp; He loves to charge into the middle of large groups, drop a color spray and a thunderwave, smack the big bad with crushing blow, then E-retreat or D-door away if needed.&nbsp; And he's more than once stood over the fallen defender and battered away on a big bad, using thunderwave to clean house if he gets surrounded.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Thasmodious, post: 4576931, member: 63272"] Are you kidding? 4e pulled off the wizard/fighter, whereas 3e never did. By your last two questions it seems you might not understand 4e multiclassing well. Multiclassing is not about acquiring a second role, its about gaining benefits from another class. The benefits for a squishy, low hp controller are many. First squishy and low hp are relative. They can still take a few hits, have 2 less starting hp than strikers, and 1 less per level, a lot of which can be mitigated by toughness (a very viable choice for a wizard/fighter). With a focus on close burst spells, a good str, and an armor feat or two, the wizard/fighter is in great shape. With utilities like expeditious retreat and dimension door they can stay as mobile as strikers or with shield, blur and mirror image they can get a big boost to AC (on top of their light armor and high INT). And it plays well. My dwarf wizard/fighter is a load of win. He added crushing blow to his powers at 4th level, wields a craghammer and a wand. He loves to charge into the middle of large groups, drop a color spray and a thunderwave, smack the big bad with crushing blow, then E-retreat or D-door away if needed. And he's more than once stood over the fallen defender and battered away on a big bad, using thunderwave to clean house if he gets surrounded. [/QUOTE]

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