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<blockquote data-quote="strongbow" data-source="post: 1045152" data-attributes="member: 2650">The counterargument against total character level is that a cleric is penalized for multiclassing and everyone else is not.&nbsp; My paladin can turn/rebuke elementals at his character level, but a cleric who multiclasses does not advance their abilities.&nbsp; If Jozan the cleric 10 takes a Contemplative level, and gets a prestige domain Air, then he turns/rebukes elementals as a 10 level cleric, not 11th.&nbsp; The Air domain granted power is based on his cleric level, and thus does not advance.&nbsp; He is penalized for multiclassing.Alhandra the paladin 10 takes a Contemplative level, and gets a prestige domain Air.&nbsp; She turns/rebukes elementals as an 11th level cleric (by your argument), therefore she is NOT penalized for multiclassing (as far as domain powers are concerned).This situation means that taking prestige classes that grant extra/domain powers, which make the most sense for clerics over all the other classes, penalizes the character class that is the most likely to take these prestige classes!&nbsp; Think about that for a moment, if you will.&nbsp; Is this fair and good to a cleric who wants to take a prestige class?&nbsp; Why does a Wizard 19/Contemplative 1 have a domain power that is twice as effective as a Cleric 10/Contemplative 10?&nbsp; That is the counter-argument.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="strongbow, post: 1045152, member: 2650"] The counterargument against total character level is that a cleric is penalized for multiclassing and everyone else is not. My paladin can turn/rebuke elementals at his character level, but a cleric who multiclasses does not advance their abilities. If Jozan the cleric 10 takes a Contemplative level, and gets a prestige domain Air, then he turns/rebukes elementals as a 10 level cleric, not 11th. The Air domain granted power is based on his cleric level, and thus does not advance. He is penalized for multiclassing. Alhandra the paladin 10 takes a Contemplative level, and gets a prestige domain Air. She turns/rebukes elementals as an 11th level cleric (by your argument), therefore she is NOT penalized for multiclassing (as far as domain powers are concerned). This situation means that taking prestige classes that grant extra/domain powers, which make the most sense for clerics over all the other classes, penalizes the character class that is the most likely to take these prestige classes! Think about that for a moment, if you will. Is this fair and good to a cleric who wants to take a prestige class? Why does a Wizard 19/Contemplative 1 have a domain power that is twice as effective as a Cleric 10/Contemplative 10? That is the counter-argument. [/QUOTE]

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