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<blockquote data-quote="guachi" data-source="post: 7023108" data-attributes="member: 6785802">I've decided to implement variations of this rule in my campaign.I'm running a campaign in Mystara and I wanted a bit of the BECMI feel with race as class for the elves so I mandated that any elf had to be a spell caster of some kind. That's not particularly restricting given the large numbers of casters. So, for example, an elf fighter had to choose Eldritch Knight.The PCs are third level and after reading this thread I gave the option to the elf fighter to be a fighter/magic-user multi class like described in this thread.I altered the XP to 2.5x normal to advance and I think it works well. For example, when the single class hits level 11 the multi class hits level 8 (exactly) and the same for 9/13. When the multi class dings level 1 and 2, the single class is level 1 &amp; 2 (though obviously hit level 2 earlier). The rest of the progression is 2 multi class levels for every 3 single class levels.The multi class PC maintains some competitiveness until he hits level 5 at which point the single class PC is level 6.25 (80%) and then falls further and further behind until he bottoms out at (2/3) the single class PC at, like, level 11 for the multi class and then claws back to 70% by the time the single class is at level 20 at the multi class is level 14.I don't think this is bad because even as the multi class falls behind (at one point the single class is level 8 and the multi class is still level 5, though about to hit 6) at least he is level five with all the important level five features. And a level 5 PC can be pretty happy with two attacks and fire ball to fall back on and not feel like he's missing out on anything.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="guachi, post: 7023108, member: 6785802"] I've decided to implement variations of this rule in my campaign. I'm running a campaign in Mystara and I wanted a bit of the BECMI feel with race as class for the elves so I mandated that any elf had to be a spell caster of some kind. That's not particularly restricting given the large numbers of casters. So, for example, an elf fighter had to choose Eldritch Knight. The PCs are third level and after reading this thread I gave the option to the elf fighter to be a fighter/magic-user multi class like described in this thread. I altered the XP to 2.5x normal to advance and I think it works well. For example, when the single class hits level 11 the multi class hits level 8 (exactly) and the same for 9/13. When the multi class dings level 1 and 2, the single class is level 1 & 2 (though obviously hit level 2 earlier). The rest of the progression is 2 multi class levels for every 3 single class levels. The multi class PC maintains some competitiveness until he hits level 5 at which point the single class PC is level 6.25 (80%) and then falls further and further behind until he bottoms out at (2/3) the single class PC at, like, level 11 for the multi class and then claws back to 70% by the time the single class is at level 20 at the multi class is level 14. I don't think this is bad because even as the multi class falls behind (at one point the single class is level 8 and the multi class is still level 5, though about to hit 6) at least he is level five with all the important level five features. And a level 5 PC can be pretty happy with two attacks and fire ball to fall back on and not feel like he's missing out on anything. [/QUOTE]

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