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<blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 4521405" data-attributes="member: 2209">Warrior and expert classes are playable too. They are not as capable of taking on CR challenges expected of their level, but they are playable and you can make interesting characters with them.I don't think a 10/10 spellcaster can deal with level appropriate challenges as well as a 10/10 martial character can.The 10/10 martial character has different flavors of hitting things but is roughly as powerful as a character of either of his component classes taken straight classed.A Fighter 10/Barbarian 10 can fight a CR 20 foe about as well as a 20 level fighter or a 20 level barbarian. He is just a different mix of combat tricks and pure raging toughness.A wizard 10/druid 10 is a lot less useful to a party against a CR 20 foe than either a level 20 wizard or a level 20 druid. The mixed caster's personal ability to cast more lower level spells from two disciplines at the cost of higher level spells and slots and caster levels does not roughly compare to a straight classed caster or substantially stand up to level appropriate challenges. It is more like the fighter multiclassing with expert to gain skill points and will save at the cost of fighting powess. A fighter 10/expert 10 is playable, and provides more flexibility than a Fighter 20, but he does not handle combat as well as a level 20 fighter or a fighter 10/rogue 10.The goal is to have the multiclass caster handle level appropriate combats and balance with other characters of his level.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Voadam, post: 4521405, member: 2209"] Warrior and expert classes are playable too. They are not as capable of taking on CR challenges expected of their level, but they are playable and you can make interesting characters with them. I don't think a 10/10 spellcaster can deal with level appropriate challenges as well as a 10/10 martial character can. The 10/10 martial character has different flavors of hitting things but is roughly as powerful as a character of either of his component classes taken straight classed. A Fighter 10/Barbarian 10 can fight a CR 20 foe about as well as a 20 level fighter or a 20 level barbarian. He is just a different mix of combat tricks and pure raging toughness. A wizard 10/druid 10 is a lot less useful to a party against a CR 20 foe than either a level 20 wizard or a level 20 druid. The mixed caster's personal ability to cast more lower level spells from two disciplines at the cost of higher level spells and slots and caster levels does not roughly compare to a straight classed caster or substantially stand up to level appropriate challenges. It is more like the fighter multiclassing with expert to gain skill points and will save at the cost of fighting powess. A fighter 10/expert 10 is playable, and provides more flexibility than a Fighter 20, but he does not handle combat as well as a level 20 fighter or a fighter 10/rogue 10. The goal is to have the multiclass caster handle level appropriate combats and balance with other characters of his level. [/QUOTE]

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