D&D General Should you Multiclass?

[DammitVictor]

My very first player character in AD&D was single-class.

I haven't done it since.

The multiclassing rules are one of the major critiera by which I judge D&D-like games.

 

[Clint_L]

I'm not planning on multi-classing my current character, but she's a monk and it's a long-running campaign with intent to reach level 20. I really wanna play a level 20 monk with the 2024 rules (technically, I've already done it, but only for a one-shot, not as a full journey). I think my single-classed 2024 monk will be gloriously broken at level 20.

Otherwise, I will multi-class for story reasons, usually due to a relationship with a character from another class.

 

[cbwjm]

My very first player character in AD&D was single-class.

I haven't done it since.

The multiclassing rules are one of the major critiera by which I judge D&D-like games.

Out of interest, what are your favourite multiclassing rules? Of the top of my head I can think of:

Old school: pick 2 or 3 classes and you level up at the same time; if human, switch to a new class and never level up the old.

3e/5e: pick a class each time you level.

Pathfinder 2e: you can a class, you can take feats to gain abililities or another class at the expense of not gaining a useful feat of your current class. Works well with a themed game since everyone can get a bonus beginning feat (like pirate or something).

Castles and crusades: sort of like old school multiclassing, but they have options to take only part of a class so you could play a paladin and get all of the horsemanship abilities of a knight (something like that) rather than being a true paladin/knight multiclass.

 

[DammitVictor]

Out of interest, what are your favourite multiclassing rules? Of the top of my head I can think of:

SSS: Sword World
A: Tipsy Tabby, 3.PF with Prestige Archetypes
(A+: Combine those. )
B: Most of my own sad attempts, 4e with both PHB1 and PHB3, Fabula Ultima, "simplified" AD&D.
C: AD&D, 3.X with multiclass feats and PrC support, PF2, 5e with 3PP "multiclassing feats" (like SW5e and A5E), PF1 with Advanced Player's Guide and Advanced Class Guide.
D: Core only 3.5 and PF1
F: Core only 3.0, 5.X, PHB1-only 4e.

Generally, I'll jump at B and can be talked into C.