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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jmartkdr2" data-source="post: 9778677" data-attributes="member: 7017304">IME there are three main reasons to multiclass:1. Career change: for whatever reason your character decides to stop persuing the path they're on and start a new path - the most obvious version of this is finding religion and starting to train yourself as a cleric, but it can be as simple as 'there's nothing useful to be gained from continuing with the current class' which might mean starting a new martial class to gain new options in combat. 2. Dip: you would stay with a single class but there's a specific feature locked to another class that's just too tempting. Most examples will be power synergies (ie hexadins) but it could just be something so on-brand for your concept that it's worth it for the rp (rogue dip to gain expertise, a single particular invocation, etc) Feat-based multiclassing would be better here, but 5e doesn't have a great system for that RAW3.Hybrid: your concept sits between two classes and can't really be captured with either. If paladin wasn't its own class this would be the most obvious example - neither a fighter nor a cleric really does the idea of Sir Galahad justice. A fighter/cleric is necessary, unless you make a whole new class. (In the majority of these cases, multiclassing is a cludge and a new class would nearly always be a better answer.)Each of these could be roleplay-driven, mechanics-driven, or a mix of those.</blockquote>