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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Staffan" data-source="post: 777843" data-attributes="member: 907">One thing I've loosely considered is old-school multiclassing, where you split XP instead of levels and use either an average or the best of the classes involved. So, where a single-classed character would be 10th level (45 kXP), the two-classed character would be 7/7 (22,500 XP in each class). However, this 7/7 would, if he was a fighter/wizard, have stats that were something like this:10+6d10 hp (plus 7*Con bonus) - average 43 without Con20+10*Int bonus skill points, chosen from both the fighter and wizard class list (that's including the quadruple skill points gained at first level)BAB +7/+2Base saves Fort +5, Ref +2, Will +5Spellcasting appropriate to a 7th level wizardAll martial and simple weapon proficiencies, plus light, medium and heavy armor, plus shield proficiency.4 fighter bonus featsScribe scroll + 1 wizard bonus feat3 regular feats.Meanwhile, a 10th level fighter would have:10+9d10 hp (plus 10*Con bonus) - average 59 without Con26 +13*Int bonus skill points, only chosen from the fighter list.BAB +10/+5Base saves Fort +7, Ref +3, Will +3No spellcastingSame proficiencies6 fighter bonus feats4 regular featsA 10th level wizard would have:4+9d4 hp (plus 10*Con bonus) - 26 average without Con26+13*Int skill points, chosen from the wizard list.BAB +5Base saves Fort +3, Ref +3, Will +710th level spellcastingSucky weapon proficiencies, no armor profs.Scribe scroll + 2 wizard bonus feats4 regular feats.Averaging the fighter and wizard would give:43 hp (same as the multiclass, but the single-classed ones get more Con hp)26+13*Int skill points, but less flexibleBAB +7/+2Saves Fort +5, Ref +3, Will +5 (multiclass has 1 worse in Ref)5th level spellcastingErrr... medium proficiencies?Total 8-9 feats (roughly as the multiclass)So basically, "my" multiclass gets better spellcasting (and other class features depending on level), at the expense of skill points and possibly hp (if he has a good Con). Since one of the complaints leveled against the multiclass system in 3e is that spellcasters get the shaft, it might just work out.I'm not going to switch to this system any time soon, but it's an idea that's been hopping around in my head.</blockquote>

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