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<blockquote data-quote="Tony Vargas" data-source="post: 7232680" data-attributes="member: 996">The balance among the non- and half-casters who rely on Extra Attack for damage scaling is not as simple nor consistent as it could have been (look at cantrip scaling, that's simple and consistent), especially considering that they're less complicated, by nature, than the full-caster classes.I suppose simply stacking those first 5 levels in any class that gets Extra attack could work.&nbsp;&nbsp; Having fighter count as full levels and other classes fractionally could also work.&nbsp;&nbsp; Whether you go with an option like that, or with leaving the 11th and 20th level Extra Attacks fighter-only features, mostly-fighter PCs will pay a high, if likely theoretical since few games ever get to 11th let alone 20th, cost for MCing.&nbsp;Don't see how.&nbsp; &nbsp;It's really not.&nbsp; If it were, cantrips would scale on 'caster level' instead of character level.&nbsp;Nod.&nbsp; OTOH, the idea that a Ranger, say, MCing a couple levels of fighter becomes worse at fighting than a single-class ranger is a little un-intuitive.&nbsp;Extra attack at 6th instead of 5th?&nbsp; Sounds like levels in the sub-class after the first should count.&nbsp; So Bladesinger 4 contributes 3 levels towards stacking Extra Attack.&nbsp; Or, it could be fractional, and a smaller fraction than Rangers/Pallies/Barbs...&nbsp;It's an invocation, so presumably not.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tony Vargas, post: 7232680, member: 996"] The balance among the non- and half-casters who rely on Extra Attack for damage scaling is not as simple nor consistent as it could have been (look at cantrip scaling, that's simple and consistent), especially considering that they're less complicated, by nature, than the full-caster classes. I suppose simply stacking those first 5 levels in any class that gets Extra attack could work. Having fighter count as full levels and other classes fractionally could also work. Whether you go with an option like that, or with leaving the 11th and 20th level Extra Attacks fighter-only features, mostly-fighter PCs will pay a high, if likely theoretical since few games ever get to 11th let alone 20th, cost for MCing. Don't see how. It's really not. If it were, cantrips would scale on 'caster level' instead of character level. Nod. OTOH, the idea that a Ranger, say, MCing a couple levels of fighter becomes worse at fighting than a single-class ranger is a little un-intuitive. Extra attack at 6th instead of 5th? Sounds like levels in the sub-class after the first should count. So Bladesinger 4 contributes 3 levels towards stacking Extra Attack. Or, it could be fractional, and a smaller fraction than Rangers/Pallies/Barbs... It's an invocation, so presumably not. [/QUOTE]

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