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<blockquote data-quote="Ranger REG" data-source="post: 1839364" data-attributes="member: 533"><p>Of course, it doesn't make sense that a multiclassed fighter/magic-user suddenly waive the restriction of armor vs. spellcasting magic spells.</p><p></p><p>What 3e did is a fair compromise, apply ASF when casting arcane magic spells. Even a single-class wizard can wear armor.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Well, spellcasting is the domain of the spellcasters. I don't think the fighter's training would help boost their training of the Art. That's like going to sniper school to learn how to sew (at least you can thread a needle on the first try).</p><p></p><p>To emulate the old system, you're going to have to agree to split your XP earning toward the classes you have. For simplicity's sake, use the XP level progression for each class. You want to earn XPs rapidly as you did in 1e? Start rewarding 1GP=1XP.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Personally, the 3e multiclassing system is easy to use and implement. So, it should stay. I think we should look at each classes individually and decided if certain features should be revised or level-shifted, so we can have near-complete fair balance between single-class characters and multiclass characters. 3.5e monk pretty much did away with UBAB and make it easy to take full advantage of multiclass BAB with Flurry of Blows.</p><p></p><p>Baby steps but at least in the right direction.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ranger REG, post: 1839364, member: 533"] Of course, it doesn't make sense that a multiclassed fighter/magic-user suddenly waive the restriction of armor vs. spellcasting magic spells. What 3e did is a fair compromise, apply ASF when casting arcane magic spells. Even a single-class wizard can wear armor. Well, spellcasting is the domain of the spellcasters. I don't think the fighter's training would help boost their training of the Art. That's like going to sniper school to learn how to sew (at least you can thread a needle on the first try). To emulate the old system, you're going to have to agree to split your XP earning toward the classes you have. For simplicity's sake, use the XP level progression for each class. You want to earn XPs rapidly as you did in 1e? Start rewarding 1GP=1XP. Personally, the 3e multiclassing system is easy to use and implement. So, it should stay. I think we should look at each classes individually and decided if certain features should be revised or level-shifted, so we can have near-complete fair balance between single-class characters and multiclass characters. 3.5e monk pretty much did away with UBAB and make it easy to take full advantage of multiclass BAB with Flurry of Blows. Baby steps but at least in the right direction. [/QUOTE]
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