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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TanisFrey" data-source="post: 5055173" data-attributes="member: 26948">In 1st and 2nd edition AD&D they created balance by having different experience charts for each class.  This allowed the classes with liner power curves to gain several levels on those with a exponential power curve.  Is was not perfect and had some errors at high levels (at level 15+ fighters needed more experience the wizards of equal level, 350,000 vers 250,000.) and some simply needed to cost more like the cleric.My Suggestion Solution:Because of the unbalance power curves of the classed in pathfinder and the fact that they included three experience charts lest us to try giving different classes to one of the charts.  The nonspell casters get the fast chart, the partial spell caster get the medium chart and the full spell caster get the slow chart.If someone multiclasses within a chart group than you operate as if standard 3.5ed multiclassing.  If a character wants a class outside of their initial group they need to spend a half of the second level experience cost for level one.  Any experience gained can be split between groups as the player wants but once dedicated to a group they cannot change it.  As for prestige classes I look at the class in question and decide if it will be a nonspell caster or a partial spell caster or a full spell caster.  Example from the 3.5 DMG; the nonspell caster prestige classes: Duelist, Dwarven Defender, Horizon Walker, and Shadowdancer.  The partial spell casters form the 3.5 DMG: Arcane Archer, Assassin, Blackguard, Dragon Disciple, and Hierophant.  The full spell caster form the 3.5 DMG are: Arcane Trickster, Archmage, Eldritch Knight, Loremaster, Mystic Theurge, Red Wizard and Thaumturgist.What do you think of this idea.</blockquote>

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