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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Li Shenron" data-source="post: 6754257" data-attributes="member: 1465">I think it's a bad idea.You are perhaps thinking that high-level features are a lot more useful/powerful than low-level features, but it's not true. In fact, many low-level features of the martial classes remain equally useful at all levels:- some Fighting Styles bonuses remain equally good at every level (at least Archery, Defense, Protection); maybe the damage-boosting ones slightly decrease in relative importance, as you gain other damage boosts- Action Surge is equally good at all levels (in fact, it gets better when your actions get more powerful)- Second Wind keeps increasing, although definitely more slowly than your HP- Improved Critical stays just as good as ever- Rage is very good at all levels (although different aspects of it scale differently: damage resistance will be a lot more important than small damage bonuses at higher level)- Unarmored Defense is just as good (unless magic armors are common)- Reckless Attack and Danger Sense might be less relevant if high-level games offer many sources of (dis)advantage - Paladin and Ranger spells depend on the effect... presumably healing and damage-dealing ones become less relevant, but other spells should be still usefulIIRC at some point during the playtest you could get the first Extra Attack when your combined levels (in classes granting extra attacks) was 5. I think this house rule would still be somewhat safe, although this would be an advantage compared to single-classed PC, because at character level 5 you would also get the single-class feature.I would certainly not let a multiclass get the second Extra Attack. That's one of the Fighter's unique privileges and it should stay so.But you have plenty of features from the 4 classes to compensate for that. The key is to capitalize on features that stack well without requiring the same action (for example, favor Paladin/Ranger spells that can be cast before combat and will last a few rounds, instead of spells that will require you to use your action i.e. forgo your attack).I don't see why a 5/5/5/5 martial character should reach peak damage output necessarily. After all, a 5/5/5/5 spellcaster doesn't reach peak spells either.Honestly, a Fighter 5/Paladin 5/Barbarian 5/Ranger 5 is a pretty cr4ppy character concept RP-wise. So clearly the player must be wanting to play such character for powergaming/optimization reasons. I am not criticizing this decision, but then I say that he should be looking out for the fun in finding the best optimization giving the current rules, not by changing them.</blockquote>

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