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<blockquote data-quote="Plageman" data-source="post: 4292613" data-attributes="member: 46020"><p>Mutliclassing has always been something I didn't like in 3E. Either it was too powerfull or it made you suck. I won't even discuss ECL >_<</p><p></p><p>Pre-3E Multiclassing slowed your progression as you had to split your XP but you advanced in -both- classes gaining the whole benefits of the two. In 3E you could swap class at any level but you gained only the features of that class level. In both cases you may be well behind your buddies in terme of character power, especially if you're a caster; being 10th lvl Wizards and 10th lvl Fighter certainly do not equate to be a 20th lvl Wizard imho.</p><p></p><p>4E try to solve this by -adding- thing on top of you main class. That's the way Paragon / Mutliclassing work. However where it may fail is that it forces you to swap a power of you main class to gain a power of your secondary class. Maybe another solution would have been more appealing.</p><p></p><p>Now about WotC plans, it seems clear that they intend to offer more focused base classes ("War" Wizard, Illusionist, Necromancer) rather than risking "unbalanced" PC with open-ended multiclass.</p><p></p><p>The fact that a character backstory not being "in line" with the Class levels does not shock me. After all Bargle was a MU in BD&D who lived in the streets as a kid and got his first magic book after killing an apprentice. His Class was only MU and it worked well. If you look at Grey Mouser he's a Thief at core and only dabble in magic...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Plageman, post: 4292613, member: 46020"] Mutliclassing has always been something I didn't like in 3E. Either it was too powerfull or it made you suck. I won't even discuss ECL >_< Pre-3E Multiclassing slowed your progression as you had to split your XP but you advanced in -both- classes gaining the whole benefits of the two. In 3E you could swap class at any level but you gained only the features of that class level. In both cases you may be well behind your buddies in terme of character power, especially if you're a caster; being 10th lvl Wizards and 10th lvl Fighter certainly do not equate to be a 20th lvl Wizard imho. 4E try to solve this by -adding- thing on top of you main class. That's the way Paragon / Mutliclassing work. However where it may fail is that it forces you to swap a power of you main class to gain a power of your secondary class. Maybe another solution would have been more appealing. Now about WotC plans, it seems clear that they intend to offer more focused base classes ("War" Wizard, Illusionist, Necromancer) rather than risking "unbalanced" PC with open-ended multiclass. The fact that a character backstory not being "in line" with the Class levels does not shock me. After all Bargle was a MU in BD&D who lived in the streets as a kid and got his first magic book after killing an apprentice. His Class was only MU and it worked well. If you look at Grey Mouser he's a Thief at core and only dabble in magic... [/QUOTE]
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