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<blockquote data-quote="Fedifensor" data-source="post: 1033854" data-attributes="member: 7289">Well, it's difficult with half-orc, since the only available multiclass option without penalty is barbarian.&nbsp; Everything else would require keeping fighter levels within one level of the second class.I could probably do it with prestige classes, though it would take a bit of searching.&nbsp; Most prestige classes have enough in the first two levels to make it worth sacrificing one fighter feat...heck, many offer a bonus feat in their first two levels (Divine Champion from FR is one example).&nbsp; Other melee classes have a lot more to lose.&nbsp; At 20th level, barbarians taking two levels of another class lose Mighty Rage and a point of DR - the best features of the class.&nbsp; Paladins and rangers lose less, but it still cuts into their spell abilities (two less of their highest level spell).Now, if fighters had feat choices that required 18 or 20 levels of fighter (Ultimate Weapon Focus, Ultimate Weapon Specialization), then I'd see the usefulness of a single-classed fighter at high levels.&nbsp; But every choice you make after 12th level is a secondary one.&nbsp; For your sword/bow/save/scent guy, you must have a preference among those four choices.&nbsp; Which means that your final fighter feats are the options you're least interested in of what's listed.&nbsp; Not a great feeling at the end of your career.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Fedifensor, post: 1033854, member: 7289"] Well, it's difficult with half-orc, since the only available multiclass option without penalty is barbarian. Everything else would require keeping fighter levels within one level of the second class. I could probably do it with prestige classes, though it would take a bit of searching. Most prestige classes have enough in the first two levels to make it worth sacrificing one fighter feat...heck, many offer a bonus feat in their first two levels (Divine Champion from FR is one example). Other melee classes have a lot more to lose. At 20th level, barbarians taking two levels of another class lose Mighty Rage and a point of DR - the best features of the class. Paladins and rangers lose less, but it still cuts into their spell abilities (two less of their highest level spell). Now, if fighters had feat choices that required 18 or 20 levels of fighter (Ultimate Weapon Focus, Ultimate Weapon Specialization), then I'd see the usefulness of a single-classed fighter at high levels. But every choice you make after 12th level is a secondary one. For your sword/bow/save/scent guy, you must have a preference among those four choices. Which means that your final fighter feats are the options you're least interested in of what's listed. Not a great feeling at the end of your career. [/QUOTE]

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