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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mallus" data-source="post: 6462546" data-attributes="member: 3887">I can only think of one reason, but it's a damn good one:Because one or more of your players are interested in building & playing multiclassed PCs.Honestly, I don't think you need any more reason than that. (wall of text go!!)You say you used to minmax, so you obviously understand the enjoyment some people get from mechanical optimization & general gearheading. If you were a good optimizer, then you already know it's possible to make mechanics-focused characters that don't break the given system, ie it's possible to show a little restraint when building a character so that you can get your minmaxing kicks without making running the campaign unduly hard for the DM & irritating the other players. It's cool that your interests have moved away from mechanical optimization. But there's nothing wrong with enjoying it. All it takes is a little willingness to compromise, to smooth out problems that may occur over time. Starting from the position of "No you can't multiclass because I don't enjoy it anymore" is *not* a compromise.It really comes down to DM'ing styles. I'm a longtime DM with some very particular tastes when it comes to D&D/RPG'ing. The one universally true thing I've found is: different people enjoy different aspects of gaming. When I DM, it's important to me to be accommodating. I can't ask my players to have the exact same taste as me. I have to take their preferences into account, too, or else why I am running a campaign with other people, instead of writing a terrible fantasy novel or playing a solo CRPG?My attitude is "Let's find a way to make this work" as opposed to "No you can't at all". It's not a bad approach...Also, I've found it's hard to ban your way to better PCs and more engaged players. If some of your players like optimization, work with that. Use their interests as a jumping-off point for better role-playing. Try building some interesting fiction around their multiclassed PC. It can't be that hard.Just telling people their interests are wrong, and they should be interested in something else usually doesn't work so well... You're spot-on, though, about 5e having a lot of good single-class options that take the place of multiclass PCs in prior editions.</blockquote>

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