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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Marandahir" data-source="post: 8755760" data-attributes="member: 6803643">This. Also, to my understanding, most players avoid the Multiclass system like the plague. It’s got it’s narrative uses - ie, you WERE a fighter for the last 5 levels, but now became an apprentice to an Arch-Mage during this last adventure, and thus took your most recent level up as a Wizard instead. But that’s not a replacement for “I want to be a magic knight who does sword stuff and wizardry stuff from the start.” Eldritch Knight is a subclass and Paladin is a class for a reason; these are character archetypes that are common enough that it’s worth making base class or subclass level versions of them, rather than forcing a player to go through the multiclass system as a back door to developing who they are. 5e multiclassing is not feat-based like 4e (though there’s dabbler feats), nor is it like 3e’s Gestalt or 4e’s Hybrid Classes that allowed leveling up in two classes at the same time. It’s working for a different master than the concept of build your own Lego creation by mixing the Star Wars and Day at the Zoo Lego sets.</blockquote>