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[5e] Old School Demi-Human Style Multi-Classing

Started by crkrueger, October 04, 2014, 01:39:38 PM

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Exploderwizard

#15
October 06, 2014, 01:32:14 PM
Quote from: BillDowns;790526Uh, this is a total fuck-up.  REAL Old-school doesn't have Multi-classing!

What real old school would that be? Braunstien?

3 LBB OD&D had multi-classing so what you are talking about has to pre-date that.
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October 07, 2014, 12:44:13 AM
I'm optimistic. So far, the 5e rules have demonstrated that the designers more or less get what was wrong-- or right-- with each previous edition, and I suspect these multiclassing variant rules will uphold that.

Hell, give me old-school multiclassing and a way to combine subclasses-- that works-- and I might just be even happier with the new edition.
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#17
October 07, 2014, 01:12:09 AM
with subclasses like eldrich knight and arcane trickster and later we will get battle trained wizards etc why do you need to multiclass?

What does an Elvish Figther /MU give you that an Eldrich Knight doesn't?

What does a F/MU/Th give you you can't get from a Eldrich knight with a charlatan background doesn't?
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October 07, 2014, 03:00:24 AM
3e had old school style multiclassing, they just called it "Gestalt" and you didn't average the hit points, but used the best one.

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#19
October 08, 2014, 03:20:17 PM
Quote from: BillDowns;790526Uh, this is a total fuck-up.  REAL Old-school doesn't have Multi-classing!

Well, 5e doesn't have multi-classing in the core Basic rules. Nor does it have it in the main section on character creation of the PHB. They don't show up until an optional later chapter.
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October 09, 2014, 01:35:18 AM
Quote from: jibbajibba;790666with subclasses like eldrich knight and arcane trickster and later we will get battle trained wizards etc why do you need to multiclass?

What does an Elvish Figther /MU give you that an Eldrich Knight doesn't?

What does a F/MU/Th give you you can't get from a Eldrich knight with a charlatan background doesn't?

That's actually a good question. The classes seem, so far overall, well thought out and heavily back-loaded with goodies. With built-in class specialization, the incentive to multi-class seems far less than it previously did.
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October 09, 2014, 10:19:27 AM Last Edit: October 09, 2014, 10:26:35 AM by Marleycat
Quote from: jibbajibba;790666with subclasses like eldrich knight and arcane trickster and later we will get battle trained wizards etc why do you need to multiclass?

What does an Elvish Figther /MU give you that an Eldrich Knight doesn't?

What does a F/MU/Th give you you can't get from a Eldrich knight with a charlatan background doesn't?

My preference would be to allow AT/EK subclasses to have the Paladin's spell progression and spells known and maximum 3 attacks for the EK while being 1/2 casters and that would satisfy me far better.

Better yet some kind of Bladesinger/Sword Dancer built off the Cleric/Wizard instead of the Fighter if we had any of those options multiclassing might never be used.
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