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03-31-06, 01:00 AM
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#1 | | Adamantium Golem Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Sweden
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|  XP penalties for multi classing?
// Question.
I'm thinking of creating an halfling (favored class rouge)
He/she will be: fighter 10/Weaponmaster 5/Rouge 5.
What will the penalties be?
And if I shose to create a human whith the same class splitt will the penalties be the same?
Thought it would be fun with an multiclassed character but i don't wan't to get stucked on lvl 9 for like 6 months  |  |   | |
03-31-06, 01:06 AM
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#2 | | Beholder Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Concord CA
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| Re: XP penalties for multi classing?
the halfling favored class is rogue, so if you are fighter 10, WM 5 rogue 5, when it comes to the XP penalty it will see it being 10 Fighter, 5 weapon master, as they are not withing a level or 2 (can't remember which it is) so there will be an XP penelty (i think it's 10% not sure)
if you were human (favored class is whatever is highest level) the game would look at the character for XP penelties as Rogue 5/Weaponmaster 5, and so there would be no XP penelty
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03-31-06, 02:24 AM
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#3 | | Character Approver Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: US-Eastern
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| RE: XP penalties for multi classing?
No penalties. Rogue is the favored class of halflings, and PrCs don't count toward the XP penalty. | | | | |
03-31-06, 02:48 AM
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#4 | | Adamantium Golem Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Sweden
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| Re: XP penalties for multi classing?
No penalties?
So if i understand this right.
I can be an Halfling. take the first 10 lvls as an fighter then take my WM lvls and rouge lvls upp to lvl 20 and get no penalties at all on the way? | | | | |
03-31-06, 03:40 AM
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#5 | | Character Approver Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: US-Eastern
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| Re: XP penalties for multi classing?
Favored classes and PrC levels are not used for calculating penalties, so yes, you could do exactly what you said (though whatever you do, it should make RP sense on Layonara).
A halfling fighter/wizard, on the other hand, would suffer the XP penalty if the fighter and wizard levels got more than 1 apart. | | | | |
03-31-06, 06:28 AM
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#6 | | Beholder Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: England
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| Re: XP penalties for multi classing?
Who cares about XP! It's the RP that brings the world what it is!
But...Levels do help with RP....  | | | | |
04-01-06, 03:54 PM
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#7 | | Ancient Dragon Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Look at me still talking when there's Science to do...
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| Re: XP penalties for multi classing?
Philosopher, you just made my day.
Anyway... Wow. Fifth level in a makeup class? Sweet. Does that give you bonuses to Disguise? I mean, a fifth level Rouge... (Just making the standard crack about Rogue/Rouge, let me have my fun.)
In any case... It's been a while since I've looked up favored class rules, but I think that as long as you're within 3 levels of your favored class' level, there's no penalty; otherwise it's 10%. However, it has been a while, so don't take my word for granted.
Myself, I always play human, so I don't have to worry too much about that.
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04-01-06, 09:50 PM
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#8 | | Gamemaster Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Sweden
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| Re: XP penalties for multi classing?
Multiclassing penelties... Pfft...
No need to care about that, as most XP comes from quests...
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04-01-06, 11:07 PM
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#9 | | Mind Flayer Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Estonia, Tallinn
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| Re: XP penalties for multi classing?
Even with the penalties, it becomes such a small number considering how quest-heavy the leveling-up process usually is anyhow.
But yeah... no penalties on that build.
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