Fun with Multiclassing...

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i agree with you Mat, whats the whole XP penalty issue all about? even if you do get XP penalty what does it take from your gaming experience?

 

It doesn't really take away from the gaming experience in single player. You tend to be a bit lower level than the area expects, but that's not really a problem since most encounters are scaled to level anyway. I kept running into equipment I was a level or two below the requirements for and was only 17th level when I got to the end (compared to 20th for the character that didn't have a level penalty). But I started getting the XP penalty fairly early, while you probably won't notice much effect at all given your level.

Anyway, for multiclass characters, I had a lot of fun with my Druid/Necromancer elf. However, my favorite character to play is the Barbarian/Fighter/Ranger Half-Orc. Ended the game as a Barb5/Ranger6/Fighter9. I didn't take any exp penalty except on the last level (from 19 to 20) because of how I did the leveling.

 

I played with a ranger 10(bear companion) rogue 1(for now) and i intended to take 4 levels of fighter for extra feats.
But i stoped playing it for a month now 'couse i was SOO disapointed over SP(copletely forgot Multiplayer) dso now i will go throught BG2+ToB+TDD once again and then start with a pure druid 'til level 20. No powergaming this time

 

I'm playing a ranger/fighter/thief.
I took 5 levels of ranger so i could get some free feats and two racial enemys.
The fights are a laugh.

 

@Fallen paladin
Take another level of ranger to get animal copanion(bears are great )

 

Wow! My new character is is getting powerful now...Even some of the fights I had trouble with playing a paladin have been considerably easier!!!

My newest character, Aemon Pelivar (Rogue 3/Fighter 2/Barbarian 1, is crushing people!!!

I have the following feats which are fantastic in battle:

Sneak Attack 2d6
Uncanny Dodge
Weapon Finesse
Power Attack
Cleave
Ambidexterity
Two-Weapon Fighting

Right now he's equipped with the Namarra Rapier +1, and a +1 Short Sword I'm going to use to make the Feyduster Short Sword as soon as I find some Fairy Dust!

With the Namarra, he is deadly! It stuns opponents for a round 75% of the time on hit! They just stand there whilst I whip up on them! This character has made a fairly easy SP game into a laughable one!

 

Welcome to hell, Bel...and by "hell" I mean "a crappy SP experience."

[ August 26, 2002, 04:54: Message edited by: SlimShogun ]

 

I'm considering a fighter/cleric/rouge right now, however I'm currently a lvl 5 fighter. So if I go 1 Rouge and then the rest into cleric, I'll hit the XP penalty once I hit lvl 3?

I hope not... the again remaking him as a 3 Fighter, 2 Rouge, rest cleric character would probably be ideal for what I have in mind... granted I really don't want to have to start him over...

 

I'm seriously considering a druid/monk. That way I could go "au-natural" on people

My only concern is that I'm sick of both Sharwyn & Tomi, but will need some chest opening/trap springing talents ... maybe take those as cross-class skills ...

 

Penalty, Smenalty!!! Make the character you WANT!!! Don't concern yourself with xp penalties and stuff like that!!!

 

i always go for a oriented clas. a pure class with very little mixing involved. i have tried them all but i still tend to go back to the ranger. i lie the ranged abilities( pun intended) and his melee is good. also he has some spell casting abilities . and a companion. He is a good rolepaying character for me to as i feel like i would be a ranger more then a sorc monk or theif kinda class. and rangers are better than fighters to me...

[ September 07, 2002, 03:27: Message edited by: Deepdarkness ]

 

Sir Bel you stole my char! The whole concept! I have a rogue 7/fighter 4/ranger 2 and he kicks ass! He was wielding Namarra +1 for ages but recently got the +2 one, I need to try it out. I use a kukri in my off hand, a normal +3 one at the moment. But I have one that recquires 15th level in my backpack, I have had it there for ages. I found it when I was level 8 or something
Either way he kicks ass, he would defeat Daelan without problem. Makes the game almost too easy...