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A [[Human]] or [[Half-Elf]]'s highest-level class is always considered his or her favored class for purposes of the multiclass penalty. |
A [[Human]] or [[Half-Elf]]'s highest-level class is always considered his or her favored class for purposes of the multiclass penalty. |
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| − | Human is not always the best choice to avoid an XP penalty: For example, a Human 2nd-level Fighter/8th-level Wizard/8th-level Rogue would suffer a −20% XP-penalty, a Dwarf with the same class combination would not. Humans and Half-Elves can never suffer a −40% penalty |
+ | Human is not always the best choice to avoid an XP penalty: For example, a Human 2nd-level Fighter/8th-level Wizard/8th-level Rogue would suffer a −20% XP-penalty, a Dwarf with the same class combination would not. Humans and Half-Elves can never suffer a −40% penalty. |
| − | Because spells such as Shapechange and Polymorph Self and a Shifter's abilities change the core race of a character, Human or Half Elf multiclassing freedom and Favoured Class bonuses are lost when a character uses these abilities to become another race of creature. In that case, penalties are applied as if the character were naturally of the race of the shape taken. |
+ | Because spells such as Shapechange and Polymorph Self and a Shifter's abilities change the core race of a character, Human or Half Elf multiclassing freedom and Favoured Class bonuses are lost when a character uses these abilities to become another race of creature. In that case, penalties are applied as if the character were naturally of the race of the shape taken. |
==Prestige classes and multiclass XP== |
==Prestige classes and multiclass XP== |
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Revision as of 13:27, 20 July 2007
If a multiclass character's classes are not nearly the same level, then he suffers a multiclass penalty of −20% XP for each class that is not within 1 level of his most experienced class. These penalties apply from the moment the character adds a class or raises a class's level too high. For instance, a 4th-level Wizard/3rd-level Rogue gets no penalty, but if that character raises his Wizard level to 5th, then he'd receive the −20% penalty from that point on until his levels were nearly even again. The penalty is −40% if all three levels are uneven, for instance, a 5th-level Wizard/3rd-level Rogue/1st-level Fighter.
Races and multiclass XP
A racially favored class does not count against the character for purposes of the −20% XP penalty. For instance, an 11th-level Gnome character (a 9th-level Rogue/2nd-level Wizard) suffers no XP penalty, because he has only one nonfavored class (Wizard is favored for Gnomes). Suppose he then achieves 12th level and adds a level of Fighter to his classes, becoming a 9th level Rogue/2nd-level Wizard/1st-level Fighter. He suffers a −20% XP penalty on future XP he earns, because his Fighter level is so much lower than his Rogue level.
A Dwarf 7th-level Fighter/2nd-level Cleric suffers no penalty, nor does he when he adds 1st-level Rogue to his classes since his Cleric and Rogue classes are only 1 level apart, and Fighter is a favored class for Dwarves.
A Human or Half-Elf's highest-level class is always considered his or her favored class for purposes of the multiclass penalty.
Human is not always the best choice to avoid an XP penalty: For example, a Human 2nd-level Fighter/8th-level Wizard/8th-level Rogue would suffer a −20% XP-penalty, a Dwarf with the same class combination would not. Humans and Half-Elves can never suffer a −40% penalty.
Because spells such as Shapechange and Polymorph Self and a Shifter's abilities change the core race of a character, Human or Half Elf multiclassing freedom and Favoured Class bonuses are lost when a character uses these abilities to become another race of creature. In that case, penalties are applied as if the character were naturally of the race of the shape taken.
Prestige classes and multiclass XP
Prestige classes are exempt from the multiclass XP rule and do not count against the character. For example a 20th-level character (10th-level Rogue/3rd-level Shadowdancer/7th-level Assassin) will not suffer any XP penalties no matter what race the character has chosen.