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Originally posted by koconnor100:
But split classes will always be weaker than pure classes.
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Umm, gonna have to disagree, that may be true on clerics, monks, and some other classes, but pure class rogues don't gain a lot by going to 20.
From the link, since it is written pretty well:
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6.0 MULTICLASSING
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Let's settle one thing right from the outset: there is absolutely no reason,
whatsoever, that you should be a 20th level Rogue. There. Feel better? I've
given you permission to multiclass. You're going to multiclass. Get used to
the idea.
Unlike most of the other classes, Rogues get no particular benefit from being
ultrahigh level in their own class. Some rather specialized Feats become
available at 10th level, but as I've already pointed out, many of these Feats
are of extremely limited use. Once you've gained Improved Evasion and Slippery
Mind (at 13th level, when your sneak attack also becomes a towering +7d6 per
use), there really isn't that much point to continuing in your Rogue career.
There are no traps and no locks in single-player NWN that won't fall to a well-
played 13th level Rogue, and the remaining Feats and Rogue bonuses go to areas
that are either of limited use or no use at all (bonuses to Reflex save when
working with traps? Hello?). And another seven levels of Rogue will only add
an average 10 points of damage to your sneak attacks. At best, venture no
higher than a 15th level Rogue, which makes your sneak attack +8d6 but more
importantly, gives you a third attack.
There is much MORE benefit to playing a Rogue multiclassed with something
compatible than becoming an ultrahigh level Rogue. And guess what: nearly every
other class is compatible with being a Rogue.
One important point,
however: when multiclassing with Rogues, it is CRITICAL, absolutely VITAL, that
you start the game as a level 1 Rogue. Neverwinter Nights only gives you your
32+(4*INT bonus) skill points if you START the game as a Level 1 Rogue. You are
NOT going to be happy if you take another class first, select Level 1 Rogue as
your second class, and receive only a handful of skill points to apply to the
various Rogue skills above.
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Rogues are one of the classes that benifit from being versital, and playing your options up seem to be a strong point for rogue characters.