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Originally posted by Sir Krustin:
I always liked human characters and their ability to dual class, the only drawback being the huge amount of xp needed to advance these characters to useful levels in the second class - and of course the waiting period to regain the abilities of your first class.
I tend to favour kensai dualed to mage (if the GM allows).
Never played PnP 3e, however.
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You know, I never did understand why it was you had to "wait" to use your abilities. It never made sense. Here I am a 9th level Thief, and I feel like I've gotten about as proficient as I want to get, so I dual class to a Ranger and then find out I forgot/can't use my Thief training. What is up with that? I use my real life as an example to explain why I don't think that was fair. I have done a lot of different types of jobs. 2 of them are Diesel Mechanic and Shipping/Handling. Whenever we had problems with equipment, I would use my Mechanic training/skills to get the machinery back online. If I hadn't had those skills, I wouldn't have been able to do that. Life didn't penalize me for knowing what I knew, nor was I told that I couldn't do that. In other words, I was able to combine my skills. That's the main reason that I liked 3rd edition when it came out because it addressed that. As for a main character I identify with, I would say Ranger/Mage. Magic intrigues me, but I don't think I would devote all of my time to it. I'm not quite Knightish to want to go Cavalier or Paladin, but feel a cut above a regular fighter. Ranger, I feel, would fit the bill.