alisbin
2010-02-12, 10:26 AM
hey mates,
i've long been irritated by the save and BAB progression rates when their applied to multiclass characters, so last night i was making a char and i had an idea. its pretty simple, i'm just posting it for others who may want to use it as a houserule or if someone has a balance suggestion for it. i realize this does actually LOWER your high save(s) if your multiclassing, but it raises your low saves so you end up with a slightly more balanced character while still retaining the high low idea.
basic tenet: all class levels with the same type of bonus to BAB(low/med/high) or saves (low/high) stack to determine your total bonus, this overrides the stupid (IMHO) epic progression as well. low saves = total low save level/3, high saves = total high save level/2 +2. always round down, then add the two together.
example: wizard/cleric/mystic theurge 5/5/5
BAB: 10 (5 wiz, 5 MT) total levels of low BAB, 5 levels of med BAB (5 cleric), Result 8/3 BAB (6/1 with normal system)
Saves:15 total levels of high will, 5 total levels of high fort, 10 total levels of low fort, 15 total levels of low ref
Result: +9 will, +7 fort, +5 ref (+12, +6, +3 with normal system)
the calculation continues to work for epic levels, you just have to decide which epic prestige classes deserve high/med/low in what, which should be a fairly simple decision.
i've long been irritated by the save and BAB progression rates when their applied to multiclass characters, so last night i was making a char and i had an idea. its pretty simple, i'm just posting it for others who may want to use it as a houserule or if someone has a balance suggestion for it. i realize this does actually LOWER your high save(s) if your multiclassing, but it raises your low saves so you end up with a slightly more balanced character while still retaining the high low idea.
basic tenet: all class levels with the same type of bonus to BAB(low/med/high) or saves (low/high) stack to determine your total bonus, this overrides the stupid (IMHO) epic progression as well. low saves = total low save level/3, high saves = total high save level/2 +2. always round down, then add the two together.
example: wizard/cleric/mystic theurge 5/5/5
BAB: 10 (5 wiz, 5 MT) total levels of low BAB, 5 levels of med BAB (5 cleric), Result 8/3 BAB (6/1 with normal system)
Saves:15 total levels of high will, 5 total levels of high fort, 10 total levels of low fort, 15 total levels of low ref
Result: +9 will, +7 fort, +5 ref (+12, +6, +3 with normal system)
the calculation continues to work for epic levels, you just have to decide which epic prestige classes deserve high/med/low in what, which should be a fairly simple decision.