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Noob question about favored racial class.; Yes, even Xen has those!
Topic Started: Sep 2 2011, 02:30 PM (207 Views)
xeneize
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I would like to ask if someone could help on understanding how a 'favored class' of a certain race works when building a character?

For example, will a level 30 character that has say 18 levels in the ranger class (favored) 1 of fighter, 1 of cleric and 10 of weapon master suffer any combat xp penalty at all?

a level 20 wizard with 15 wizard levels (favored class) 3 fighter levels and 2 arcane archer?


etc?
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Mr_Otyugh
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Prestige classes don't calculate to multiclass penalty at all.

Favored class you'll just take out of the equation also. To humans it is the highest base class level you have.

The remaining classes are subject to multiclass penalty if there's 2 or greater difference between the two.

So in all the examples you brought forth, none would have multiclass penalty.
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Here is a direct quote from one of the many copies of the Player's Handbook I have lying around.

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Favored Class

A character's favored class doesn't count against the character when determining XP penalties for multiclassing.

For example, as a halfling rogue, Lidda can add a second class later on (becoming a multiclass character) without worrying about an XP Penalty.


As Mr. O said, for any race OTHER than a human, there becomes an issue when levels of non-favored class classes exceed more than 2 between one another. So ... in the same example of Lidda, the halfling rogue, she could be Rogue 10 and Fighter 10, and not take any XP penalties whatsoever. If, however, she started as a Fighter, and then added Wizard, she would take an XP penalty any time the levels were 2 or more apart.

At Fighter 2 / Wizard 1, everything is fine.
At Fighter 3 / Wizard 1, there will be an XP Penalty, because the levels of each character class are not 2 or more levels apart from one another.

Your multiclass character suffers a -20% XP penalty for each class that is not within 1 level of his/her most experienced class.

For example ... a halfling Fighter 2/Monk 2/Wizard 2 is fine, but if you were to have a F3/M2/W1, you would take that penalty on the next level you earned, regardless of what class you placed it in, and it would continue until you brought things back in line.

Feel free to discuss or ask further questions if you are not yet 100% sure of the answer. That's what we are here for as your community-mates. To help out, and occasionally ridicule you.


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if I make a 18 bard(Favored class)/ 1 fighter / 1 barbarian / 10 Frenzy Berserker. (prestige)

would this build get a class penalty at all? if I understand well, it should not.
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That's correct, no multiclass penalty.
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