So my older brother just got back from college, and I am DMing him with some of my friends. Anyway, in the group he was playing in, his DM let him multiclass into a class multiple times to get different subclasses. I am going to let him do it, but is there anything RAW that can let him do this?
If you want to let him do this anyway, then you better consider the class and the roleplaying reason behind it. If he has no particular in-world reason besides "This would be cool" than I wouldn't let him do it. For example, for the fighter class, then an RP reason would be pretty easy to justify, (Character branching out and trying a new style of warfare) whereas a multiclassed Knowledge/Tempest cleric would be pretty hard to justify. I wouldn't let a character multi class like this, but it's your call. Hope this helped!
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So he wants to take the first few levels of a class again and get nothing for it except the benefits of the new subclass? Or does he think that he can double up on the low level benefits or take a different option and be able to chose which one to use?
The only way I would allow this is if the player roleplays changing subclasses, immediately loses all original subclass abilities and then gradually gains the abilities of the new subclass. But I don’t think that’s what he has in mind.
Thanks! Also, do you have any ways I could let him do this?
What class does he plan on playing? It could be as simple as just studying a new magical theory, (Wizard) or, for example, a Warlock might be betraying a demonic patron to increase his fey power.
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Thanks! Also, do you have any ways I could let him do this?
I think you're better off designing a new a subclass for the kind of character he wants to play. Subclasses weren't designed to have their features mixed and matched at will.
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So my older brother just got back from college, and I am DMing him with some of my friends. Anyway, in the group he was playing in, his DM let him multiclass into a class multiple times to get different subclasses. I am going to let him do it, but is there anything RAW that can let him do this?
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If you want to let him do this anyway, then you better consider the class and the roleplaying reason behind it. If he has no particular in-world reason besides "This would be cool" than I wouldn't let him do it. For example, for the fighter class, then an RP reason would be pretty easy to justify, (Character branching out and trying a new style of warfare) whereas a multiclassed Knowledge/Tempest cleric would be pretty hard to justify. I wouldn't let a character multi class like this, but it's your call. Hope this helped!
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Thanks! Also, do you have any ways I could let him do this?
I stole my pfp from this person: https://mobile.twitter.com/xelart1/status/1177312449575432193
So he wants to take the first few levels of a class again and get nothing for it except the benefits of the new subclass? Or does he think that he can double up on the low level benefits or take a different option and be able to chose which one to use?
The only way I would allow this is if the player roleplays changing subclasses, immediately loses all original subclass abilities and then gradually gains the abilities of the new subclass. But I don’t think that’s what he has in mind.
What class does he plan on playing? It could be as simple as just studying a new magical theory, (Wizard) or, for example, a Warlock might be betraying a demonic patron to increase his fey power.
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Are you imposing a balancing drawback or set of them? If not (or even if so, for that matter), are your other players cool with it?
I think you're better off designing a new a subclass for the kind of character he wants to play. Subclasses weren't designed to have their features mixed and matched at will.
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