Changing Character Class: While changing class (for other than elves) is not recommended, the following rule should be applied: In order for men to change class they must have a score of 16 or better in the prime requisite (see below) of the class they wish to change to, and this score must be unmodified. A Cleric with a “strength” of 15, for example, could not become a Fighting-Man. In any event Magic-Users cannot become Clerics and vice-versa.
I just found out today that you can multiclass in OD&D. Not in any great way, but it's possible. I swear that everything I've watched on YouTube points out how restrictive OD&D is, and how only Elves can multi-class.
Maybe I'm reading this paragraph wrong and you start over from level 1 and lose everything you had, but I don't think that's what it's saying. I think you can be an OD&D Gish by choosing which day to be a wizard and which day to be a fighter.
If you sacrificed levels, I don't think there would be the comparison to elves, nor the stipulation that clerics and magic-users can't be the same guy.
I know DDB is for 5e, but I don't know anywhere else good to talk about this.
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Changing Character Class: While changing class (for other than elves) is not recommended, the following rule should be applied: In order for men to change class they must have a score of 16 or better in the prime requisite (see below) of the class they wish to change to, and this score must be unmodified. A Cleric with a “strength” of 15, for example, could not become a Fighting-Man. In any event Magic-Users cannot become Clerics and vice-versa.
I just found out today that you can multiclass in OD&D. Not in any great way, but it's possible. I swear that everything I've watched on YouTube points out how restrictive OD&D is, and how only Elves can multi-class.
Maybe I'm reading this paragraph wrong and you start over from level 1 and lose everything you had, but I don't think that's what it's saying. I think you can be an OD&D Gish by choosing which day to be a wizard and which day to be a fighter.
If you sacrificed levels, I don't think there would be the comparison to elves, nor the stipulation that clerics and magic-users can't be the same guy.
I know DDB is for 5e, but I don't know anywhere else good to talk about this.