Favored Class [Archive] - Wizards Community

Favored Class [Archive] - Wizards Community

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EvilErnie123
09-13-06, 10:41 PM Question: Can a character have more than one Favored class?

I'm playing a human with the Feat: Orc Blooded which grants him Favored Class: Barbarian. Does he also get his highest level class as another Favored Class? This would only matter if he had three or more classes, but it has got me thinking.

EG
beyowulf
09-13-06, 11:08 PM Well, should it really matter? Human already gets "Favored Class: Any", so he's not going to suffer mult-class penalties, is he?
paigeoliver
09-13-06, 11:53 PM You only have one favored class unless you have a feat or special ability that gives you more than one.

It is also perfectly possible for a human to get an XP penalty, it is just pretty hard to do it.

Human Barbarian 5/ ranger 3/ fighter 1 has a 20 percent XP penalty. That (or something like that), isn't even all that uncommon of a setup for a character to have.

Likewise a human Hexblade 5/ marshall 3/ fighter 1/ barbarian 1/ ranger 1 has a 60 percent XP penalty.
Oogar
09-14-06, 01:20 PM Well, if you want to go for easy, Rogue 3 / Swashbuckler 3 / Fighter 1 has a 20% xp penalty for a human - and it would not be that strange at all. Since both rogue and ranger are level 3, only 1 would count, and the other would create a conflict with fighter as a 2 level gap. Though that build would have no XP penalty for a Dwarf, because the fighter level would not be counted in the calculation.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
EvilErnie123 09-13-06, 10:41 PM	Question: Can a character have more than one Favored class? I'm playing a human with the Feat: Orc Blooded which grants him Favored Class: Barbarian. Does he also get his highest level class as another Favored Class? This would only matter if he had three or more classes, but it has got me thinking. EG
beyowulf 09-13-06, 11:08 PM	Well, should it really matter? Human already gets "Favored Class: Any", so he's not going to suffer mult-class penalties, is he?
paigeoliver 09-13-06, 11:53 PM	You only have one favored class unless you have a feat or special ability that gives you more than one. It is also perfectly possible for a human to get an XP penalty, it is just pretty hard to do it. Human Barbarian 5/ ranger 3/ fighter 1 has a 20 percent XP penalty. That (or something like that), isn't even all that uncommon of a setup for a character to have. Likewise a human Hexblade 5/ marshall 3/ fighter 1/ barbarian 1/ ranger 1 has a 60 percent XP penalty.
Oogar 09-14-06, 01:20 PM	Well, if you want to go for easy, Rogue 3 / Swashbuckler 3 / Fighter 1 has a 20% xp penalty for a human - and it would not be that strange at all. Since both rogue and ranger are level 3, only 1 would count, and the other would create a conflict with fighter as a 2 level gap. Though that build would have no XP penalty for a Dwarf, because the fighter level would not be counted in the calculation.