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#1 Lanliss Jun 17, 2015 13:31:37	I have seen a lot of talk about dipping with multicasting, but everything seems to assume you already understand what it is talking about. Can anyone explain it for a newbie? As far as I can tell, 20 level is max for a PC, and you can split this between classes however you wish(15-5, 17-3, 10-10) but I might be wrong on that. I could have sworn that I read somewhere in the PHB about something that made so that certain classes did not cost anything extra for multicasting, but I do not understand the costs in the first place. Sorry if I seem really stupid right now, just want to make sure I understand it completely before I play around with it.
#2 ChrisCarlson Jun 17, 2015 13:34:45	"Dipping", as in "dipping your toe in the water". So generally it means to take just a few levels in a class.   So a 20th level character that was, say Fighter 17/Warlock 3, is considered to have "dipped" into warlock.
#3 Lanliss Jun 17, 2015 13:42:24	Ahh, thanks. I thought it was dipping as in going down, meaning that if you "dipped" into a different class you had to pay more xp for the level than normal, which would cause lvl 20 to be impossible since there seems to be a maximum amount of xp earnable.
#4 Mad_Jack Jun 17, 2015 22:22:56	Also, in your original post you kept typing "multicasting" when I believe you meant "multi-classing"...   For a lot of characters, multiclassing a few levels in a second class can give them a wider range of abilities without sacrificing much of what they might have gained if they'd taken 20 levels of their original class. Rogue and Warlock are generally good examples of classes well-suited for "dipping" into - they're fairly front-loaded classes that don't require very many levels to reap a number of benefits from them. On the other hand, rogues and warlocks are often better off not multi-classing into other classes since many of their lower-level or starting abilities are improved as they gain rogue or warlock levels.   For a spellcaster, however, dipping a couple levels in another class that isn't a full spellcasting class can seriously hamper your spellcasting ability compared to a single-classed character.    It takes careful consideration to multi-class effectively. Even if multi-classing strictly for role-playing/story/character reasons, choosing which levels to take when can have an effect on how well your character fares.
#5 mellored Jun 18, 2015 2:10:50	cleric is another one that's good to dip in. armor, good utility spells, and full spell slots.