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Dual class

SamuelVargSamuelVarg Member Posts: 598
edited September 2012 in Archive (General Discussion)
Will it be possible to Dual Class, as a Human, in three classes? Like can I create a Figther whe becomes a thief and then later becomes a mage as well?

(If I remember correctly you could only Dual Class in 2 classes in Baldurs Gate...)

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  • ShinShin Member Posts: 2,344
    No, you can only dualclass once, for a total of two classes. If you want three you will have to use multiclass.
  • SamuelVargSamuelVarg Member Posts: 598
    Shit.
  • moody_magemoody_mage Member Posts: 2,054
    In P&P you could dual class more than once, in fact you could dual class any many time as you liked as long as you met the stat and minimum rule requirements. However alas, in BG you can only dual class a single time.
  • SamuelVargSamuelVarg Member Posts: 598
    edited September 2012
    Half-Elf - Fighter/Mage/Thief it is then.
    Damn. I like Humans the most...
  • sandmanCCLsandmanCCL Member Posts: 1,389
    Read the word:

    "Dual-class"
  • SamuelVargSamuelVarg Member Posts: 598
    sandmanCCL said:

    Read the word:

    "Dual-class"

    Well... In some editions you actually could "dual"-class in three classes.

  • neur0neur0 Member Posts: 83
    WTH are you trying to make? A Leonardo Da Vinci?
  • SamuelVargSamuelVarg Member Posts: 598
    neur0 said:

    WTH are you trying to make? A Leonardo Da Vinci?

    ^^

    Not really. I wanted to RP a version of my self.
    I work as a professional magician, have an "expertise" in gambling/hustle games (the thief part) and I have been doing sword fighting for many years so - Mage/thief/fighter.
  • moody_magemoody_mage Member Posts: 2,054
    sandmanCCL said:

    Read the word:
    "Dual-class"

    Read it, still doesn't detract from the fact you could dual class multiple times in P&P.
  • neur0neur0 Member Posts: 83
    SamuelVarg said:

    neur0 said:

    WTH are you trying to make? A Leonardo Da Vinci?

    ^^

    Not really. I wanted to RP a version of my self.
    I work as a professional magician, have an "expertise" in gambling/hustle games (the thief part) and I have been doing sword fighting for many years so - Mage/thief/fighter.
    You are a Bard.
    No need for triple-classing.
  • ImBarryScottImBarryScott Member Posts: 18
    edited September 2012
    Roll the half elf multi exactly as you would and then change their race in shadowkeeper to human, voilà.
  • SamuelVargSamuelVarg Member Posts: 598
    neur0 said:

    SamuelVarg said:

    neur0 said:

    WTH are you trying to make? A Leonardo Da Vinci?

    ^^

    Not really. I wanted to RP a version of my self.
    I work as a professional magician, have an "expertise" in gambling/hustle games (the thief part) and I have been doing sword fighting for many years so - Mage/thief/fighter.
    You are a Bard.
    No need for triple-classing.

    I don't like bards... And thats not "me". I am tone deaf.

  • SamuelVargSamuelVarg Member Posts: 598
    ImBarryScott said:

    Roll the half elf multi exactly as you would and then change their race in shadowkeeper to human, voilà.

    Shadowkeeper?
  • ShinShin Member Posts: 2,344
    edited September 2012
    Shadowkeeper is a save game editor, lets you modify a number of things to your liking.
  • SamuelVargSamuelVarg Member Posts: 598
    ImBarryScott said:

    Roll the half elf multi exactly as you would and then change their race in shadowkeeper to human, voilà.


    Looked it up. That is for BG II - not BG:EE if I get it right.
  • ShinShin Member Posts: 2,344
    BG:EE will use the BG2 engine, so it is likely that Shadowkeeper will work with it. If it won't, it's likely that it will be updated to work with it very soon post release. And if that doesn't happen, there are other tools that can be used to modify your character.
  • SamuelVargSamuelVarg Member Posts: 598
    Shin said:

    BG:EE will use the BG2 engine, so it is likely that Shadowkeeper will work with it. If it won't, it's likely that it will be updated to work with it very soon post release. And if that doesn't happen, there are other tools that can be used to modify your character.

    OK. Thanks.

    But I think I will use the game as it is without modifications.

  • neur0neur0 Member Posts: 83
    SamuelVarg said:

    neur0 said:

    SamuelVarg said:

    neur0 said:

    WTH are you trying to make? A Leonardo Da Vinci?

    ^^

    Not really. I wanted to RP a version of my self.
    I work as a professional magician, have an "expertise" in gambling/hustle games (the thief part) and I have been doing sword fighting for many years so - Mage/thief/fighter.
    You are a Bard.
    No need for triple-classing.

    I don't like bards... And thats not "me". I am tone deaf.

    Bard's music is magical.

    You don't like Bards? Here, let me sing you a song that might literally change your mind....
  • SamuelVargSamuelVarg Member Posts: 598
    edited September 2012


    Bard's music is magical.

    You don't like Bards? Here, let me sing you a song that might literally change your mind....
    No. I do like bards. In fact - I love them.

    (...not...)
  • ShinShin Member Posts: 2,344
    I'd probably agree that real-world magicians/illusionists are more akin to D&D bards or thieves rather than mages. D&D mages I view more like real-world scientists/scholars.
  • SamuelVargSamuelVarg Member Posts: 598
    Shin said:

    I'd probably agree that real-world magicians/illusionists are more akin to D&D bards or thieves rather than mages. D&D mages I view more like real-world scientists/scholars.

    I agree. But let's face it - "real" magic is much cooler then what us conjurers/illusionists can do.
    Sleight of hand, mind reading and all that is cool... But real magic - much cooler.

  • SamuelVargSamuelVarg Member Posts: 598
    btw - can a multiclass fighter/thief/mage have a helmet or will that prevent him from casting spells?
  • sandmanCCLsandmanCCL Member Posts: 1,389
    decado said:

    sandmanCCL said:

    Read the word:
    "Dual-class"

    Read it, still doesn't detract from the fact you could dual class multiple times in P&P.
    You can only dual-class once. Taking a third class is tri-classing.

    *gets on my grammar nazi horse and rides into the sunset*
  • SamuelVargSamuelVarg Member Posts: 598
    sandmanCCL said:

    decado said:

    sandmanCCL said:

    Read the word:
    "Dual-class"

    Read it, still doesn't detract from the fact you could dual class multiple times in P&P.
    You can only dual-class once. Taking a third class is tri-classing.

    *gets on my grammar nazi horse and rides into the sunset*
    What if - you dual-class your fighter to a mage and the dual-class your fighter/mage to a theif. Thats dual-class. Sort of. :-P

  • LordsDarkKnight185LordsDarkKnight185 Member Posts: 615
    sandmanCCL said:

    decado said:

    sandmanCCL said:

    Read the word:
    "Dual-class"

    Read it, still doesn't detract from the fact you could dual class multiple times in P&P.
    You can only dual-class once. Taking a third class is tri-classing.

    *gets on my grammar nazi horse and rides into the sunset*
    *pats back* i know its a little irksome for grammar nazi's...But the technical term in the AD&D players handbook (Not a grammatical dictionary) is "dual-classing" and in AD&D2e you could dual-class as many times as you want...assuming you want to gimp yourself that horribly.
  • moody_magemoody_mage Member Posts: 2,054
    LordsDarkKnight185 said:

    sandmanCCL said:

    decado said:

    sandmanCCL said:

    Read the word:
    "Dual-class"

    Read it, still doesn't detract from the fact you could dual class multiple times in P&P.
    You can only dual-class once. Taking a third class is tri-classing.

    *gets on my grammar nazi horse and rides into the sunset*
    *pats back* i know its a little irksome for grammar nazi's...But the technical term in the AD&D players handbook (Not a grammatical dictionary) is "dual-classing" and in AD&D2e you could dual-class as many times as you want...assuming you want to gimp yourself that horribly.
    @sandmanCCL
    So ner!
  • sandmanCCLsandmanCCL Member Posts: 1,389
    @SamuelVarg @LordsDarkKnight185 @decado

    You can't triple stamp a double stamp! You can't triple stamp a double stamp!
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