Multiclass Fighter + Wizard

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I'm used to the old BG2 type of Kensai + Wizard dual class, which I can 5 lvl in Kensai (fighter) then only dual to mage


But in NVM, its a bit difference. What's the best way to multiclass fighter + wizard?

 

In NWN are many combinations to dualclass a mage to a fighter, or the other way. For example a lvl. 8 mage and lvl. 12 fighter, so you will get stoneskin from your mage class wich is really good.
But be carefull, you will get an Ep-malus from 20% if you choose a class wich is lower than your old class. So I would choose a race wich doesn't got an Ep-malus, because their favourite class is mage or fighter, or you could also start as a human or halfelf, those races see their highest class as their favourite class.

 

"Ep-malus"

Is that the opposite of an XP bonus?

What Sephiroth is saying is correct. You must pay attention to the race of a multiclass character. Fortunately, Wizard/Fighter makes this really easy. You can choose to be Human, Half-elf, Elf, Dwarf, or Gnome and not have to worry about experience penalties. Otherwise, you need to keep your class levels within 1 level of each other at all times or you will have a 20% penalty applied to all experience that your character receives.

 

Your right BigStick, Ep-malus is the opposite of Xp bonus
Anyway, Does anyone know wich class an elf prefer ?

 

Thanks, althoughs that's bad, because I wanted to multiclass my elven cleric to a fighter.

 

The full list under NWN/DnD 3.0 rules:

Human - Highest
Half-elf - Highest
Elf - Wizard
Gnome* - Wizard
Dwarf - Fighter
Halfling - Rogue
Half-Orc - Barbarian

An elven fighter/cleric is OK as long as you keep the class levels within 1, so 2/2, 2/3, 3/2 are all OK, but 4/1 and 4/2 will incur the 20% penalty.

* - Changes to Bard under 3.5 rules.

 

I'm currently in 1/2 way of chapter 2. Now my character is a lvl 5 fighter / lvl 9 wizard.

Any idea whether I shall further develop the fighter's level?

Also in NWN, how to gain more attack per round (like BG series)?

 

Well, I can list how many attacks per round a charakter will get :

Barbarian/Fighter/Paladin/Ranger

lvl.1 : 1 Attack
lvl.6 : 2 "
lvl.11: 3 "
lvl.16: 4 "

Bard/Druid/Cleric/Thief/Monk

lvl.1 : 1 Attack
lvl.8 : 2 "
lvl.15: 3 "

Sorcerer/Mage

lvl.1 : 1 Attack
lvl.12: 2 Attacks

[ June 19, 2003, 14:19: Message edited by: Sephiroth ]

 

Your character's number of attacks is calculated by subtracting 5 from his BAB. As long as the result is > 0, you have an attack. For example, a character with a BAB of +5 gets one attack per round while one with a BAB of +11 gets 3 (+11, +6, +1).

The BAB for a multiclass character is the total of the BAB's for each of his classes.

The monk gets extra attacks sooner when fighting unarmed or with a kama. Instead of subtracting 5, you subtract 3 from the BAB to find the number of attacks and the BAB of each attack.

Your ftr5/wiz9 should have a BAB of +9 which should give you 2 attacks/round at +9 and +4. Any bonuses to hit from STR, DEX, magic, etc. do not count in the calculation to determine the number of attacks per round.

Hope this helps.

 

According to Sephiroth, fighters get 2 attact at lvl 6.

But after i tried to level up my lvl 5 Fighter/ lvl 9 Wizard to lvl 6 fighter, the attack is still 18/13 without an additional attack.

Any idea?

 

@saukoon: I only wrote the attacks for pure characters. If you have dualclassed characters the schedule won't work!
But you can see how much attacks your character will get, if you use BigStick's calculation ( at least I hope so )

 

remember there are many able spells to buff up your fighting capability. Tenser's Transformation would be an ideal spell to use if betting on a fighter/wizard already.

fighter/wizards should also go high dex and light armor (for as little arcane spell failure as possible).

 

Ya. Tenser has been my fav. spell since BG2. Its cool to turns our character into a killing machine.


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Based on the GameFaqs 3rd Edition D&D Rule

I've found the way to calculate BAB for a multiclass character.

Take my lvl 5 fighter/lvl 9 wizard as example
lvl 5 figher has +5 BAB
lvl 9 wizard has +4 BAB
taking the sum of both raises +9.

A new attack exists when BAB > 6. In this case, the total Attack Line is
+9/+4


The author mentioned that

a lvl 16 Cleric has BAB +12/+7/+2
a lvl 4 Fighter has BAB +4
The sum is +16, which gives Total Attack Line of
+16/+11/+6/+1 and
the forth attack!

Hope this helps

[ June 26, 2003, 06:46: Message edited by: saukoon ]