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Originally Posted by Mr.Waesel No, it has to do with balance. You don't need to be kicked in the groinal region powerwise just because you want to have a cool character. |
You wont "be kicked" either. Because by taking that L1 Wizard, you open up so you can take the L2 and L3 and L4, and so on.
But - everybody has to start somewhere, and there is no real argument that I can see which would justify a L16Cleric/L1 Wizard to have his Wizard spells or whatnot act as if he was casting them as a L17 Wizard.
Other then perhaps a pure powergaming perspective where people don't want to loose out on power and wants it fast/easy.
A L17 multiclassed character will never be as good a Wizard as a pure L17 Wizard, and a "Bob" will never be as good a Cleric as a pure L17Cleric when he starts taking Wizard levels. However - he'll be a better Wizard then somebody who hasn't taken any Wizard levels and a better cleric then a Wizard withouth cleric levels.
It is the core of multiclassing - diversity vs power.
It is infact the balance of multiclass otherwise it would be unbalanced being multiclassed compared to pure classes.