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Re: multiple magic O.C.C.s?

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In the PB system you can only have multiple OCC's one after another, progressing in only one at a time.

DemiGods get one Godling special power (Godlings get 2 power selections).
If your choose a Magic Power for their GL power selection, and a Magic OCC, then they get the powers and vulnerabilities of both. However, they only get the higher of the Base PPE's.(I roll mine out before choosing which one is higher.)

So,if you chose necro. (power) & LLW(OCC), then the DG would not have spell cost penalties in spell casting when casting ether necro. or common magic or LLW specialty spells.
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lordstrahd74 wrote:I've read somewhere that only one magic O.C.C. can be chosen and that you can't multiclass and choose another magic O.C.C., but someone asked whether or not a demigod would have p.p.e hindrances if they had the powers of a necromancer and the Ley Line Walker O.C.C. The responce was no, but also indicated that the demigod had both magic O.C.C.s, with the abilities of both classes. So is the demigod a special case or what?


Actually, you offically can multiclass and the rules for doing so are in the adventures on teh high seas book as well as palladiums offical errata.
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Nekira Sudacne wrote:
Actually, you officially can multi-class and the rules for doing so are in the adventures on the high seas book as well as palladiums official errata.


The "multiple OCCs" text in high seas says that no you can not multi-class.
[multi-classing/dual classing: progressing more then one class at a time. D&D dual classing is an example of multi-classing.]
Officially in PB, Chars can not multi-class.
The MT section in high seas should of been called "Changing Classes".
Thus, is the reason behind the way I said them in my first post.
If Classes were Cars, you can only drive one at a time.

The only Published 'Changing Class Rules' are in the High Seas book. [published: in a printed book]
Even the optional changing class rules in the posted errata, called 'Dual Class', says that you can only progress in one class at a time.
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drewkitty ~..~ wrote:
Nekira Sudacne wrote:
Actually, you officially can multi-class and the rules for doing so are in the adventures on the high seas book as well as palladiums official errata.


The "multi-classing" text in high seas says that no you can not multi-class.
[multi-classing/dual classing: progressing more then one class at a time. D&D dual classing is an example of multi-classing.]
Officially in PB, Chars can not multi-class.
The MT section in high seas should of been called "Changing Classes".
Thus, is the reason behind the way I said them in my first post.
If Classes were Cars, you can only drive one at a time.

The only Published 'Changing Class Rules' are in the High Seas book. [published: in a printed book]
Even the optional changing class rules in the posted errata, called 'Dual Class', says that you can only progress in one class at a time.


Multi-class as in having multiple class's (OCC's) at once. I never said or implied you could have them at the same time.
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Dual-/multi-classing are defined as progressing in more then one class at one time, so I will chalk it up to bad word choice.
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As per the PB rules set, chars can only progress in one class at one time.

In the High Seas book it Uses both "multiple OCC's" and "Split-Class".
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drewkitty ~..~ wrote:Dual-/multi-classing are defined as progressing in more then one class at one time, so I will chalk it up to bad word choice.
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As per the PB rules set, chars can only progress in one class at one time.

In the High Seas book it Uses both "multiple OCC's" and "Split-Class".


AFAIK, originally Dual-class was about advancing a character to X level, and then choosing another class while stopping the advancement in the former. Actually this is what PB systems does in its Dual Class rules, isn't it? :-?
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Originally a 'moment' was defined as a time period about 1.5 min. long. :roll:
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I think ther should tell the training time for each school of magic,like a LLW takes a good 10 years before ther a level 1 LLW.

What amont of time do you think it take to lern each school of Magic?
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I think it varies depending on the school. I also think assassinging a strict time would interfear with changing OCC's in game.
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The PPE bases are not cumulative.
To switch magic styles you have to find a teacher to teach your char. So that is all up to the GM.
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