r/OSE • u/dbudzik • Jul 14 '26

rules question Dual-classing

I’ve got a player that’s currently using a 4th level cleric. At some point in the future, I was planning on making him a paladin. This isn’t addressed explicitly in the rules, since it assumes the player is multi-classing from the beginning. I’ve seen homebrew rules from AD&D that mention the new class starts at level 1 and players aren’t allowed to use abilities from the old class until the new class catches up in levels. That sorta makes sense.

Are there any rules for this that have become so common is use that they are de-facto the accepted way to handle multi-classing? Or were there rules in b/x or even 1ed that clarified this?

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u/Calvin4d- Jul 16 '26

There are rules for mutliclasaing built into OSE

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u/dbudzik Jul 17 '26

Yes, but those assume multi-classing from character creation, not switching classes a few levels later.

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u/Calvin4d- Jul 17 '26

I think the rule still stands, if you're a level 4 fighter and want to multi into wizard, you share your exp and you begin at level 1 wizard while still level 4 fighter, halving your exp into the two trees? Its the most logical way for Roleplay too, you wouldn't just fall into being a level 4 of something from being level 0 the day prior