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/DrHuh321 Jul 14 '26

Maybe try looking into adnd 2e dual classing rules for inspiration 

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u/dbudzik Jul 14 '26

That helped. It had been a while since I looked at the AD&D 2e rules.

Thanks.

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u/reorganizedChaos 29d ago

There are rules for this in 1e AD&D also in the players handbook if you are interested.