The World of Vel'arn

 

Multiclassing
Multiclassing allows you to gain levels in multiple classes. Doing so lets you mix the abilities of those classes to realize a character concept that might not be reflected in one of the standard class options.
With this rule, you have the option of gaining a level in a new class whenever you advance in level, instead of gaining a level in your current class. Your levels in all your classes are added together to determine your character level. For example, if you have three levels in consular and two in fighter, you’re a 5th-level character.
As you advance in levels, you might primarily remain a member of your original class with just a few levels in another class, or you might change course entirely, never looking back at the class you left behind. You might even start progressing in a third or fourth class. Compared to a single-class character of the same level, you’ll sacrifice some focus in exchange for versatility.

Multiclassing Example
Drew is playing a 4th-level fighter. When his character earns enough experience points to reach 5th level, Drew decides that his character will multiclass instead of continuing to progress as a fighter. Drew’s fighter has been spending a lot of time with Rickey’s scout, and has even been doing some jobs on the side for the Bounty Broker's Association as a bounty hunter. Drew decides that his character will multiclass into the specialist class, and thus his character becomes a 4th-level fighter and 1st-level specialist (written as fighter 4/specialist 1).
When Drew’s character earns enough experience to reach 6th level, he can decide whether to add
another fighter level (becoming a fighter 5/specialist 1), another rogue level (becoming a
fighter 4/specialist 2), or a level in a third class, perhaps dabbling in the Force thanks to a Sith
holocron he acquired (becoming a fighter 4/specialist 1/consular 1).
 

Prerequisites
To qualify for a new class, you must meet the ability score prerequisites for both your current class and your new one, as shown in the Multiclassing Prerequisites table. For example, a fighter who decides to multiclass into the consular class must have either Strength or Dexterity and Wisdom scores of 13 or higher. Without the full training that a beginning character receives, you must be a quick study in your new class, having a natural aptitude that is reflected by higher-than-average ability scores.
 

Multiclassing Prerequisites
Class Ability Score Minimum
Berserker          Strength 13
Consular           Charisma or Wisdom 13

Engineer           Intelligence 13
Fighter              Strength or Dexterity 13
Monk                Dexterity 13 and Wisdom 13

Operative         Dexterity 13
Sentinel            Dexterity 13, Wisdom or Charisma 13
Scholar            Intelligence 13
Scout               Strength or Dexterity 13, Intelligence 13
Warrior           Constitution 13, Wisdom or Charisma 13

Experience Points
The experience point cost to gain a level is always based on your total character level, as shown in the Character
Advancement table in chapter 1, not your level in a particular class. So, if you are a consular 6/fighter 1, you must gain enough XP to reach 8th level before you can take your second level as a fighter or your seventh level as a consular.
 

Hit Points and Hit Dice
You gain the hit points from your new class as described for levels after 1st. You gain the 1st-level hit points for a class only when you are a 1st-level character.
You add together the Hit Dice granted by all your classes to form your pool of Hit Dice. If the Hit Dice are the same die type, you can simply pool them together. For example, both the fighter and the sentinel have a d10, so if you are a sentinel 5/fighter 5, you have ten d10 Hit Dice. If your classes give you Hit Dice of different types, keep track of them separately. If you are a fighter 5/specialist 5, for example, you have five d10 Hit Dice and five d8 Hit Dice.
 

Proficiency Bonus
Your proficiency bonus is always based on your total character level, as shown in the Character Advancement table in chapter 1, not your level in a particular class. For example, if you are a fighter 3/specialist 2, you have the proficiency bonus of a 5thlevel character, which is +3.

Proficiencies
When you gain a level in a class other than your first, you gain only some of that class’s starting proficiencies, as shown in the Multiclassing Proficiencies table.

Multiclassing Proficiencies
Class                                                        Proficiencies Gained                                                     
Berserker                                      Light armor, all vibroweapons                                                 
Consular                                                             Simple Lightsabers                                             

Engineer               Light armor, one skill from the class's skill list.                                           
Fighter                                      Light armor, medium armor, all blasters, all vibroweapons    
Monk                                         Simple vibroweapons, techblades                                          
Scout                   Light armor, medium armor, all blasters, all kinetic weapons, one skill from the class’s skill list.
Scholar                Light armor, one skill from the class's skill list                                             
Sentinel               Light armor, simple lightsabers, simple vibroweapons                                  
Operative           Light armor, one skill from the class’s skill list, one tool from the class's tool list.
Warrior               Light armor, medium armor, all lightsabers, all vibroweapons.                         

Class Features
When you gain a new level in a class, you get its features for that level. A few features, however, have additional rules when you’re multiclassing: Extra Attack, Superiority Die, Unarmored Defense, and Force- or Tech-casting.
 

Extra Attack
If you gain the Extra Attack class feature from more than one class, the features don’t add together. You can’t make more than two attacks with this feature unless it says you do (as the fighter’s version of Extra Attack does).
 

Superiority Die
If you gain superiority dice from another class, you gain one additional die to your existing pool of dice.
 

Unarmored Defense
If you already have the Unarmored Defense feature, you can’t gain it again from another class.
 

Force- and Tech-casting
Your capacity for force- and tech-casting depends partly on your combined levels in all your force- or tech-casting classes and partly on your individual levels in those classes. Once you have the force- or tech-casting feature from more than one class, use the rules below. If you multiclass but have the force-or tech-casting feature from only one class, you follow the rules as described in that class.

Powers Known
You determine what powers you know and can prepare for each class individually, as if you were a single-classed member of that class. If you are a scout 4/consular 3, for example, you know 6 tech powers of no higher than 1st-level. As a 3rd-level consular, you know 11 force powers of no higher than 2nd-level.
Each power you know is associated with one of your classes, and you use the force- or tech-casting ability of that
class when you cast the power.
 

Force and Tech Points
You determine your available force or tech points by adding together the amount given by each class. For instance, a consular 5/sentinel 3 you have 29 force points. If you have both force and tech points, you keep your pools separate, and they can only be used to fuel force or tech powers, respectively.
 

Max Power Level
You determine your max power level by adding together all your levels in consular or engineer, two-thirds of your levels (rounded up) in the sentinel class, half your levels (rounded down) in the scout or warrior class, and a third of your fighter or specialist levels (rounded down) if you have the Shield Specialist or Saboteur Practice feature. Use this total to determine your max power level by consulting the Multiclass Max Power Level table.
If you have more than one force- or tech-casting class, this table might give you a higher max power level than the powers you know. You can cast powers at that level if they have an enhanced effect when cast at a higher level.
For example, if you are the aforementioned consular 5/sentinel 3, you count as a 7th-level character when determining your max power level, which is 4. While you don't know any 4th-level force powers, you can cast powers at that level if they have an enhanced effect at a higher level.
If you have both force- and tech-casting, you determine your max power levels separately, and they can only be used to cast force or tech powers, respectively.

Multiclass Max Power Level
Level                      Slot-level
1st                               1st
2nd                              1st
3rd                              2nd
4th                               2nd
5th                               3rd
6th                               3rd
7th                               4th
8th                               4th
9th                               5th
10th                             5th
11th                             6th
12th                             6th
13th                              7th
14th                              7th
15th                              8th
16th                              8th
17th                              9th
18th                              9th
19th                              9th
20th                             9th