Favored class for diffrent races

[Naryas]

In D&D 3.5 most races had a favored class. The rule on this only worked on multiclassing. But it might be of some intrest for none-PnP to see what was the favored classes, as this have some baring on the race bonus.

Dwarf
Favored class: Fighter

Elfs
Favored class: Wizard

Halflings
Favored class: Rogue

Warforged
Favored class: Fighter


Eberon races not jet added to DDO

Gnomes
Favored class: Bard

Orc
Favored class: Barbarian

Changelings
Favored class: Rogue

Shifter
Favored class: Ranger


Some thing to note is that Sorcerer, Cleric and Artificer are not favored class for any race. And that Human and Half Elf don't have any favored class.

[Elsin]

This is interesting - I never played 3.5 and grew up on AD&D which just excluded some races from some classes (which I always thought didnt really make sense).

What is strange to me though is gnomes favoured class being bards - I see gnomes as either natural illusionists and tricksters OR (almost the opposite) enginneers and artificers - neither of which fits bard. I would have guessed that mage was their favoured class.

Half elves I would have assumed ranger or bard.

I would like to see some disadvantage to choosing professions totally outside your races normal range though (other than not fully benefiting from the races stat increase). I read on another post that halfling paladins make the best tanks in the game - to me that just doesnt make sense, halfling fighters should be rare and paladins, well, I just don't see halflings as being serious enough to regularly choose this path. I am not saying they shouldn't be able to be paladins, but there should be something to disuade them so that halfling paladins are as rare in DDO as I imagine they would be in Eberron.

Then again, I never played 3.5 or pnp Eberron so maybe the races have been redefined so that it makes sense that half orcs are as natural rangers as elves...

[sheldie]

Note that Humans favoured class is the one that the characters highest level is in.

[Neonin]

Originally Posted by sheldie

Note that Humans favoured class is the one that the characters highest level is in.

Same for Half-Elf.

Gnomes used to have Wizard (Illusionist) as their favoured class but it was changed in the 3.5 update. I guess they figured Bards needed some more love. Favoured classes don't seem to mean much in DDO since there doesn't appear to be any penalty for multi-classing.

[TheRaven1406]

I'm glad there is no multi classing penalty in DDO

it doesn't make a difference, because in a MMO multiclassed characters can just play for longer and still reach the lvl cap

in a single campaign/ single player game the multiclassed character would be at a disadvantage because there's only enough xp to get to a certain lvl , making the multi a bit weaker because he ends up 1-2 lvls lower.

[sheldie]

Um, a multi-classed character is usually the same level as his/her peers. You might be thinking of a dual classed character, if so, I've never seen anyone even consider one. Are they still legal in 3.5?

[Limmi]

Actually there is a benefit to being an elf as a wizard,
they can pick Elven Arcanum as an enhancement to get extra sp
Maybe that's not the way you would expect it, but it is a nice bonus

[Telamont]

Originally Posted by sheldie

Um, a multi-classed character is usually the same level as his/her peers. You might be thinking of a dual classed character, if so, I've never seen anyone even consider one. Are they still legal in 3.5?

They're refering to the experience penalty of 20% for a character having 'uneven' multiclass levels. Where 'even class levels' refer to all classes being one class level of each other.

For example an elf Rogue 6/ Fighter 2 would be recieving an experience penalty, an elven Rogue 4/Fighter 3 would not.

The Favoured Class of a character does not factor in to this equation, so if the Rogue 6/Fighter 2 was a halfling, then the rogue would not count so there would be no penalty.

It's supposed to represent the difficulty of following multiple career paths, not sure it works tbh though.

[Oldini]

Originally Posted by sheldie

Um, a multi-classed character is usually the same level as his/her peers. You might be thinking of a dual classed character, if so, I've never seen anyone even consider one. Are they still legal in 3.5?

I believe you are mixing your terms. In the oldie goldbox games multiclass characters divided up their gained experience evenly among all classes they had. So they would always have 1/2 or 1/3 of the exp their single class comrades would. Dual class characters were something more like the multiclassing of today, where a human(no other races could dual class) could choose to start gaining levels in a new class. They couldn't use their old classes abilities until their level in the new class was higher than in the old class.

[sheldie]

Originally Posted by Oldini

I believe you are mixing your terms.

No, as DDO is based on 3.5 rules, I am talking about them. Dual classing in 3.5 is the same as 1st and 2nd ED multi-classing, where a character takes two classes and divides the experience between them. It's not supported in DDO.