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Old 05-31-2001, 03:50 PM   #2
Xod
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Join Date: May 4, 2001
Location: S.Windsor, CT, USA
Posts: 308
It depends on what you are looking for. The main reason to have a Fighter/Mage (especially dual classed) is for the extra HPs. The extra spell slots from a specialist mage are always helpful, but you will lose one school of magic. If you are going to make the mage the protaganist, you can give him/her a familiar. This will ofset the low HPs a little. If you can live without the extra spell slot per level, Dual a human fighter to a Mage. I'd go with a Berserker, that's just me (I love the immunities Berserk gives you).

A multi-classed Fighter/Mage never gets as many HPs as a dual-classed one, and can only specialize in weapons (two slots). A dual-classed Fighter/Mage can achieve Grand Mastery in a particular weapon.
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