Does anyone know the reason for limiting the Barbarian to multiclassing just into bard/fighter/rogue?

11 thoughts on “Does anyone know the reason for limiting the Barbarian to multiclassing just into bard/fighter/rogue?”

1. It’s mainly a thematic thing. If they somehow gain access to something else from another class (like an animal companion or whatever) you can just give it to them. It says that in the book somewhere, I just don’t know where.

2. I’m guessing that the Fighter Rogue part has something to do with Conan lore. 

3. And then the Bard so you could be a Skald, probably.

4. I suspect Fafhrd influenced the inclusion of Bard (and was himself influenced by the historic skalds).

5. I didn’t even suspect the Lieber reference! 

6. I happened to read Leiber’s “The Snow Women” recently, so it was on my mind.

7. Lead with the fiction…if a barbarian comes across a weird book of spells, then why the heck can’t he/she become a wizard?

8. also, there’s no such thing as a “too powerful PC” in DW 🙂

9. Craig Hatler Barbarians don’t learn how to read and write, didn’t you know ? 😉

10. Because I was curious, I surveyed the official classes for their multiclass options.  Here’s how many they have, and what limitations:

    3  Bard

    2  Fighter

    2* Druid (Ranger only)

    1  Cleric

    1* Ranger (requires animal companion’s presence)

    1* Barbarian (Bard, Fighter, Thief only)

    0  Wizard

    0  Thief

    0  Paladin

11. Fair enough, Philip Espi 😛 but what about Cleric, Druid or Ranger?

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