I recently had an idea. Lol
Play a npc class and add 2 vmc classes to it. The normal 3,7,11,15,19 one and a second one that trades out your 1,5,9,13,& 17th level feats.
This character would only get what feats it's race and class grants so not many.
I don't see this being to over powering.
I would appreciate any thoughts on this idea.
I see this as a way to make a very flavorful but not overpowering character.
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A free vmc.... nice
What's VMC?
Variant multi-classing from the Unchained book.
I think the only thing I MIGHT allow it for is Humans, and at the cost of their Racial Bonus Feat.
Humans get the short end of the stick compared to a lot of the half-human races; there's no reason to play a Human when Half-Elves, Half-Orcs, Throwback Gillmen, or Scion of Humanity Aasimars are allowed, except for that bonus feat - and even THAT may or may not be terribly useful, honestly.
The old "Humans are kewl" mentality goes way back into the old days of 1st and 2nd Ed, where Humans were the only race that could freely multiclass.
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That being said, I wouldn't actually allow it for my games. Some VMCs are absolute garbage, and others are sick; putting two sick VMCs together could be fairly disastrous.
I think the only thing I MIGHT allow it for is Humans, and at the cost of their Racial Bonus Feat.
Humans get the short end of the stick compared to a lot of the half-human races; there's no reason to play a Human when Half-Elves, Half-Orcs, Throwback Gillmen, or Scion of Humanity Aasimars are allowed, except for that bonus feat - and even THAT may or may not be terribly useful, honestly.
... Wait what.
That is literally the only time I have ever heard Humans describe as underpowered. Boring, yeah. Underpowered? Never.
I said "compared to a lot of the half-human races".
Humans are very good compared to all races without question, mostly because Human options are some of the best in the game, they gain a free Feat, and their stat bonus has no drawbacks.
But half-human races like the ones I mentioned ALSO get those options, also have the variable stat bonus with no drawback, and have abilities which either include feat-like effects or potentially better.
Half-Elves and Half-Orcs can each choose up to 3 different Racial Favored Class Bonuses (themselves, human, or elf/orc). Plus all the other Racial goodies like Feats, etc.
Scion of Humanity Aasimars are nuts; Human FCBs, Human Feats, etc. - PLUS Aasimar-only things like their FCBs, Aasimar-only Racial Archetypes, etc.
Throwback Gillmen are a surprisingly nasty little race as well: +2 Con, +2 Cha, -2 Wis means they're right in line with a number of classes like Paladin, Bloodrager, Oracle; they have a +2 bonus vs Enchantment-school spells & spell-like abilities, and only a minor weakness to Abolets (and what are the chances you'll run into Aboleths?)
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When given the choice to play a Human with Human options or a Half-Elf/Orc with Human options, you'll generally want to take the Half-Human option. Same thing for Aasimars and Gillmen if Scion of Humanity or Throwback are allowed.
Humans exist generally to either give players 1 extra Bonus Feat that's not Skill Focus or Exotic Weapon Proficiency, or to provide options to Half-Human or Human-descended races.
That's why I said giving Humans a fairly unique quality like allowing you to take double VMC for the price of removing their Bonus Feats would put them on the same level of use as the Half-Human/Human-descended races.
For certain characters it could be overpowered. For most it would probably be terrible.
For both reasons the answer should be no. Anything that doesn't need feats (like full casters) could probably do some big shenanigans with two VMC, but I don't know the system that well to come up with an example.