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I happen to really like multiclass feats as a concept, and I think that they will enable more dynamic character creation for players whose abilities don’t fit a specific role. What I don’t understand is why they require a certain number of dedication feats before you are alloweed to take another.
I know that the multiclass feats that we’ve seen are rather powerful, but at the same time I don’t envision problems arising if players want to dabble among them freely. If some bard wants to grab some basic arcane as well as divine casting with a smidge of fighter ability on the side, I as a GM see no problems with allowing such dipping (players did it all the time in 1e, and now it’s possible to pull it off without gimping yourself).
What’s more, I think the dedication feats should grant class-specific abilities rather than just accelerating a character’s progression towards certain skills or proficiencies. Fighter Dedication in my opinion should be geared towards opening access to Fighter-specific tactics, maybe granting the character Attack of Opportunity and Expert proficiency in any weapons they are trained with (exotic weapons should not require martial weapon proficiency, while I’m talking about this). Rogue Dedication, on the other hand, should grant Surprise Attack and Deny Advantage, two abilities that anyone who wants to get down and dirty would benefit from.
Multiclassing shouldn’t be about grabbing extra skills and proficiencies, because for those things we have feats. The wizard and cleric multiclass feats executed the premise of dabbling in cross-class abilities quite well, and the same treatment should be given to martials.
A wizard can use a 4th level class feat to prepare 2 extra cantrips, or he can use a 2nd level class feat to get Cleric Dedication and prepare two extra cantrips, get religion as a signature skill, access to divine magic items, and the ability to take future feats in that archetype. Guess which he's going to do if there's no downside?
A wizard can also use a general feat to get proficiency in light armor, three of them to get proficiency in heavy armor. Or he can use a 2nd level class feat to take Fighter Dedication and get proficiency in heavy armor, shields, all martial weapons, and the option to take more feats in the archetype. Guess which he's going to do if there's no downside?
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A wizard can also use a general feat to get proficiency in light armor, three of them to get proficiency in heavy armor. Or he can use a 2nd level class feat to take Fighter Dedication and get proficiency in heavy armor, shields, all martial weapons, and the option to take more feats in the archetype. Guess which he's going to do if there's no downside?
That's exactly my problem with the fighter one: It's just a big heap of bonus feats. Multiclassing into fighter should give something unique.