My Level 1 Sorcerer / Level 3 Rogue is not proficient with Short Swords?!

[Mahtasooma]

What's going on here?

[['w']]

Maybe you had selected another char before him who isn't, "ui bug"

[AdskiySrakoZerg]

Originally posted by Mahtasooma:

What's going on here?

Your level 1 Sorcerer/ Level 3 rogue is not proficient with short swords. Thats' is going on

[Locklave]

Originally posted by Cuendillar:

Shortswords are a Martial Weapon. Neither of your classes have Martial proficiency.
Highly recommend not multi-classing until you are very comfortable with the basic rules.
Way more likely to cripple a character than make them strong.

This is the answer.

[Drake]

rogues are proficient with shortswords though. That said, multiclassing into a second class doesn't give you all the proficiencies of that class. Like for example multiclassing into a fighter doesn't give you heavy armour proficiency, only medium, you need to start a lv 1 fighter for that.

Usually when you want to multiclass, your lv1 class should be the one with the better proficiencies to get the better choices.

[Ylight94]

Originally posted by Drake:

rogues are proficient with shortswords though. That said, multiclassing into a second class doesn't give you all the proficiencies of that class. Like for example multiclassing into a fighter doesn't give you heavy armour proficiency, only medium, you need to start a lv 1 fighter for that.

Usually when you want to multiclass, your lv1 class should be the one with the better proficiencies to get the better choices.

This is why understanding multiclassing is important bc it can come back to bite you i did the same thing trying to get heavy armor with fighter multiclass thank god for respec

[['w']]

I don't get it

Rogue Details:
Proficiencies:
Weapons:
Simple Weapons, Hand Crossbow, Longswords, Rapiers, Shortswords

Armour: Light Armour

So you multiclass from a Rogue to a sorc you will have it but not the other way around I guess or?

[Mahtasooma]

That is literally stupid. Well, guess I'm gonna respec into a Level 3 rogue level 1 Sorcerer then.
The above answer is not the answer, because Rogues ARE proficient with Short Swords. So one of my classes IS proficient. It's just that the game decides you don't get proficiencies from your second class.

[['w']]

Or arcane trickster maybe instead? But he would only get lvl 3 spells at lvl 13

[['w']]

Or warlock (3) until pact of the sword and then rogue ("17")

https://www.flutesloot.com/rogue-multiclass-guide-ideas/

[R3sistance]

Classes have proficiency and multi-classing proficiency, when you start with a class you get the proficiency but when you multi-class into one, you only get the multi-class proficiency, short swords are a proficiency for rogue but not a multi-classing proficiency. This is all from 5E.

Unfortunately the multi-classing proficiency in the 5E PHB aren't listed under the classes, but you can find them.
https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/phb/customization-options#MulticlassingProficiencies
or
https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/basic-rules/customization-options#MulticlassingProficiencies

I haven't checked in BG3 to see where/if it confirms this difference.

[['w']]

Thank you!

So like I thought problem is going sorc first for only 1 level and then rogue?

multiclass prof.
Rogue Light armor, one skill from the class's skill list, thieves' tools