One of the most intriguing aspects in Runes of Magic is the dual class system. With this feature players are given the option to pick two of the current six classes. These classes include; scout, rogue, knight, warrior, mage and priest. RoM promises to add classes throughout its lifetime with two mystery classes already reserved on the RoM class website.
During character creation you'll have the option to pick one of the six classes. You will play this class until level 10. At that level you have the option to learn a second class. You'll begin at Pioneer Colony in the Howling Mountains and at level five you'll be led to Logar to visit the mayor and obtain a house. When you level to 10 a message will pop up telling you to visit the mayor again. He will give you a quest to visit your class trainer in Varanas in Silverspring. He will also inform you about a free temporary mount you can ride to Varanas. The trip is quick, just follow the road north out of Howling Mountains and check your map (hotkey “M”) when you're notified that you're in Silverspring. Varanas isn't too far into the zone.
Once you're standing in front of Varanas you'll see Snoop the Stubborn, a canine man who transports you from zone to zone. Most likely you will have already seen a Snoop in Logar when you learn how to bind to locations. Be sure to learn this teleportation point so you can quickly come back to Varanas at any time. On the bridge you will see the city teleporter, Lieve, who allows you to travel quickly through the areas of Varanas. Since this is your first time here, there will only be one option when you speak to Lieve which is the class hall.
The class hall has a representative for each class as well Lehman who teaches you about the arcane transmutor, Listi Pursdon who is an Elite Skills Master, and a class administrator. Pick which secondary class you want carefully since you cannot drop a class and pick a new one. Once you pick a second class you are stuck with it. The class administrator will allow you to change your secondary to your primary. Otherwise, you will need to visit your house and talk to your housekeeper to switch between the classes.
There are some restrictions on your abilities while you dual class depending on which class is your primary and secondary. In this example, the two classes are priest and rogue. The priest was leveled from 1-10 and rogue was chosen at the priest's level 10. If you immediately switch to the rogue now, your level will read as Rouge Lvl 1/Priest Lvl 1. When you go out and quest with this dual class your rouge will be earning EXP and TP and when it levels the priest will automatically level to 2. This will continue until the rogue hits level 10. Since the priest has not leveled past 10 it will remain at 10 until you switch back to it as the primary class. Until then, your class will read at Rouge Lvl 11/Priest Lvl 10 for instance.
There are some restritions
Switch classes in the home. In short, both classes will level independently of each other with the primary class being the one actively earning EXP and TP. Note that just as EXP isn't shared between the classed neither is TP. When you're upgrading or ranking your skills both your primary and secondary abilities have their own TO pools. And you can only upgrade the abilities of your primary class meaning you'll need to switch level the skills of the other class.
