Talk:Dreams (Baldur's Gate)/@comment-178.24.220.185-20180114144430/@comment-37215156-20191102222506

When using a special ability, the level used tends to be not the related class level, but the "character level". This should be the average of the two levels for multi and dual classes. That means that a 7>9 character will have the ability at level 8.

Source: https://youtu.be/NKF8MK-2dK8?t=820

I've also experienced this with a component of the SCS mod that moved Contingency to an special ability. Imoen and Aerie were not able to put level 6 spells in it at the usual value, which is dependent on the Mage level only. But they have two classes, so it's different for them when using that spell as a special ability (this maybe has been fixed in the latest SCS release, but it's a nice example).

Clerics of a specific deity, which receive further special abilities (e.g. Boon of Lathander), and who dual class, might get that ability increased in power even when abandoned progress in Cleric.

And as explained in the video, Thiefs who dual could also benefit from an increasing power of their traps.