Burning of Racial Level Adjustments (LA) in

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          What it is: handling Level Adjustments (LA) can now be done with the following easy-to-use XP charts. A character's LA now only affects which table (s)he uses for Class Level (CL) advancement and how much XP is earned. Thus, as you can see, a 3rd-level character with a +3 LA (like a Kenku) needs 10,800 XP which is what most other characters need for 5th level. The disparity comes from the fact that the Kenku's awarded XP is based on being a 6th-level character (3 CL & +3 LA).

          How it works: an estimated amount of additional XP required to 'burn' over the course of earlier levels was made based on the instructions for burning Level Adjustments in Unearthed Arcana. The system used here differs from that of the Unearthed Arcana in that the additional XP required is spread out evenly (instead of burning a huge chunk of XP at one time and being stuck on a single level for a LONG time). This system makes the earlier levels with an LA harder to advance during, and this is due to the relative strength of characters of races with Level Adjustments -- the benefits of the LA like improved attributes, skill bonuses, immunities, etc. are quite nice at lower levels, but advanced Class Levels are much more important later on.

          The mechanics: when a character with an LA reaches a level at which it indicates their LA will decrease (like a 9th level Kenku), the XP then earned is calculated as being one less than their original LA. This process repeats until all of the Level Adjustments are gone, at which time the character 'burns' XP and then continues to use the normal XP advancement chart. 


+1 LA XP chart -- like a Locathah, Hengeyokai, Senzainin, etc.
  
CL   norm XP   +LA XP   total XP   LA & XP burning
1 0 1,000 1,000
2 1,000 2,000 3,000
3 3,000 3,000 6,000 -1 LA for 3,000 XP burn


dual +1 LA XP chart -- like a 'Blooded' Karboten, spirit Aarakocra, etc.
 
CL   norm XP   +LA XP   total XP   LA & XP burning
1 0 1,000 1,000
2 1,000 2,000 3,000
3 3,000 3,000 6,000 -1 LA
4 6,000 4,000 10,000
5 10,000 5,000 15,000
6 15,000 6,000 21,000 -1 LA for 6,000 XP burn


+2 LA XP chart -- like a Draconic Human, Bugbear, etc.
 
CL   norm XP   +LA XP   total XP   LA & XP burning
1 0 1,775 1,775
2 1,000 3,550 4,550
3 3,000 5,325 8,325
4 6,000 7,100 13,100
5 10,000 8,875 18,875
6 15,000 10,650 25,650 -1 LA (ECL = CL + 1)
7 21,000 12.425 33.425
8 28,000 14,200 42,200
9 36,000 15,975 51,975 -1 LA for 15,975 XP burn


+3 LA XP chart -- like a Kenku
 
CL   norm XP   +LA XP   total XP   LA & XP burning
1 0 2,600 2,600
2 1,000 5,200 6,200
3 3,000 7,800 10,800
4 6,000 10,400 16,400
5 10,000 13,000 23,000
6 15,000 15,600 30,600
7 21,000 18,200 39,200
8 28,000 20,800 48,800
9 36,000 23,400 59,400 -1 LA (ECL = CL + 2)
10 45,000 26,000 71,000
11 55,000 28,600 83,600
12 66,000 31,200 97,200 -1 LA (ECL = CL + 1)
13 78,000 33,800 111,800
14 91,000 36,400 127,400
15 105,000 39,000 144,000 -1 LA for 39,000 XP burn
 

(currently giving half XP for similar CR creatures and one fourth for easy encounters)

Last Update:
July 15th, 2005

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