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goldjas 06-27-07, 08:48 PM	Next campaign I'm starting up, the characters are all going to be a race with a decent LA, but starting at level 1. This brings up a problem though. Should a character at level 1 and a Level Adjustment of 3 have level a level 4 characters wealth or a level 1 characters wealth? As it is, they are already going to die insanely fast against equal CRed encountereds (something I don't much care about LA I guess...) so I'm thinking having them start with better then level 1 equipment wouldn't be the worst idea. Thoughts?
Morwen 06-27-07, 08:49 PM	Characters get wealth according to their ECL. So a 1st-level character with +3 LA would get wealth as a 4th-level character.
Pegasos989 06-30-07, 09:06 AM	Out of curiosity, what race are they?
goawayugh 07-03-07, 01:26 PM	Wealth and XP are based off ECL. They would start with 4th level wealth, and 4th level XP.
Nor'Morgwae 07-03-07, 04:08 PM	Okay, under normal circumstances everyone here is right; wealth should be based on ECL. However, if they are all level 1 with a +3 LA, then you can just negate the LA since they all have it. Give them equipment based on how they will be treated. If they are facing encounters as if they were level 1, give them level 1 equipment. If you are going to treat them like level 4s (and if so, Pelor help them) give them level 4 equipment. To be honest they will probably be more in the level 2 range, power wise, because of thier very low HP and higher racial abilites. They will be very frail for their ECL until at least mid levels because of the lost HD, after that a high con might take up the slack. Remember, that LAs are not an exact science and can be altered depending on the situation. For example and Orgre fighter is making the most of his racial abilites so is probably worth the +2 LA. An ogre wizard, however, is in fact worse off than he would have been as a human so the LA should either be reduced to 1 or negated completely. LA's are intended as a balancing factor but you have to be careful not to over-balance with them.
Leilond 07-03-07, 04:18 PM	Next campaign I'm starting up, the characters are all going to be a race with a decent LA, but starting at level 1. This brings up a problem though. Should a character at level 1 and a Level Adjustment of 3 have level a level 4 characters wealth or a level 1 characters wealth? As it is, they are already going to die insanely fast against equal CRed encountereds (something I don't much care about LA I guess...) so I'm thinking having them start with better then level 1 equipment wouldn't be the worst idea. Thoughts? I will say that it depends on the race A bugbear 1st level fightert (for instance) has 2d8 racial hit dice to add his class HD, and this make him more resistent to fight. A drow 1st level wizard has a single 1d4, making him die very quickly in front of the bugbear fighter So, by the RAW you've to give them 4th level wealth, but you really have to consider the real effectiveness of the races