0 Level Characters? [Archive] - Wizards Community

0 Level Characters? [Archive] - Wizards Community

Post/Author/DateTime Post
malichai11
07-23-06, 07:29 PM Which D&D book (and page if you happen to know) contained rules for starting characters at level 0 as opposed to level 1?
ZeronHitaro
07-23-06, 07:55 PM There is no level 0 as far as I know. You're probably thinking of 0-level spells. If your character hits 0XP (not counting character creation), he dies. Just as if your HP had gone to -10.
malichai11
07-23-06, 07:57 PM I have vague recollections of a sidebar in one of the main books (or perhaps Unearthed Arcana) that contained rules for starting characters at 0. Halved hitpoints, halved skill points, so on and so forth, and negative XPs.
ZeronHitaro
07-23-06, 07:59 PM It's possible. I haven't read that particular book, but I know it's in none of the core or splatbooks I own.
Escef
07-23-06, 09:02 PM 0-Level was something found in 1e and 2e, it described commoners and the like. In 3e the closest I recall seeing was in the 3.0 DMG with rules for multi-classing at 1st level. These rules were left out of the 3.5 DMG, probably because almost no one used them.
Verelor
07-23-06, 09:09 PM :gift:

The Waking Lands probably created exactly what you are talking about, and you can find it here:

http://wakinglands.com/htm_files/the_classes_page.htm

Not that I think it is a great idea.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
malichai11 07-23-06, 07:29 PM	Which D&D book (and page if you happen to know) contained rules for starting characters at level 0 as opposed to level 1?
ZeronHitaro 07-23-06, 07:55 PM	There is no level 0 as far as I know. You're probably thinking of 0-level spells. If your character hits 0XP (not counting character creation), he dies. Just as if your HP had gone to -10.
malichai11 07-23-06, 07:57 PM	I have vague recollections of a sidebar in one of the main books (or perhaps Unearthed Arcana) that contained rules for starting characters at 0. Halved hitpoints, halved skill points, so on and so forth, and negative XPs.
ZeronHitaro 07-23-06, 07:59 PM	It's possible. I haven't read that particular book, but I know it's in none of the core or splatbooks I own.
Escef 07-23-06, 09:02 PM	0-Level was something found in 1e and 2e, it described commoners and the like. In 3e the closest I recall seeing was in the 3.0 DMG with rules for multi-classing at 1st level. These rules were left out of the 3.5 DMG, probably because almost no one used them.
Verelor 07-23-06, 09:09 PM	:gift: The Waking Lands probably created exactly what you are talking about, and you can find it here: http://wakinglands.com/htm_files/the_classes_page.htm Not that I think it is a great idea.