Question about Paragons . . [Archive] - Wizards Community

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WilliamPall

02-20-04, 11:32 PM
Alright . . . I'm sure it an easy answer . . but I couldn't find it listed anywhere in the book exactly . . . and i've never claimed to be the most observant person.

Why are the Racial Paragon Classes limited to being only three levels?
DarkTouch

02-20-04, 11:46 PM
Because that's the way Monte Cook designed them when he created them for the races in Arcana Unearthed.
WilliamPall

02-21-04, 12:09 AM
So, for all intents and purposes, if someone were to want to make a 5, 10, or 20 level extrapolation of the Paragon classes . . so long as they were able to keep a semblance of balance . . .
JoAT

02-21-04, 12:21 AM
Well, as a general rule, when designing racail... errrr... paragon classes, I try to equal either the LA or the Racial hit dice, to a minimum of three - at least, that's my own rule of thumb. As a general rule, the only limit is how much potential you can see amamber of that race having - paragon levels are basicly a slightly diffrent form of advancing a creature, as far as I can tell, so you could make racial levels that would advance as far as you can see the race going, without class levels. I know I have an ECL 0 race with about 27 avalible racial levels....
stilleon

02-21-04, 12:25 AM
Just because. Good enough for me ( just want to make it to level three to get the +2 to a stat!).