Reducing LA for everyone? [Archive] - Wizards Community

Reducing LA for everyone? [Archive] - Wizards Community

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TieraStarr
03-17-04, 11:16 PM The reason given for why buying back LA works is that the now lower level PC will get more XP and catch up with his comrades.

The problem is what happens if the whole party has LA, and all elect to pay it back.

Am I missing something here?

-Tiera, mildly confounded.
Kastas
03-17-04, 11:37 PM If everyone in the party has a LA, it should be fine if they all elect to buy off some of it. You should balance encounters and assign experience as if they were still their original ECL, since their actual power level hasn't changed at all. They will all lose some experience, but it will be worth it for them in the long run because they will require less experience to reach high levels.
Greyman
03-18-04, 12:38 AM What's the problem? If everyone reduces there LA at the same time, there is no one to catch up to.

But everyone will still be earning slightly more XP from the same CR of encounters they were facing before doing so, because the average party level, and their individual character levels, have both been reduced by the process. They will also be aiming at less XP difference between class levels.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
TieraStarr 03-17-04, 11:16 PM	The reason given for why buying back LA works is that the now lower level PC will get more XP and catch up with his comrades. The problem is what happens if the whole party has LA, and all elect to pay it back. Am I missing something here? -Tiera, mildly confounded.
Kastas 03-17-04, 11:37 PM	If everyone in the party has a LA, it should be fine if they all elect to buy off some of it. You should balance encounters and assign experience as if they were still their original ECL, since their actual power level hasn't changed at all. They will all lose some experience, but it will be worth it for them in the long run because they will require less experience to reach high levels.
Greyman 03-18-04, 12:38 AM	What's the problem? If everyone reduces there LA at the same time, there is no one to catch up to. But everyone will still be earning slightly more XP from the same CR of encounters they were facing before doing so, because the average party level, and their individual character levels, have both been reduced by the process. They will also be aiming at less XP difference between class levels.