xp penalties

A Wanderer · Post by **A Wanderer** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 12:02 am

Probably hardcoded, but you'd think with as slow as the xp is already, all penalties would be turned off. I mean if you think about it, there's already a 90+% penalty. *laughs*

Significant Owl · Post by **Significant Owl** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 7:18 am

+2 Dex and favoured class (Wizard) for Elves is the rules way of saying "Elves are graceful and make great wizards because they have a very long time to live and study, study being what mages have to do a lot of.".

Edit: And yeah, I have 20% penalty too. It sucks not getting any xp for things you'd normally get 1 for, but that's the price for multiclassing.

Kareth · Post by **Kareth** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 8:52 am

Signifigant Owl wrote:Edit: And yeah, I have 20% penalty too. It sucks not getting any xp for things you'd normally get 1 for, but that's the price for multiclassing.

No it is the price of multiclassing away from your favoured class. Kar is triple-classed but one of his classes wizard and another is a PRC - so no exp penalty.

I can't think of many races who have a favoured class that is based on the stat increased by that class. I think the best example of this is Half-Nymph, where they have a major boost to Charisma and yet the favoured class is based on wisdom.

Aeveras · Post by **Aeveras** » Thu Aug 18, 2005 7:27 pm

*Looks to the PHB for guidance*

- Elves are curious creatures.
- Elves are not considered to be adults until about 110 years of age.
- Elves can be extremely focused when pursuing a goal.

Looks like the making of a scholar, personally, but lends itself to wizardry just as well. Favoured classes are partially a flavour-mechanic of D&D, but also a balancing factor. One thing that makes half-elves and humans so great is that you have no favoured class — but you loose out on the benefits that a full-blooded elf gains, such as stat adjustments, immunities, proficiencies and skill bonuses.

- Aeveras