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|author_name=Aarnott
|date_created=18:11, 26 November 2013 (UTC)
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{{#set:Summary=As simple as it sounds: substitute LA with NPC class levels.}}

== NPC Levels Instead of LA ==

I won't get into why the LA system sucks. There's plenty of people that have gone into much more detail that I care to. With the assumption the LA system needs help, this fix tries to make a minimal impact on the base rules and balance out LA (at least make it a bit better). It offers a bit of flexibility so that characters can still have HD that suit their build, but don't have as good class features as LA +0 races, which offsets their superior racial features. 

=== How It Works ===

For each point of Level Adjustment a race would have, the player instead gets to pick an NPC class instead. Generally, this means they will pick [[SRD:Adept|Adept]] for some utility spellcasting, [[SRD:Expert|Expert]] for skills, or [[SRD:Warrior|Warrior]] for BAB.

The only caveat is that the player sheouldn't be allowed to pick non-SRD skills with the expert class (no truenaming and iaijutsu focus, namely) and maybe have a restriction on [[SRD:Use Magic Device|Use Magic Device]]. It really depends on how powerful you want your game to be, but these skills may make the expert outclass the other two NPC classes.

In higher-powered games, it may be fine to offer a lowered-powered base class in place of LA, instead of just NPC classes. For example, a Very High powered game might offer High powered classes in place of LA. A [[SRD:Elves, Dark—Drow (Race)|drow]] might pick 2 levels of [[SRD:Rogue|Rogue]] in this case before his "real" levels in [[SRD:Wizard|Wizard]].


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Author	Aarnott +
Identifier	3.5e Variant Rule +
Rating	Undiscussed +
Summary	As simple as it sounds: substitute LA with NPC class levels. +
Title	NPC Levels Instead of LA +