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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nonlethal Force" data-source="post: 3243561" data-attributes="member: 35788">Okay, so if I am reading this right then a +1 LA character only pays with the lower stat buy.  So an Aasimar cleric 2 would be an ECL 2 and not and ECL 3 character.  If that's what you mean ... then I suppose the system is better than I first read it.  If that is correct, I'll take back my earlier critique.  I'm still not sure it's balanced, but it's closer than how I first read it.Regarding the books ... RPGA guidelines or not ... I still don't like them.  I don't play in RPGA games because most of them are so picky that they seem to be assuming distrust.  It is almost as if they assume that everyone is out to "win" (How do you do that, anyway) so they have to make people pay for trying new things in case they might be broken.  Bah.  I play with friends.  We can discuss things and if they are broken we can deal with it.  My players feel free to remind me of a special rule if I happen to forget it because I don't remember the content of all the books I allow.  {CORE, Complete (sans CPsi), XPH, Draconomicon, BoED, MotP (with 3.5 updates when needed), and Dragon Magic.  I think that's the list.}  But then again I trust my player's sense of brokenness and their faithfulness to the group if they do stumble upon a broken combo.I also realize not all games are that way.  Personally, I hate micromanaging beyond reviewing character sheets.  (And that I do because it is fun, not to check for mistakes!)  But I am lucky to game with people who just want to have fun and not break the game.</blockquote>

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