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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jack Simth" data-source="post: 2625330" data-attributes="member: 29252">Depends on what perspective you are looking at things from; take something with a reasonably middle LA - a Drow, perhaps, at +2 LA.  What does the character get?  For comparisons, a Sorceror isn't a bad choice, due to the +2 Charisma.  The drow is down one level of spells compared to an elven Sorceror, but the DC's on the drow's highest level spells are exactly the same; the Drow doesn't have as high of level spells, but gets an extra spell per day at every 4th level of spells.  Both eventually (ECL 20) get 9th level spells... but the Drow only gets to choose one, while the elf gets three.  The Drow gets +2 Int... which translates to +1 rank per level.... so, depending on base Int, after about ECL 10 the Drow has more skill points... but doesn't have as high a cap on the biggest skills (for exact break-even on skill points, solve (ECL+3)*(Class Number + Base Int Bonus)=(ECL+1)*(Class Number + Base Int Bonus + 1)).    The Drow gets inherent SR.... which the Elf can penetrate on a roll of 9 before spending any feats on it.  For 2/3rds the levels, the Elf will have one more feat than will the Drow.Which is more powerful depends on the specific build and the campaign.... do they balance against each other?  Mostly.  Sometimes, though, the Elf can readily use a scroll with no chance of failure that is risky for the Drow....</blockquote>