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<blockquote data-quote="DethStryke" data-source="post: 3341615" data-attributes="member: 1309"><p>I apologize in advance if this is an old, repeated topic. I've searched the WotC message boards and here for two days trying to find an example or tutorial that explains all of the details to no avail. Everyone was very helpful when I was trying to figure out Hit Points last time, so thanks again to those who remember me. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>I'm playing an Aasimar Cleric that just leveled to 3rd level of cleric (6k exp, effectively ECL of 4). Going by Savage Species, Aasimar has an HD of 1 and Cleric 3 has an HD of 3. It shows that the ability point increase is by Character Level OR HD - raising 1 point every 4 HD or CL.</p><p></p><p>Do I gain the ability point at the current level or when my Cleric level is 4?</p><p></p><p>When do I gain feats? I am under the impression that I get them for every 3 ECL as per normal characters, but would only gain class specific feats at those class level (like fighter bonus feats, etc.).</p><p></p><p>Even better, does someone have a link or can reference where this is clearly explained for a planetouched creature? It seems to be a special difference rather than any other type of monster (like Drow, Fey, Lizardman, etc.). This is frankly driving me batty and really making me think I shouldn't have accepted the choice to play this race (the DM offered it for special story arcs - I typically play straight PHB race/class combos). I just haven't been able to wrap my brain around how it all works as a PC and, because of that, I don't think I'm asking the right questions when I do my searches on message boards or with google.</p><p></p><p>Thank you all for your help!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DethStryke, post: 3341615, member: 1309"] I apologize in advance if this is an old, repeated topic. I've searched the WotC message boards and here for two days trying to find an example or tutorial that explains all of the details to no avail. Everyone was very helpful when I was trying to figure out Hit Points last time, so thanks again to those who remember me. :) I'm playing an Aasimar Cleric that just leveled to 3rd level of cleric (6k exp, effectively ECL of 4). Going by Savage Species, Aasimar has an HD of 1 and Cleric 3 has an HD of 3. It shows that the ability point increase is by Character Level OR HD - raising 1 point every 4 HD or CL. Do I gain the ability point at the current level or when my Cleric level is 4? When do I gain feats? I am under the impression that I get them for every 3 ECL as per normal characters, but would only gain class specific feats at those class level (like fighter bonus feats, etc.). Even better, does someone have a link or can reference where this is clearly explained for a planetouched creature? It seems to be a special difference rather than any other type of monster (like Drow, Fey, Lizardman, etc.). This is frankly driving me batty and really making me think I shouldn't have accepted the choice to play this race (the DM offered it for special story arcs - I typically play straight PHB race/class combos). I just haven't been able to wrap my brain around how it all works as a PC and, because of that, I don't think I'm asking the right questions when I do my searches on message boards or with google. Thank you all for your help! [/QUOTE]
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