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<blockquote data-quote="Greenfield" data-source="post: 5866106" data-attributes="member: 6669384">Actually, he's effectively a Level 9 PC now.&nbsp; To calculate the ECL adjustment for any creature or template, take the hit dice it starts with and add the LA.&nbsp; Werewolves start with 2 Hit Dice, and have a +2 LA on top of that.So he gains two actual hit dice, complete with hit points, BAB adjustments, saves, skills and possibly feats, right away.&nbsp; And as far as I know, the only Exp he gets for it is whatever he earned in surviving the original Werewolf attack.It's a great kick in the pants, power wise, but a kick at something located in the pants when it comes to career advancement.&nbsp; As it, it stops for a long time.Advice:&nbsp; Use as many of the skill points gains as the DM will allow in the Control Shape skill.His or her next chance to learn that skill won't come for another 35,000 Exp.&nbsp; (You specified 10,000 exp, the very beginning of 5th level.&nbsp; So he'll need to earn 5,000 + 6,000 to pay for the two hit dice, then 7,000 and 8,000 to pay for the +2 LA.&nbsp; That will place him at the very start of 9th level, so he'll need to earn another 9,000 to actually add any more levels.)Some DM's allow certain templates to be treated as if they were a special PRC, with the character earning levels in it, and gaining the benefits gradually as they do so.Afflicted Lycanthropy usually isn't a template that works that way, which is one reason it's considered an affliction, a curse.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Greenfield, post: 5866106, member: 6669384"] Actually, he's effectively a Level 9 PC now. To calculate the ECL adjustment for any creature or template, take the hit dice it starts with and add the LA. Werewolves start with 2 Hit Dice, and have a +2 LA on top of that. So he gains two actual hit dice, complete with hit points, BAB adjustments, saves, skills and possibly feats, right away. And as far as I know, the only Exp he gets for it is whatever he earned in surviving the original Werewolf attack. It's a great kick in the pants, power wise, but a kick at something located in the pants when it comes to career advancement. As it, it stops for a long time. Advice: Use as many of the skill points gains as the DM will allow in the Control Shape skill. His or her next chance to learn that skill won't come for another 35,000 Exp. (You specified 10,000 exp, the very beginning of 5th level. So he'll need to earn 5,000 + 6,000 to pay for the two hit dice, then 7,000 and 8,000 to pay for the +2 LA. That will place him at the very start of 9th level, so he'll need to earn another 9,000 to actually add any more levels.) Some DM's allow certain templates to be treated as if they were a special PRC, with the character earning levels in it, and gaining the benefits gradually as they do so. Afflicted Lycanthropy usually isn't a template that works that way, which is one reason it's considered an affliction, a curse. [/QUOTE]

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