Avariel and LA

[shilsen]

One of the players in my group is interested in playing an avariel, but neither the DM nor I have the book which they came out in (Races of Faerun?), so we're going to use a homebrew version. This is what the DM came up with:

Stat adjustment: +6 Dex, -4 Con
Racial skill bonuses: Jump +4, Listen +2, Search +2, Spot +4
Low light vision
Fly 50 (good)
No normal elven ability to notice secret or concealed doors
Proficient in use of bow and composite bow, short spear, javelin, rapier (not long sword or short sword)
Normal elven resistance against enchantments, immune to sleep
Claustrophobia – Make a will save to function in closed space – have to find game mechanic
Favored class: Fighter

What sort of LA does that sound like? I'd say it's a strong +1, but not strong enough to go into +2 range, though the flight ability is pretty good. That's partly offset by the claustrophobia, and the -4 to Con really hurts. Opinions, please.

Thanks.

 

[Angel Tarragon]

Shilsen, I have the info PDF'd if you like I can email it to you.

frukathka[at]yahoo.com

 

[Coredump]

I think +2 is called for. Getting a +6 to me is a really big deal. and the -4 Con just isn't enough. It is easy to play up the str in Dex, while not worrying about the -4 in Con. My thief would be willing to make that swap.

And flying is huge early on. And is still pretty handy later.

 

[Chun-tzu]

Flight is at least a +2 LA. The Avariel from Races of Faerun are a +3 race.

 

[shilsen]

Shilsen, I have the info PDF'd if you like I can email it to you.

frukathka[at]yahoo.com

Yes, I'd appreciate that very much. My email is shilsen[at]temple.edu

 

[Lamoni]

Flying is quite good, +6 to Dex is also quite high.
-4 Con hurts a lot, Claustrophobia could be a big drawback depending on what mechanic you use for it... I'd probably go with shaken for 1D4 rounds and you have to repeat the save every 4 rounds whether successful or not. That way they still get to make a few actions if they fail, but succeeding probably won't last the whole fight either. That would be a huge drawback in dungeons.

Anyway, I'd suggest a LA 1.5 Meaning LA +1 with one racial HD. It depends largely on how your campaign is designed with relation to dungeons/outdoors. With just a few dungeons, I'd say +2. With more dungeon crawls, I'd say +1.

 

[Angel Tarragon]

Check your inbox Shilsen.

 

[shilsen]

Check your inbox Shilsen.

Got it. Thankee, kind sir.