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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Shin Okada" data-source="post: 3918882" data-attributes="member: 1956">Thanks. So, my assumption seems to be right.In the example, the said Gnoll-Fighter 2 (ECL 5 /with LA +0 and 10,000 gp) are now with 6th-level core race PCs. But as he has lower ECl than other PCs, he will get more XP from each encounters. In my experience, within 2 or 3 adventures, he will catch up with others in XP and then we will see Gnoll Fighter 4 and Human Fighter 6 is fighting together and treated equally in regard of XP and levelling up.The Gnoll's example seems not much troublesome. But that is just because Humanoid Racial HD sucks. Think about, something without racial HD or better creature type (Like Dragon, Outsider, or maybe monstrous humanoid). If they eventually "buy off" their LAs, if the total HD is equal, those races should be just stronger. Compare a 10th-level Half-Ogre fighter and a 10th-level Human Fighter.IMHO, That option rule is wrong from the first assumption. LA +X is huge burden in LOWER LEVEL games and the effect of slightly small number of total HD become insignificant in Higher Level games.It is painful to play a L2 Half-Ogre Barbarian as a member of 4th-level party. But it is not that so bad to play a L8 Half-Ogre Barbarian as a member of 10th-level party.</blockquote>