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Message: <blockquote data-quote="irdeggman" data-source="post: 3919155" data-attributes="member: 16285">The advantage for buying back levels comes into play with things like:Casters - they can start to "catch" up with their full-caster levels.Max skill ranks - limited to 3 + Hit Dice (not ECL)Level based feats - again based on hit die and not ECLAny level-based check (like turning checks for example)These all have a factor if the character has a LA.As far as why someone would want to play a LA character in a low level game - well that is up to the player to realize his "limitations" due to the gaining of the abilities that raised his ECL in the first place.In my current Age of Worms game I have 2 goliaths and 1 aasimar (all +1 LA)The PCs are all ECL = 3 currently (started out at 2 per my game rules).The goliaths can deal a tremendous amount of damage but only have 1 hit dice (even though their Con bonus adds to this, it is still not a full hit die gain) and lower BAB (affects things like power attack) and and fewer feats.The aasimar is a cleric and gains a lot of "clerical" benefits as well as the resistances and spell like abilities. But has real low hit points - in fact one blow from a raging dwarf barbarian with power attack and a great axe took him down to 1 hit point (good thing it wasn't a critical).These are the trade offs of the early on power of the LA races.</blockquote>