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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Primitive Screwhead" data-source="post: 2825300" data-attributes="member: 20805">I think this is a very interesting retake on the XP system.. which I too dislike for much the same reasons..But this is not just a 'me 2' post <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=":)" />For level loss, following the lines of Nifft..minor edit to the <a href="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/specialAbilities.htm#energyDrainAndNegativeLevels" target="_blank">negative level rules</a>. Negative levels do not go away and force a reduction of the entire characters level. Instead they stay around forever..well, almost forever. A character may voluntarily reduce his AP pool by 1 in order to eliminate a negative level. This action requires the expenditure of an Action Point....Raise dead, et al.. incur a Negative Level that does not naturally heal. {no save after 24 hours}In this manner your Joe can either face fighting with the negative levels penalties, or face gaining only 4 AP + xp award at the next level.If Joe died again, he could chose to reduce his next level gains to 3AP.etc..In my usual campaign, I would extend this rule to include burning 1k of xp award as well, meaning the character could face 10 negative levels before needing to retire. {I tend to have Vampires available as BBEGs  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f631.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":eek:" title="Eek!    :eek:"  data-smilie="9"data-shortname=":eek:" /> }This makes tracking relatively simple, no juggling of character abilities and worrying about re-selection of feats when someone recovers a level they lost. All you need to track are negative levels and the 'cap' on AP awards. Additionally, death gets to have a bit more of a bite to it.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60e.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":cool:" title="Cool    :cool:"  data-smilie="6"data-shortname=":cool:" /> IMO, losing a level and then not gaining any AP..which tend to encourage more flamboyant and risky play..may bring a tendency for a more conservative approach to the game.{depending alot on the occurances of death in your game, of course}regarding xp lending, I favor the 3 : 1 version============All that being said,  if you have a group as mine tend to be..with non-certain participation, the xp award is a decent incentive to maintain regular attendance. {I have a liberal policy regarded excused absenses as being military there are always unplanned exceptions..}I use an Excel calculator that does all the hard work for me, and makes for a handy session planning tool. Admittably I hip-shot most of the CR's as well...</blockquote>

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