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<blockquote data-quote="RogueJK" data-source="post: 140673" data-attributes="member: 170">Deep Gnomes have an Effective Character Level of +3.&nbsp; This means that you will always be 3 levels behind those of the other player's characters.For example, since you started out at 6th level, your character would only be able to take 3 class levels, because of the Deep Gnome's ECL.&nbsp; This is meant as a balancing factor, since a Deep Gnome is much more powerful and has more abilities than a standard PHB race.So you need to readjust your levels to reflect the ECL.&nbsp; As a Deep Gnome Monk/Sorcerer, you would only be able to have 2 levels of Monk and 1 level of Sorceror, or 2 levels of Sorcerer with 1 level of Monk.For experience, you are treated as a 6th level character, though, so you will still need 21,000 XP in order to gain another level.For more information on ECLs, check out page 21 in the Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting, or page 22 in the DMG.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RogueJK, post: 140673, member: 170"] Deep Gnomes have an Effective Character Level of +3. This means that you will always be 3 levels behind those of the other player's characters. For example, since you started out at 6th level, your character would only be able to take 3 class levels, because of the Deep Gnome's ECL. This is meant as a balancing factor, since a Deep Gnome is much more powerful and has more abilities than a standard PHB race. So you need to readjust your levels to reflect the ECL. As a Deep Gnome Monk/Sorcerer, you would only be able to have 2 levels of Monk and 1 level of Sorceror, or 2 levels of Sorcerer with 1 level of Monk. For experience, you are treated as a 6th level character, though, so you will still need 21,000 XP in order to gain another level. For more information on ECLs, check out page 21 in the Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting, or page 22 in the DMG. [/QUOTE]

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