Destroying Undead...

[Klaus]

In the 3.5 PHB, pg 159, it states "if the character has twice or more levels than the undead has HD, it is destroyed".

Nowhere does it state the type of levels.

Character levels?

Class levels?

Effective cleric level?

Help?

 

[jerichothebard]

In the 3.5 PHB, pg 159, it states "if the character has twice or more levels than the undead has HD, it is destroyed".

Nowhere does it state the type of levels.

Character levels?

Class levels?

Effective cleric level?

Help?

Well, it is pretty unspecific. However, the turning damage rules are explicitly based off character level:

If your roll on Table: Turning Undead is high enough to let you turn at least some of the undead within 60 feet, roll 2d6 + your cleric level + your Charisma modifier for turning damage. That’s how many total Hit Dice of undead you can turn.

So I would assume that the destruction capability is as well.


jtb

 

[Lord Pendragon]

Well, it is pretty unspecific. However, the turning damage rules are explicitly based off character level:

I think you meant to say class level, i.e. cleric level.

I agree, with the caveat that class levels stack, for classes that share the Turn Undead ability. So a Cleric6/Paladin4 would Turn Undead (and destroy Undead) as a 7th-level cleric. This holds true for PrCs that grant the Turn Undead ability as well.

 

[Darth K'Trava]

In the 3.5 PHB, pg 159, it states "if the character has twice or more levels than the undead has HD, it is destroyed".

Nowhere does it state the type of levels.

Character levels?

Class levels?

Effective cleric level?

Help?

Class levels in a class that allows turning undead. Usually a cleric or paladin.

 

[Darth K'Trava]

I think you meant to say class level, i.e. cleric level.

I agree, with the caveat that class levels stack, for classes that share the Turn Undead ability. So a Cleric6/Paladin4 would Turn Undead (and destroy Undead) as a 7th-level cleric. This holds true for PrCs that grant the Turn Undead ability as well.

To clarify: A paladin turns undead as a cleric 3 levels lower.