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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cheiromancer" data-source="post: 3147009" data-attributes="member: 141">Where did you get the WotC progression from?  Part of it is on page 23 of the ELH, but it only goes up to level 40.I've been fiddling with regression analysis on the Pd scores vs hp and the saving throws.  It looks like hp is approximately 0.25 * Pd[sup]2[/sup] + 7 * Pd.  So damage should increase quadratically to keep pace.  Fort and Will are about 0.9 * Pd, and Ref is about 0.75 * Pd.Using UK's wealth formula you can count on ability scores increasing at a rate of +3/4 levels (+1 through level up bonuses, +2 through stat buffs).  Which means opponents' saves are increasing faster than the save DCs; the gap is about 0.5 per level (assuming opponents' Pd = level).  That means 3 AMC every 6 levels has to be spent on Heightening an effect in order to keep pace.  Save or die spells can be used as long as a caster is disciplined with his feats, or restricts their use to lower Pd opponents.A seed generalist will have to devote all additional SP to heightening spells, or the save DCs won't keep up.  That or cast the spells on lower Pd opponents.  The use of Humfs is the brightest hope for a Jacobean caster who wishes to use such spells on equal-Pd opponents.If you use the WotC wealth formula the save DCs will leap ahead; that probably wouldn't be a good idea.[edit]Hmmm.  Regression analysis indicates that the WotC formula is 0.0043 * level[sup]4.0609[/sup], with an R[sup]2[/sup] of 0.9995.  I bet that exponent is supposed to be 4.  How interesting; I always thought it was exponential.</blockquote>

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