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Message: <blockquote data-quote="scott2978" data-source="post: 5554147" data-attributes="member: 6667922">Thanks for the comments everyone,  The PC in question fell through some as yet un-invented alignment conflict. The character is starting out as a fallen paladin on the quest for redemption, but I overlooked the pitfall of what he would do when he gained enough xp to level up. He hasn't yet gained enough xp, but he mentioned to me that it would only be another session or two and that got me thinking.  The player doesn't want to take levels in anything that will impede his later paladin progression after he atones.  Is a PC requird to level up when they gain enough xp? What if they simply refuse? Is the xp lost?  If I throw out the rules and wing it, what's the most fair thing to do for this character? As for the matter of atonement, the PCs are on an epic quest to save the world already, which is why the fallen paladin has joined them in the first place, to achieve redemption through helping to save the world. I'm almost inclined to allow him to gain further levels in "fallen paladin" to keep it as simple as possible. It does sort of seem apropriate given that his lack of paladin abilities is a sort of self-imposed curse for comiting an act of evil (presuming that's what he did... it hasn't really been decided yet), which is really just supressing his class abilities and not terminating them permanently. Maybe upon atonemnet his class abilities simply become "unsupressed"... That does sort of gimp the character because he gets no class features as he levels up, but this particular character is a half-celestial half-human fallen papadin, so some of his racial abilities continue to work since they aren't dependant on alignment. None of the really good ones... but better than nothing.  Also forgot to mention we're playing 3.5  Scott</blockquote>

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