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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 4868610" data-attributes="member: 22779">Heh, does this mean we're doubly moderated.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />The problem with the different xp tables is, as Vigilance says, it's a very poor system of balance.&nbsp; You're basically saying that level is meaningless since the power disparity between various levels is so great that you actually should be based on xp instead.In other words, the old modules shouldn't say X characters of Y to Z level, but rather, X characters of Y XP, presuming of course, that the game actually does balance that way, which I'm not sure that it does.After all, you're basically saying that the 1st level thief is worth considerably less than the 1st level fighter.&nbsp; IIRC, thief xp was about 1/2 of fighter, so, you're only par with the fighter on even numbered levels.And, where things get REALLY ugly is with the multi-classing rules.&nbsp; In AD&amp;D, everyone was unlimited in thief, regardless of their other classes.&nbsp; Plugging on a thief class to any other class didn't significantly change your level and you gained all the abilities of a thief class.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 4868610, member: 22779"] Heh, does this mean we're doubly moderated. :D The problem with the different xp tables is, as Vigilance says, it's a very poor system of balance. You're basically saying that level is meaningless since the power disparity between various levels is so great that you actually should be based on xp instead. In other words, the old modules shouldn't say X characters of Y to Z level, but rather, X characters of Y XP, presuming of course, that the game actually does balance that way, which I'm not sure that it does. After all, you're basically saying that the 1st level thief is worth considerably less than the 1st level fighter. IIRC, thief xp was about 1/2 of fighter, so, you're only par with the fighter on even numbered levels. And, where things get REALLY ugly is with the multi-classing rules. In AD&D, everyone was unlimited in thief, regardless of their other classes. Plugging on a thief class to any other class didn't significantly change your level and you gained all the abilities of a thief class. [/QUOTE]

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