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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Silveras" data-source="post: 2762057" data-attributes="member: 6271">No, there were rules for being a 1st-level multi-classed character, with partial abilities from each class. "0-level" was a 1st/2nd Edition concept that was done away with in 3rd Edition (i.e., unless the DM uses a house rule, every PC starts as a Level 1 something). That's basically the point of the LA; it is there to indicate that you can't start as one as a 1st level character in a game. Now, since it also means you will need extra experience before you advance, the DM might be Ok with saying that your character starts out a little stronger than the others in the party. If the rest of the party is agreeable to that, what's wrong with using the rules as they are written?If, on the other hand, the DM has already said "All PCs must start evenly at level 1", then looking for loopholes is more likely to tick him/her off than to get the PC in that way. I know it ticks me off no end when players try to be "clever" about getting around something like that.[Edit]Or, as also suggested, the "Racial levels" concept might work. I am not too sure of the efficiency of such things with regard to +1 LA races (which often would only have 1 racial class level), but if the DM finds that workable and the other players find it fair, it is as close to "starting at level 0" as you can get.</blockquote>