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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Andre La Roche" data-source="post: 2020391" data-attributes="member: 13677">SNIPI think the first two problems you listed (scaling meaning of an LA and hit die dependency) really tie in together in that the reason a +2 LA among 3rd level characters is different than same said LA amongst 20th level characters is due to the fact that the hit points provided by those two levels make a crucial difference that often really isn't helped out by the racial hit dice.I've solved this issue in my own campaign by creating a feat called "Girded by Power" that's loosely based on the "Psionic Body" feat.  It's only prerequisite is that the character have an LA +1 or higher.  The benefit is that for each point of LA the character has, he gains 2 hit points.  This can make a world of difference at lower levels, bringing the characters up just enough so that they're not mopped around the floor, and is so slight at higher levels that the average 2-8 hit points that most LA creatures gain by this doesn't make enough of a difference one way or another.Basically, LA takes into account the strengths of the creatures, "evening" them out with the strengths of regular characters while deemphasizing the disparity of weaknesses.  I figure that this feat evens the playing field just enough so that LA races aren't as glass-jawed as they could be, but they're still not quite as hearty as regular classed charactersAdmittedly I don't find the part about certain classes gaining more benefits than others to be very problematic anymore than I take issue with your example of the dwarven sorcerer.  The things that make such races so powerful make them less of a "blank slate" than most PC races.  That said, for the issue of spellcasters you could always use the "magic rating" rules from Unearthed Arcana, essentially stating that LA for monsters who have innate spellcaster levels fall under the type B column, and those with only supernatural or spell-like abilities in the type C column.  The problem with this approach is that you'd conceivably have spellcasting monsters whose caster level is 2 apart, when the only difference is that one is a PC.  If you're cool with that, go for it.</blockquote>

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