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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pax" data-source="post: 1028415" data-attributes="member: 6875">You're both (technically) incorrect.  A Drow Whatever(1) has an ECL of 3 ... and has 3,000XP to start with.  Just like every OTHER ECL 3 character, like say, a Human WhicheverElse(3) has.  You start with the minimum XP needed to be a character of your net ECL.  The table in the FRCS reflects this -- notice how ECL +0 races have "0 XP" listed for first level, ECL +1 races have "1,000 XP" listed for first level, and so on?  The best way, btw, to start a game where standard PHB races can achieve higher than 1st level, is to say (for example) "Everyone starts the game with 11,000XP and 9,000gp" (which comes, for PHB-race characters, to 5th level, an extra 1,000xp, and standard gp for that level).  Or whatever values float YOUR boat, ofc.  If you start a level 3 game, and make the drow have 0XP to begin with ... you're putting that character 3,000XP behind the other party members.  After everyone earns a 3,000XP increase, everyoen BUT the Drow will go up a level; the Drow, otoh, will only have earned what shoudl have been their starting experience points.[EDIT]I just realised, you two seem to be talking about allowing a +2 ECL race in a game with +0 ECL races, all of them at 1st level.  In a word, don't do it.  You'll throw off the Party Average Level, for one thing.Every PC should start out with identical XP and GP.  ECL cuts into that.  If it's a 1st or 2d level start, then an ECL +2 race is simply not available.[/EDIT]</blockquote>

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