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<blockquote data-quote="ARandomGod" data-source="post: 1884276" data-attributes="member: 17296">I'm talking very, very early. The first few levels came out with nowhere to go from there! I think it was only five or six (I still have that book somewhere). Then there were more levels, up to ten or so... That was the top for a long time, before they had the &quot;advanced&quot; levels, where you could go up to a godlike nearly 20th level!&nbsp; And yes, eventually they even released some information about levels above level 20. But early, early on, hitting level ten you build you a castle or mage tower and retired to live the good life. No, not at all... let's look at bards and clerics BAB progression a moment, shall we?They start at a buy in of 0 BAB.They go up one BAB every three levels thereafter. So at level 4 they have a BAB of three. Then another zero, and another three... So, adding 4 to the BAB of either of those classes would be comparable to compensating for 13 (that's THIRTEEN!!)&nbsp; levels, not four. Sure, that's overpowered, I agree. Precticed spellcaster does not do anywhere near this. And, for that matter, bringing a fighting class up to full BAB completely overcomes his loss, bringing a caster up to full caster level does not grant the real power of the class... it does not grant higher level spells or more spells per day. It simply increases the ability to overcome SR, and makes some of the spells last longer or do damage a little closer to their max.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ARandomGod, post: 1884276, member: 17296"] I'm talking very, very early. The first few levels came out with nowhere to go from there! I think it was only five or six (I still have that book somewhere). Then there were more levels, up to ten or so... That was the top for a long time, before they had the "advanced" levels, where you could go up to a godlike nearly 20th level! And yes, eventually they even released some information about levels above level 20. But early, early on, hitting level ten you build you a castle or mage tower and retired to live the good life. No, not at all... let's look at bards and clerics BAB progression a moment, shall we? They start at a buy in of 0 BAB. They go up one BAB every three levels thereafter. So at level 4 they have a BAB of three. Then another zero, and another three... So, adding 4 to the BAB of either of those classes would be comparable to compensating for 13 (that's THIRTEEN!!) levels, not four. Sure, that's overpowered, I agree. Precticed spellcaster does not do anywhere near this. And, for that matter, bringing a fighting class up to full BAB completely overcomes his loss, bringing a caster up to full caster level does not grant the real power of the class... it does not grant higher level spells or more spells per day. It simply increases the ability to overcome SR, and makes some of the spells last longer or do damage a little closer to their max. [/QUOTE]

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