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<blockquote data-quote="GuardianLurker" data-source="post: 290056" data-attributes="member: 786">The problem I've had with experience points in all version of D&amp;D is that it's used to model two separate things. 1) The level of skill/profession of a character,2) and the measure of how much &quot;life energy&quot; a character possess.Level-Drains are actually intending to attack the second, but as an unavoidable side effect they attack the first as well. I've never liked that, and back in 2e, a gentleman of rec.games.frp.dnd proposed a solution I've adopted.He completely divorced the two. So have I. Now, when a character gains experience he gains an equal amount of &quot;Life Energy Points&quot;. Expereience gain is always permanent (you don't suddenly forget your skills/feats/spells/etc), but LEP gain is not, and anything that drains XP under the standard rules (level drains, magic item creation, etc.) drains LEP instead. Reach 0 LEP and the character dies (to rise as an undead later).It's worked well, and simplifies the bookkeeping too.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="GuardianLurker, post: 290056, member: 786"] The problem I've had with experience points in all version of D&D is that it's used to model two separate things. 1) The level of skill/profession of a character, 2) and the measure of how much "life energy" a character possess. Level-Drains are actually intending to attack the second, but as an unavoidable side effect they attack the first as well. I've never liked that, and back in 2e, a gentleman of rec.games.frp.dnd proposed a solution I've adopted. He completely divorced the two. So have I. Now, when a character gains experience he gains an equal amount of "Life Energy Points". Expereience gain is always permanent (you don't suddenly forget your skills/feats/spells/etc), but LEP gain is not, and anything that drains XP under the standard rules (level drains, magic item creation, etc.) drains LEP instead. Reach 0 LEP and the character dies (to rise as an undead later). It's worked well, and simplifies the bookkeeping too. [/QUOTE]

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