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<blockquote data-quote="Uller" data-source="post: 291084" data-attributes="member: 413">I've always hated Energy Drain and ability damage (whether permanent or temporary) never quite seemed to fix it either.I like the notion that energy drain draws away the character's life force and therefore levels seem to work fine.&nbsp; But permanently losing levels (whether there is a save or not) seems overly punative.&nbsp; My fix?&nbsp; Make it not permanent...the drained level represents a channel that has been opened to the world of the dead, but the channel will eventually go away.&nbsp; After 24 hours, they lose a level if they fail a save as normal...but they're XP, ability scores, skills and feats all remain as is.&nbsp; Just Hit Dice (average...no rerolling), Saves, Spells, special abilities from class and BAB is adjusted.&nbsp; Then every week they may make another save against the same DC to gain the level back.&nbsp;&nbsp; So normally, lost levels will be regained between adventures with no problem.&nbsp; The only way it can be a major problem is if it is impossible to make the save...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Uller, post: 291084, member: 413"] I've always hated Energy Drain and ability damage (whether permanent or temporary) never quite seemed to fix it either. I like the notion that energy drain draws away the character's life force and therefore levels seem to work fine. But permanently losing levels (whether there is a save or not) seems overly punative. My fix? Make it not permanent...the drained level represents a channel that has been opened to the world of the dead, but the channel will eventually go away. After 24 hours, they lose a level if they fail a save as normal...but they're XP, ability scores, skills and feats all remain as is. Just Hit Dice (average...no rerolling), Saves, Spells, special abilities from class and BAB is adjusted. Then every week they may make another save against the same DC to gain the level back. So normally, lost levels will be regained between adventures with no problem. The only way it can be a major problem is if it is impossible to make the save... [/QUOTE]

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