Sainthood and Saint

[Evil DM]

Hi folks,

I have a question about the Sainthood from BoED:
I do not understand what they mean with sacrificing her two next levels.
In the given example they speak of a 7th level paladin who then gets an ECL of 9. Yes - because the template has a LA of +2. Thus to reach the 8th level as paladin he needs XP for the 10th level.

So where is now the sacrifice of two levels? The give example above is how leveld adjustment works. No more - no less.
So where is the extra sacrifice. I just do not see it.

Cheers, Evil DM

 

[KarinsDad]

It's not sacrificing two extra levels (i.e. above the +2 LA), it's sacrificing two levels (i.e. the +2 LA). So, 2 levels, not 4 levels.

Basically, it means that while the other PCs advance the next two levels, the Saint stays put (i.e. 7th level class, 9th level character). I would run it that she acquires experience, but as a 9th level character (hence, less XP per encounter), but she needs to acquire enough XP to get to 10th level in order to get to 8th level. Overall, this means that the other PCs should get to 10th class (and character) level before she gets to 8th class (10th character) level, but she has the advantage of being "tougher" while she did that.

 

[Evil DM]

But the text in BoED says:
...the character sacrifices her next two levels of advancement in order tu "catch up" with the (artificially low) level adjustment for the template.

So what is this sacrifice.

Because I agree that LA+2 is far too low for this template.

Cheers, Evil DM

 

[Wrahn]

The BoED acknowledges that it is more powerful than a LA +2 template should be and explains the reason for this is because it is meant as a reward for great roleplaying.

 

[Malum]

Where does it say that?

Malum

The BoED acknowledges that it is more powerful than a LA +2 template should be and explains the reason for this is because it is meant as a reward for great roleplaying.

 

[Fieari]

Note that the Saint template works out to around +9 or +10 LA if you work it out fairly, not considering any roleplaying counterbalances.

 

[kayn99]

Personally I look at the Saint template as something a DM would assign rather than something a player could pick. It is up to the DM to decide what the player is doing, meets that worlds defination of a Saint. I would personally look at what we consider in the real world to be saints and hold players to their religions standards to those saints.


Kayn