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<blockquote data-quote="MarkB" data-source="post: 3067752" data-attributes="member: 40176">Okay. Let's say, for the sake of argument, that we have a 2nd level character with 2,500 XP on the character sheet, and 500 XP unrewarded. Technically, she has 3,000 XP, but has not yet chosen to level up, and is therefore still 2nd level.When level drained, her XP are unaffected and she has one negative level.Fast forward 24 hours. At this point, she has 4,000 XP, but has still not chosen to level up.Losing a real level as a result of failing the save drops her total XP to the midpoint of the previous level, which is 500.Whether it could go differently than that is entirely up to your DM. By default, leveling up takes zero in-game time, so once a character has the XP, they can gain a new level whenever they like. If I were the DM, and knew those XPs were available, I'd hand them out, at which point the character can level up immediately. Having a negative level doesn't affect that. Having done so, she's now 3rd level, and will drop to 2nd level if she fails the save, with her XP total dropping to 2,000.If the DM isn't prepared to hand out the XPs until later, then some or all of them should still be awarded to the character after she drops to 500 XP. If the DM did hand out the XPs, but doesn't allow leveling up except under particular conditions, and there was no way to achieve those conditions within the 24 hours, then that's a little harsh, but the character is out of luck.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MarkB, post: 3067752, member: 40176"] Okay. Let's say, for the sake of argument, that we have a 2nd level character with 2,500 XP on the character sheet, and 500 XP unrewarded. Technically, she has 3,000 XP, but has not yet chosen to level up, and is therefore still 2nd level. When level drained, her XP are unaffected and she has one negative level. Fast forward 24 hours. At this point, she has 4,000 XP, but has still not chosen to level up. Losing a real level as a result of failing the save drops her total XP to the midpoint of the previous level, which is 500. Whether it could go differently than that is entirely up to your DM. By default, leveling up takes zero in-game time, so once a character has the XP, they can gain a new level whenever they like. If I were the DM, and knew those XPs were available, I'd hand them out, at which point the character can level up immediately. Having a negative level doesn't affect that. Having done so, she's now 3rd level, and will drop to 2nd level if she fails the save, with her XP total dropping to 2,000. If the DM isn't prepared to hand out the XPs until later, then some or all of them should still be awarded to the character after she drops to 500 XP. If the DM did hand out the XPs, but doesn't allow leveling up except under particular conditions, and there was no way to achieve those conditions within the 24 hours, then that's a little harsh, but the character is out of luck. [/QUOTE]

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