Experience Rating

Examples: Experience Penalty
  • Upon rolling his character's Attributes, Dylan has base scores of 18, 17, 16, 13, 11, and 8. Before applying his Racial Modifiers, Dylan finds that he has three scores of 16 or higher, so his experience rating is increased to 4.25.
  • Dylan then quickly sums his Attribute Power Modifiers, before adding Racial Modifiers. According to the chart, his Base Attribute Power Modifiers are +4, +3, +2, +1, 0, and -1 (starting with the 18 and ending with the 8). The resulting sum is +9, so his total experience rating remains 4.25.
  • Mike, other the other hand, rolls the following attribute scores: 18, 18, 16, 15, 14, and 14. The sum of his Base Attribute Power Modifiers is 17 (+4, +4, +3, +2, +2, and +2). Since Mike has 3 attributes of 16 or higher and the sum of his modifiers is above 15, his experience rating is increased to 4.5.

The Experience Rating determines how much Experience a character needs to increase in Level. A character's Base Experience Rating is equal to the sum of their Race and Class Experience Ratings. Most player characters have a base experience rating of 4 (1 from Race and 3 from Class).

High Attribute Scores can increase this rating further, according to the criteria below (adjustments are cumulative).

  • A character with 3 or more Base Attribute Scores (i.e. before racial modifiers) of 16 or higher, increases their experience rating by 0.25.
  • If the sum of a character's Base Attribute Power Modifiers (i.e. before racial modifiers) is 15 or higher, then increase their experience rating by 0.25.

The Experience Rating is used to determine the amount of experience needed for a character to Gain Level. Use the following equation to determine the amount of experience needed to increase a character's level (See Experience for more information).

Next Level Experience = Current Level x Experience Rating X 500