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--- legacy:characters:level [2025/02/19 17:08] – tailkinker
+++ legacy:characters:level [2025/08/26 15:52] (current) – tailkinker
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 Your character's **level** is a measure of their overall progression---the adventures they've completed, the obstacles they've overcome, and the improvements they've accomplished.  Similar to most other role-playing games, your level is determined by the amount of Experience Points (**XP**) that your character has accumulated.
-^  Level  ^  Experience Points  ^  Skill Cap  ^
+^  Level  ^  Experience Points  ^  Skill Cap  ^  Notes  ^
-|   1  |          0  |  +2  |
+|   1  |          0  |  +2  |  Character Creation  |
-|   2  |        720  |  +2  |
+|   2  |        720  |  +2  |  |
-|   3  |      1,680  |  +2  |
+|   3  |      1,680  |  +3  |  |
-|   4  |      2,880  |  +3  |
+|   4  |      2,880  |  +3  |  |
-|   5  |      4,800  |  +3  |
+|   5  |      4,800  |  +3  |  Tier Trait  |
-|   6  |      7,360  |  +3  |
+|   6  |      7,360  |  +4  |  |
-|   7  |     10,560  |  +4  |
+|   7  |     10,560  |  +4  |  |
-|   8  |     15,360  |  +4  |
+|   8  |     15,360  |  +4  |  |
-|   9  |     21,760  |  +4  |
+|   9  |     21,760  |  +5  |  Tier Trait  |
-|  10  |     29,760  |  +5  |
+|  10  |     29,760  |  +5  |  |
-|  11  |     41,280  |  +5  |
+|  11  |     41,280  |  +5  |  |
-|  12  |     56,640  |  +5  |
+|  12  |     56,640  |  +6  |  |
-|  13  |     75,840  |  +6  |
+|  13  |     75,840  |  +6  |  Tier Trait  |
-|  14  |    102,720  |  +6  |
+|  14  |    102,720  |  +6  |  |
-|  15  |    138,560  |  +6  |
+|  15  |    138,560  |  +7  |  |
-|  16  |    183,360  |  +7  |
+|  16  |    183,360  |  +7  |  |
-|  17  |    244,800  |  +7  |
+|  17  |    244,800  |  +7  |  Tier Trait  |
-|  18  |    326,720  |  +7  |
+|  18  |    326,720  |  +8  |  |
-|  19  |    429,120  |  +8  |
+|  19  |    429,120  |  +8  |  |
-|  20  |    567,360  |  +8  |
+|  20  |    567,360  |  +8  |  |
-^  +1  ^   +250,000  ^  +8  ^
+^  +1  ^   +250,000  ^  +8  ^  ^
 If you are coming to Legacy from another game system, the XP values might seem very odd.  This is because they are balanced to allow you to progress through the earlier levels faster, but slow down once you reach mid-level.
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 Whenever you accumulate enough experience to advance to the next level, you gain several benefits:
   * Distribute six points as you wish among your attributes' scores.  You may not place more than three points in any single attribute.
-  * Choose a single class, either your base class or any Prestige class that you qualify, and increase that class' level by one.
+  * Choose one skill, and gain one level in that skill.  You may not improve a skill past the Skill Cap for your new level.
-  * Gain any level-dependant features that your class permits, as described in that class.  This can include skill improvements, defensive adjustments, recovery dice or stamina points.
+  * Gain one trait.  This trait must be chosen from the Advancement Traits list.
-  * Gain one trait.  This trait must be chosen from the trait pool of the class in which you gained a level.
+  * At levels 5, 9, 13 and 17, also gain one trait from the Tier Traits list.
+Note that traits are divided into five tiers:  Apprentice, Journeyman, Master, Paragon and Legendary.  The tier of the trait determines the level at which the trait may be selected, as per the table below.  Note also that a trait's tier is based on the list on which it is found, and is //not// inherent to the trait itself.  Some lists may make some traits available at a lower level.
+^Tier        ^  Level  ^
+|Apprentice  |   1     |
+|Journeyman  |   5     |
+|Master      |   9     |
+|Paragon     |   13    |
+|Legendary   |   17    |