Another UAD&D Mechanic Change

After beta testing the second version of the swordmage, we decided the INSANE exponential XP chart had to change. It's still the worst table in the game, mind you:

Swordmage Experience Levels

1 0 1

2 2,500 2

3 5,000 3 -Tell quality of Weapons of

4 10,000 4 Proficiency: Good, poor, magical

5 18,500 5

6 40,000 6 -Identify another Swordmage’s presence,

7 80,000 7 and class, merely by proximity.

8 160,000 8

9 325,000 9 -Can craft rune weapons, see note.

10 650,000 9+3

11 1,000,000 9+6

12 1,300,000 9+9

13 1,750,000 9+12

14 2,000,000 9+15

15 2,400,000 9+18 -Tell level of men-at-arms class NPC by

16 3,000,000 9+21 watching him/her fight

17 3,300,000 9+24

18 3,600,000 9+27

19 3,750,000 9+30

20 4,000,000 9+33 -Tell magical bonus of proficient

21 4,250,000 9+36 Weapon by handling it.

22 4,850,000 9+39

23 5,100,000 9+42

24 5,500,000 9+45

25 6,000,000 9+48

And for those of you who want to see what the OLD table (which was not written by me!) looked like:

1 0 1

2 2,500 2

3 5,000 3 -Tell quality of Weapons of

4 10,000 4 Proficiency: Good, poor, magical

5 18,500 5

6 45,000 6 -Identify another Swordmage’s presence,

7 95,000 7 and class, merely by proximity.

8 175,000 8

9 350,000 9 -Can craft rune weapons, see note.

10 700,000 9+3

11 1,050,000 9+6

12 1,500,000 9+9

13 2,000,000 9+12

14 2,500,000 9+15

15 3,000,000 9+18 -Tell level of men-at-arms class NPC by

16 3,500,000 9+21 watching him/her fight

17 4,100,000 9+24

18 4,800,000 9+27

19 5,500,000 9+30

20 6,200,000 9+33 -Tell magical bonus of proficient

21 7,000,000 9+36 Weapon by handling it.

22 7,850,000 9+39

23 8,900,000 9+42

24 9,900,000 9+45

25 11,000,000 9+48

Banking XP (a revised mechanic for UAD&D)

Appendix Eleven: Experience Banking and Trading

At the DM’s discretion, players can invest experience points in things other than leveling. A player can bank some of his experience points, refusing to apply them to leveling up. These banked experience points may be “sold” for specific abilities and benefits. Banked experience points are indicated separately on the character sheet, and this bank can be accessed out of game (generally when leveling up occurs) to buy abilities or just to bridge the distance between leveling. (A player with 5000 banked experience points who found himself 200xp short of leveling could reduce his bank to 4800 and level up,for example.)

If a character is attacked by a level-draining creature, banked experience is always attacked first, therefore a player may want to bank extra experience before going into a place with known level draining creatures. Banked experience lost in this way can be restored by spells that restore experience, but cannot otherwise be restored. Banked experience may also be added to or taken away during the game by the DM as player rewards/punishments, although these should be rare.

A list of typical “prices” for things bought with banked experience can be found below. Note that a character’s banked experience cannot be more than ½ of his total cumulative experience points. Anything bought with xp should be noted in the notes, as well as abilities (if applicable) on the character sheet.

Typical Experience Expenditures:	Normal Cost:
Additional Non-Weapon Proficiency	3000xp/Proficiency slot
Additional Weapon Proficiency*	5000xp/Proficiency slot
Adding a point to a stat under 10	2000xp/point
Adding a point to a stat over 10, but less than 18	10000xp/point
Extra thieving skill points or bonus to LUCK	500xp/percentage point
Extra mage spell castable/level	5000xp/spell level
Adding a point to a Non-Weapon Proficiency score below 18	1000xp/point
Non-default racial ability (Drow Faerie Fire, for example)**	1000-10000xp (DM’s choice)
Dual classing	Entire bank into new class
Switching Alignment without penalty (per distance from current)	1000/step
Switching or increasing Magical Handedness	4000/step
+1 or +10% to druidic, bardic or cleric abilities	5000xp
Ignore/reduce a racial class or level limit	3000xp/level
Going from specialty priest to cleric, paladin to fighter, general mage to specialist, etc., or vice versa without penalty	5000xp, must qualify by stat for new class
Raise social class one category (Chivalric or Lower only)	3000xp
*One per weapon, max. Cannot be used to go from normal to specialized or added to weapon with specialization. **For example, Drow PCs are treated as elves, but can spend xp to gain the abilities of normal NPC drow.

This list is by no means comprehensive. Other abilities are allowed and should be encouraged.

What a component list looks like

Clicky to embiggenate. That's what your list should look like. Only it should say where carried.

Princess sleeping with her tongue out LOLling. Also Puck.

Princess fell asleep mid-lick and I woke her up. Her sister, Puck, is disturbed by my hand shaking her.

Handedness Rules from Grand Grimoire Volume I

Determining Magical Handedness

Certain schools, alignments and abilities affect magical handedness, essentially the root source of your power and, in some settings, which mage protectorate you owe your powers (but not necessarily your allegiance) to. Before rolling the d20, modify your score cumulatively (add them up) as follows:

Handedness Modifiers:

Status: Effect on Roll: Note:

Alignment: Chaotic Subtract 2 from your roll CE,CG,CN, Anarchist

Alignment: Lawful Add 2 to your roll LG,LE,LN, Unprincipled

Alignment: Good Add 1 to your roll CG,LG,NG

Alignment: Evil Subtract 1 from your roll CE,LE,NE

Specialist: Conj/Summon Subtract 2 from your roll

Specialist: Divination Add 2 to your roll

Specialist: Illusion/Phantasm Add 1 to your roll

Specialist: Necromancy Subtract 1 from your roll

Specialist: Elementalist Add 3 to your roll

Specialist: Wild Magic Subtract 3 from your roll

Specialist: Meta Mage Roll is 5+1d10 Must be partially balanced

Character is Psionic Add 1 to your roll

Character is Elven Add 1 to your roll

Character is Human Subtract 1 from your roll

WIS stat 18 or higher Add 1 to your roll

CHR stat 18 or higher Subtract 1 from your roll

Handedness Rolls:

Modified Roll: (d20) “Handedness” Default MP: Modifiers:

1 or lower Strong Left (Black or Sinister) Evil +2B, -1G, -2W

2-5 Left (Black or Sinister) Evil +2B, -2W

6 Balanced Left and Pure Magic N or E +2B, +1G, -2W

7-9 Normal Pure Magic Neutral -1B, -1W, +2G

10-11 Exceptional Balancer Neutral +1G

12-14 Normal Pure Magic Neutral -1B, -1W, +2G

15 Balanced Right and Pure Magic N or G +2W, +1G, -2B

16-19 Right (White or Dexter) Good +2W, -2B

20 or Higher Strong Right (White or Dexter) Good +2W, -1G, -2B

Affects of Modifiers:

+2: An additional 20% chance to learn spell of same handedness; an additional 2 spell slots of same handedness per magical level (2 extra level one spells, 2 extra level 2 spells.)

+1: An additional 10% chance to learn spell of same handedness; an additional 1 spell slots of same handedness per magical level (1 extra level one spells, 1 extra level 2 spells.)

-1: A 10% penalty to learn spell of opposite handedness

-2: A 20% penalty to learn spell of opposite handedness