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|author_name=Leziad
|date_created=12 April, 2013
|status=Finished (kinda)
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== Level Adjustment Dice ==

LA sucks. It makes a character into a horribly underpowered weight, while others (half-minotaur) just give away too much in an attempt to bridge in the lost level. [[Summary::This rule is simple. It turns LA into hit dice.]] Note that this variant does not fix overpowered templates like half-minotaurs and saints, though it does aid characters with high level adjustment.

A level adjustment dice is, for all intents and purposes, a normal hit dice. The more LA you have, the more potent the level adjustment dice is. See the table below:

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|+ Table: Level Adjustment Dice Scaling
! LA || Hit Points || Base Attack Bonus || Base Saving Throws || Skills
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| 1-2 || d6 || Poor || One Good || 4+Int
|-
| 3-4 || d6 || Average || One Good || 4+Int 
|-
| 5-6 || d8 || Average || Two Good || 6+Int 
|-
| 7+ || d8 || Good || Two Good || 6+Int
|}

=== Level Adjustment Dice and Class Skills ===

While not class levels, level adjustment dice have 3 class skills of your choice. They are chosen when the LAD is taken and cannot be changed afterward. You may not take [[SRD:Use Magic Device|use magic device]] as a class skill for LAD.

===Level Adjustment and Feats===

LAD can grant feats like normal hit dice. 

=== LAD and Racial Hit Dice ===

Level adjustment dice are not racial hit dice, although it is possible to convert racial hit dice to LAD in some cases. I am currently working on a balanced conversion system.

=== LAD and Undeath ===

Level adjustment dice still stay at their listed value even if the creature is undead. Which means a vampire will gain 8d8 LAD (instead of 8d12).

=== LAD and 1st Level ===

For the purpose of meeting prerequisites at 1st level, choose one base class or racial paragon. You qualify for feats as if your first LAD was a level in that class. However if you do you must take the chosen class on the next opportunity. 

''By example a LA 1 character could choose fighter and take feats which require fighter level 1st and bab +1 as a prerequisites despite having none of those things. However the character must take a level in fighter when it gain it 2nd level.''

===Variant: LAD and Caster Level ===

While normally not granting a caster level, a generous DM may cut LA casters some slack. Under this variant rule, every LAD grants a single caster/manifester level, but no spells known/prepared and such. An even more high-powered option grants a +1 full caster progression for each odd LA (granting spells known and prepared.) 

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Author	Leziad +
Identifier	3.5e Variant Rule +
Rated By	Spanambula +, Eiji-kun +, DanielDraco + and Foxwarrior +
Rating	Rated 3.5 / 4 +
Summary	This rule is simple. It turns LA into hit dice. +
Title	Level Adjustment Dice +