Character Progression
Character Progression
As you adventure through Skjaald your character's mechanical advancement will happen in a variety of ways. Two of the most prominant ways are Training and levels. Training is the more personalized progression, granting you progress on the things you choose to do based on how much time and effort you put into them. Levels represent a more general advancement of your character as they become better and better at whatever it is they do.Level Progression
Below is the basic structuring of how level advancement works and an explanation of the important terms.Character Level
This is the non-class specific level of your character. This level increases every time you level up, and determines when you gain your class and renown levels. Most non-class features and abilities, such as racial abilities, or general features scale based on character levels. Characters start out at character level 1, but your DM can have a character start a campaign at any character level of their choosing.Characters gain a racial attribute increase at every odd character level (1,3,5,7, etc). The attribute increase is +1 to an attribute of your choice out of the attributes your character race positively changes.
Class levels(Base, Specialty, Prestige)
This is the level you have reached in a specific class. Base class level is how far you have advanced in your base class. The specialty classes and prestige features also have their own respective levels based on if or when you have taken those features within your class. While separate, they all work in tandem as they all rely on your base class level to advance.You gain your first base class level at character level 2, and increase your base class every even character level (2,4,6,8, etc). You gain an attribute increase of +1 to a class attribute of your choice, and various features based on your class. Find the class you want in the Class Overview list to see what each class gives you.
Renown Level
Your character's renown level is a representation of not just how well known they may or may not be. It is also a representation of how proficient they are as an adventurer, hero, villain, person of note, etc. While this level doesnt necessarily reflect exactly how you are seen in the campaign, it does give an idea of how much influence your character could have at this point in their story. Renown levels are more about mechanical bonuses than they are an in world measurement.You increase your renown level every 3 character levels (3, 6, 9, 12, etc). Any time your renown level increases, your base proficiency bonus increases by 1, and you get to choose between gaining one racial, class, or general feature, or gaining an attribute score increase to any attribute of your choice, including those that your character may be deficient in.
Level Progression Table
| Character Level | Base Class Level | Renown Level | Prestige Level | Bonuses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Racial Attribute Increase |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Class Attribute increase and Class Features |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Racial Attribute increase, Renown(Feature or Attribute Increase) |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | Class Attribute Increase and Class Features |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | Racial Attribute Increase |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | Class Attribute Increase and Prestige Feature, Renown(Feature or Attribute Increase) |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | Racial Attribute Increase |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | Class Attribute Increase and Class Features |
| 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | Racial Attribute Increase, Renown(Feature or Attribute Increase) |
| 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | Class Attribute Increase and Class Features |
| 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | Racial Attribute Increase |
| 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | Class Attribute Increase and Prestige Feature, Renown(Feature or Attribute Increase) |
| 13+ | ... | ... | ... | Repeat above pattern as necessary |
