Hero Level

The Star Wars Sagas B.5 Edition Game uses the terms Class Level and Hero Level to mean different things. Class Level pertains to a character's level in a particular Class. Hero Level pertains to a character's total level in the game.

So, a character who has only one Class has a Hero Level and Class Level that are the same. (A 7th-level Force-User has a Hero Level of 7th and a Class Level of 7th.) But for a character with more than one Class, Class Level and Hero Level are different.

A 4th-level Scout /3rd-level Scoundrel has a Hero Level of 7th, with a Scout Class Level of 4th and a Scoundrel Class Level of 3rd. If a Talent refers to your Class Level, but does not specify a Class, it means the combined number of levels in all Classes that grant access to that Talent

In addition to Attack bonuses and Defense bonuses, all characters gain other benefits from advancing in Hero Level.