Post originally by Sang at 2003-06-18 13:42:35
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<b><i> And speaking of magic items, remember that it was WotC that first came up with burning raw XP in exchange for a power-up... Magic Item creation is exactly that!</b></i>

I've heard this counterpoint used often, but really think it doesn't carry much weight. GP is supposed to be defined by level, and the proportion of XP you can sink into magic items is therefore limited by GP. That being the case, you might see the party wizard one level off instead of the whole party several levels off.

<b><i> I like burning XP for the abilities much better than the "Schools" idea put forth in Mongoose's Quint Fighter... there, you simply get the abilities for free, if you meet the requirements and belong to that school!</b></i>

Got no argument there. By way of comparison, xp-exchange is the lesser of two evils.