3.10 Character Advancement and Gaining Levels
When you gain a level, the following things happen:
- Your hit points increase (see Hit Points).
- You gain an additional archetype rank (see Archetypes).
- Your accuracy may increase (see Accuracy).
- At even levels, magical power and mundane power each increase by 1 (see Power).
- At even levels, your bonus with trained skills increases (see Trained Skills).
- At even levels, all of your defenses increase by 1 (see Defenses).
In addition, some irregular advancements happen at specific levels:
- At 3rd level, and every 6 levels thereafter, you increase any two of your attributes by 1 (see Attributes). At 21st level, you increase two of your attributes by 2 instead.
- At 4th level, and every 3 levels thereafter, your character rank increases (see Character Rank).
These effects are summarized in Table 3.7: Character Advancement and Gaining Levels, which also defines the experience required to gain each level. The special effects from gaining levels are also listed in the base class table for each class as a reminder.
| Level | Rank | Durability | Bonus1 | Special |
| 1st | 1 | +0 | — | — |
| 2nd | 1 | +1 | +1 | — |
| 3rd | 1 | +2 | +1 | +1 to two attributes |
| 4th | 2 | +2 | +2 | HP: 2x durability |
| 5th | 2 | +3 | +2 | — |
| 6th | 2 | +4 | +3 | — |
| 7th | 3 | +4 | +3 | HP: 3x durability |
| 8th | 3 | +5 | +4 | — |
| 9th | 3 | +6 | +4 | +1 to two attributes |
| 10th | 4 | +6 | +5 | HP: 4x durability |
| 11th | 4 | +7 | +5 | — |
| 12th | 4 | +8 | +6 | — |
| 13th | 5 | +8 | +6 | HP: 6x durability |
| 14th | 5 | +9 | +7 | — |
| 15th | 5 | +10 | +7 | +1 to two attributes |
| 16th | 6 | +10 | +8 | HP: 8x durability |
| 17th | 6 | +11 | +8 | — |
| 18th | 6 | +12 | +9 | — |
| 19th | 7 | +12 | +9 | HP: 10x durability |
| 20th | 7 | +13 | +10 | — |
| 21st | 7 | +14 | +10 | +2 to two attributes |
At your GM’s discretion, you may also change some of the choices you have made about your character when you level up. For example, you could change one of your trained skills for a different skill, decrease one attribute to increase another, or change the mystic spheres you have access to (and corresponding spells). The GM may ask for a specific narrative justification for the change, require spending in-game time to retrain, or disallow changing some fundamental aspects of your character.
3.10.1 Character Rank
Your character has a character rank, which is a general indication of their overall power. It is determined by your level, as shown in Table 3.7: Character Advancement and Gaining Levels. Your maximum rank in any individual archetype is equal to your character rank (see Archetypes). It has no other universal effects, though some abilities reference your character rank to determine their effects.