rule-character-progression

name	rule-character-progression
description	XP advancement cycle, level milestones, and how race/class/training/learning benefits stack over a campaign.

Character Progression Rules (Thematic)

Scope

Use this skill for leveling questions, milestone planning, and advancement optimization.

Progression backbone

• XP is cumulative; total XP gates level unlocks.
• Level benefits rotate through a cadence:
  • Training
  • Race advancement
  • Learning
  • Class advancement
• This cadence repeats through level 20 with specific XP thresholds.

What each advancement type grants

• Race advancement: race feature or feat, race-specific health gain, and race-specific advancement effects.
• Class advancement: class feature or feat, class-specific health gain, and class-specific advancement effects.
• Training: +2 stat trainings, +2 expertise trainings, +1 weapon-category training, +1 heroic action/day, plus background-linked health.
• Learning: +2 stat trainings, +2 expertise trainings, +1 weapon-category training, plus health equal to willpower.

Long-horizon implications

• Race/class choice affects total campaign health growth significantly.
• Background choice affects repeated health gains and sometimes action-economy ceiling.
• Heroic-action availability scales both through class/race features and training milestones.

Common adjudication notes

• Advancement benefits are additive unless a feature explicitly replaces a value.
• Feat substitution is valid where the rules allow replacing a race/class feature pick.
• Level-gated feats and dependencies must be satisfied at pick time.

Search cues / aliases

level up, xp table, advancement bonus, training vs learning, race advancement, class advancement, heroic actions per day.