Old School Essentials - Experience Tables

This is an addendum to the Keep on the Borderlands Sessions. When we last left the party, several characters were leveling up. It turns out that only three of the PCs will level and not the three I expected: Rety the Thief, Donian, and Thomas, who are both Clerics. Although I had a good record of experience earned, I hadn't consulted the experience tables before making this declaration.

So now I have only 2 first-level characters, Left and Punch. The other two first-level characters have left the party for safety and sanity. I would imagine that Hender and Simon, the two fathers of young adult children, will stick together back at the Keep. Simon has two daughters and probably needs a drink if they hang out with Hender's son, Sonny. 

Class	1	2	3	4	5
Basic OSE
Cleric	0	1,500	3,000	6,000	12,000
Dwarf	0	2,200	4,400	8,800	17,000
Elf	0	4,000	8,000	16,000	32,000
Fighter	0	2,000	4,000	8,000	16,000
Halfing	0	2,000	4,000	8,000	16,000
Magic User	0	2,500	5,000	10,000	20,000
Thief	0	1,200	2,400	4,800	9,600
Advanced OSE
Acrobat	0	1,200	2,400	4,800	9,600
Assassin	0	1,500	3,000	6,000	12,000
Barbarian	0	2,500	5,000	10,000	18,500
Bard	0	2,000	4,000	8,000	16,000
Drow	0	4,000	8,000	16,000	32,000
Druid	0	2,000	4,000	7,500	12,500
Duergar	0	2,800	5,600	11,200	23,000
Gnome	0	2,000	6,000	12,000	30,000
Half-Elf	0	2,500	5,000	10,000	20,000
Half-Orc	0	1,800	3,600	7,000	14,000
Illusionist	0	2,500	5,000	10,000	20,000
Knight	0	2,500	5,000	10,000	18,500
Paladin	0	2,750	5,500	12,000	24,000
Ranger	0	2,250	4,800	10,000	20,000
Svirfneblin	0	2,400	4,800	10,000	20,000

Looking back at the table, I am not sure why I put in level one because it always starts at zero. I am writing directly to code, not with a WYSIWYG editor so fixing it is a pain.

You can simplify the table by combining characters into their sequence of progression.

Class	1	2	3	4	5
Basic OSE
Cleric (Assassin)	0	1,500	3,000	6,000	12,000
Dwarf	0	2,200	4,400	8,800	17,000
Elf (Drow)	0	4,000	8,000	16,000	32,000
Fighter (Bard)	0	2,000	4,000	8,000	16,000
Halfing	0	2,000	4,000	8,000	16,000
Magic User (Half-Elf, Illusionist)	0	2,500	5,000	10,000	20,000
Thief (Acrobat)	0	1,200	2,400	4,800	9,600
Advanced OSE
Barbarian (Knight)	0	2,500	5,000	10,000	18,500
Druid	0	2,000	4,000	7,500	12,500
Duergar	0	2,800	5,600	11,200	23,000
Gnome	0	2,000	6,000	12,000	30,000
Half-Orc	0	1,800	3,600	7,000	14,000
Knight	0	2,500	5,000	10,000	18,500
Ranger	0	2,250	4,800	10,000	20,000
Svirfneblin	0	2,400	4,800	10,000	20,000

This reduces the number of character types by progression to 15. I find this format handy.

My next step is to return for Session 6, but since I have started writing in HTML, I might make a detour through fixing my horrible Index page for reviews. That really needs some love.