Question about forgoten realm char.

[LiquidBronze]

i was reading the forgoten realms book
and want to try out a air genasi
and her class would be fighter
now do i attribute the typical "fighter"
stats/equipment to my air genasi??
(as stated in the player handbook)
im not sure becasue that would seem like she would be hella powerful at level one??
thanks all
peace

[zorac]

Powerful? Yes, but this is supposed to be balanced by the level-adjustment. How well this works in practice I have no idea.

But remember that a level 1 fighter air genasi should be compared with another with same amount of xp. That means a level 2 fighter! (if for example human). This level difference is supposed to offset the more powerful race.

Note: If your DM are starting the campaign from scratch with 0xp characters you can't become a genasi because you need at least 1000xp.