ainatan said:
Nobody answered me about the ECL of a 3rd level character with 3 extra feats. It's not a challenge, I really want to know that in order to improve my idea for my group. Thanks.
Well, I'd say it's pretty close to 3.
1. 3 extra feats at first level is
probably about ECL +1. I'm no expert here; it's just a gut feel. If you buy
Unearthed Arcana's argument that the benefits for an ECL +1 race start to pale in comparison to the level adjustment around level 3 (and thus like the optional rule to buy it off), then I think it's safe to say that it's still close to 3. Maybe 3.5-ish.
2. This is based entirely upon anecdotal evidence, but I've seen more than one thread about DM's giving players a feat every level instead of every third level. IIRC, they reported noticing almost no power difference. The only real difference that I recall hearing about was that more players chose "sub-par" feats because they had so many feats they could burn a few feats on "in-character" feats without skipping over the more powerful feats.
I'm about to start a campaign (hopefully next week) using the feat/level, so I'll see then (well, kind of--there are only two players left since the rest moved out of state). We'll be starting at third level. I ran E6 (well, E8, actually) passed the players, but they weren't too enthused, so we're not going that route at the moment, though.