I was wondering if someone could clear up how the 3.5 level adjustment rules work please.

I'm also wondering if XP Penalties (like theo ld 2E rules of +/-10% XP) could be used to offset the attribute modifiers. (I don't see why not, but I'm not well schooled on the "logic" behind the 3E formula).

I'm toying with the idea of *NOT* balancing the elven attribute modifiers against themselves, and instead, applying either a level adjustment or an XP award mdifier (+10% more XP required to advance a level) in order to balance the race. I'm not sure that requiring an additonal 10% XP in order to advance a level is the same thing as a Level Adjustment (ECL) or not.