[Animayhem]

Well, actually I want to stay 9th level, not 10th.

But all I have to do is to simply not level up when I get the ding and the replaced portrait. If I use the forge then it should keep me at ninth level and I can continue to use the forge to create items and then regain XP until I get the ding again. Alternately I could even level to 10th and gain some xp before creating a more powerful forged item that will lower me back to 9th level, but either way there really doesn't seem to be any point in using Stop XP Gains since you're never FORCED to take a level.

Unless there's something I'm not understanding about the xp, forge, or Stop XP Gains feature... which I'd be more than happy to hear about :)

This topic explains changes:

http://thaypw.org/showthread.php?tid=259...t=XP+Gains