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There's very little that everyone can give up besides levels. Consider a psion who's considering being a pixie and the drawbacks *don't* include anything manifesting related. Pretty unbalanced.

But there is a way.

Everyone gets a certain free LA. They may spend it on monsters, templates or specialnesses:
  • Ability boosts: one of the following (may only be taken once)
    • +2, +2 for 1 LA
    • +4, +2, -2 for 1 LA
    • +4, +2, +2, +2, +2, +2 for 2LA
    • +6, +4, +4 for 2 LA
    • +8, +6, +4, -4, for 2LA
    • +6, +4, +4, +4, +4, +4 for 3LA
    • +8, +8, +6, +6, -4, -6 for 3LA
  • Magical talent: select any spell with no XP or material cost of up to 2nd level. You may cast it at will as a swift action. +1LA
  • Wings: Grow wings and fly at 3x your base speed +1LA
  • Athleticism: Gain swim and climb speeds equal to your base speed +1LA
  • Special Attacks: Gain any three of improved grab, rage (as 1st lvl barb), ferocity, trip, constrict (1d6+str), pounce, oversized weaponry, or rend (2d6+1.5*str) +1LA
  • Skillful: Extra 2 skills per level, also select any 2 skills to always be class +1LA
  • Gestalt: Gestalt all levels with Fighter, Expert, Ninja, Monk or Adept (may only be taken once) +2LA


This way you can have a balanced party of humanoids and monsters with the same number of class levels, it's just that the humanoid are the most awesome humanoids ever.

I tried to design these to be slightly weaker than actual monsters (actual monsters that people play, that is), since these let you pick abilities more precisely for your build.