Quote Originally Posted by Amphetryon View Post
Thank you. I suppose my concern was partly around ideas like Judge X counting off for dead levels, while Judge Y is counting off for dipping to avoid dead levels. [/worrier]
Which may very well happen, since each judge has their own definition of what "Elegant" means. I just provided my own guidelines, which could probably use some clarification.

I define a "dead level" as one where you gain nothing new. No new spells as a caster, no new class features, and no new feats. This would then mean that every 3rd level is automatically not a dead level, since you get a new feat as part of your repertoire. Filler is just additional levels that give you no new notable tricks after your sweet spot. An Ubercharger that has everything that it needs by level 8 and fills the rest with minor boosts would be an example of excessive filler.