Favored Classes

[martinaj]

Just a quick question. Are NPCs supposed to have favored classes? What about monsters with class levels?

[Beckett]

Monsters (boss and reoccuring), perhaps, but not NPC's, unless the DM just wants them to have that little extra.

[Aaron Bitman]

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Is there a source for Beckett's answer? Does anyone reading this thread rule differently?

I've been assuming all this time that all NPCs, including all monsters with no racial hit dice, get a favored class. I have no idea what gave me that impression. I only found this thread in an effort to find out whether monsters with racial hit dice get a favored class.

EDIT: Never mind. I just found the answer on the FAQ page.

Sean K Reynolds wrote:

All creatures with class levels (including those with levels in an NPC class or monsters with class levels) may select a favored class and gain the normal favored class benefits. Creatures never gain favored class benefits for racial Hit Dice.

For example, a human warrior 1 could select "warrior" as his favored class and take either the bonus hit point or skill rank for taking a level in that class. A normal bugbear with 3 racial Hit Dice and no class levels has no favored class and no favored class bonuses, but if that bugbear gained a level in rogue, he could choose "rogue" as his favored class and take either the bonus hit point or skill rank for taking a level in that class.