Flying Monkeys and Skills (Dragon 334)

[Shroomy]

I'm working on an adventure featuring flying monkeys, because hey, who doesn't love some poo flinging, evil flying monkeys? I'm using the stats from Wolfgang Bauer's article "Dreams of Arabia: Creatures from Antiquity" (Dragon 334). I was writing down the stat block for my adventure and noticed an error with the stat block, specifically the skills. A flying monkey has the following skills

Balance +11 (+8 racial, +3 Dex)
Hide +12 (+8 size, +3 Dex, +1 rank)
Listen (+1 Will, +1 rank)
Spot (+1 Will, +1 rank)

The problem is with the Climb Skill. The stat block shows that the flying monkey has a Climb +7. This seems too low because according to the write-up, a flying monkey applies its Dex bonus instead of its Strength penalty to any Climb checks. According to my math, a flying monkey should have a +12 Climb check (+8 racial, +3 Dex, +1 rank). The Climb skill modifier in the stat block still applies the Strength penalty instead of the Dex bonus.

My question, which one is correct?

[Shade]

Since a normal monkey applies its Dex modifier to Climb checks, I'd say that your reworking is correct.

[Wolfgang Baur]

Shade wrote:

Since a normal monkey applies its Dex modifier to Climb checks, I'd say that your reworking is correct.

Given that it's a *flying* monkey, it's probably not a big deal in most scenarios, but, yup, seems like my mistake.