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This is somewhat of a moot point now, because I created a totally different character due to this ruling. However--here is the situation:
I began playing in an ongoing campaign this evening. I was told to make a ninth level character, and the sky was the limit as far as race was concerned. I have always wanted to make an ogre mage character, and so I made a second level ogre mage monk.
I saw the ECL as +7 for the Level Adjustment and +2 for the two levels of monk = level 9 character.
However, in the Monster Manual, it says that all ogre magi have five levels of giant. The DM saw the ECL as +7 for the Level Adjustment, +5 for the levels of giant, and +2 for the levels of monk, making the ECL of the character 14.
I felt that the five levels of giant were already counted for in the +7 Level Adjustment.
I am totally satisfied with the character that I made as an alternative, and am not going to bring up this subject with the DM of this campaign. I just would like to know for my own sanity which of us was right.
ECL is equal to racial hit dice + level adjustment + class levels.
Keep in mind that feats and skills are based off of hit dice, not ECL.
And epic feats are available at 21 HD +, not ECL 21 +.
TK
Thanis is right there. If you have access to Savage Species, there is a progression for the Ogre Mage in it. As an aside, on the WotC website is a reworked Ogre Mage to be found. It is interesting to read.
Stefan