How do feats work for monsters with class levels? I mean, say I (the DM) have a 6 HD monster, with 3 feats. Then I add 1 class level -- he's now 7 HD, does he get a new feat for having 7 HD? Or do I have to wait until 8 HD (because he just got one at 6 HD, and characters get 1/2 levels, not 1/level)? Or does it wait until 9 HD, because the original "monster" progression overrules the new "class" progression? I could make a case for any of the three.
Anyone have any thoughts at all on this?
In the absence of anything to the contrary, I'm just going to ignore the Alpha monster guide, then, and declare that monsters will follow the PC feat progression. Otherwise, it's just too much effort trying to figure out when "monsters-turned-characters" get new feats.
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How do feats work for monsters with class levels? I mean, say I (the DM) have a 6 HD monster, with 3 feats. Then I add 1 class level -- he's now 7 HD, does he get a new feat for having 7 HD? Or do I have to wait until 8 HD (because he just got one at 6 HD, and characters get 1/2 levels, not 1/level)? Or does it wait until 9 HD, because the original "monster" progression overrules the new "class" progression? I could make a case for any of the three.
This is a good point. If I were to have this problem in my home game, I'd probably give it the feat at 7th level and say that from now on, he gets them at every odd level like most creatures with class levels. This makes sense to me, and doesn't require a lot of retroactive changes.
Doesn't seem as though it'd be too powerful either, since a 7HD PC would have 4 feats (at least), while a 7HD monster normally would have 3, so giving the extra one just gives the monster as many feats as a classed character would already have.
This should be specified in the rules, though. Good catch.
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Anyone have any thoughts at all on this?
In the absence of anything to the contrary, I'm just going to ignore the Alpha monster guide, then, and declare that monsters will follow the PC feat progression. Otherwise, it's just too much effort trying to figure out when "monsters-turned-characters" get new feats.
I had the same problem and reached the same conclusion. It's rarely more than a feat or two difference, but it makes me feel better.
I would stick with the 3.5 feat progression (i.e. 1 per 3 levels) until I read otherwise, but YMMV.