OK... I have me a question here.
With monsters who are "defined by their class levels", do they get the stat boosts noted in the Monster Advancement section under Adding Class Levels? Or are those stat boosts limited to such creatures who have racial HD?
Is there something I missed in my perusal of this tome?
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OK... I have me a question here.
With monsters who are "defined by their class levels", do they get the stat boosts noted in the Monster Advancement section under Adding Class Levels? Or are those stat boosts limited to such creatures who have racial HD?
Is there something I missed in my perusal of this tome?
The way I read it, the answer is yes they do get the stat boosts. If you'll notice, the majority of the monsters in the bestiary that are defined by their class levels are all statted up with npc class levels. Take the goblin for instance, he's statted up as a 1st level warrior. If you were to stat him up as a 1st level fighter he should get those stat bonuses. It does specifically mention that monsters who take npc class levels don't get the bonus.
Hope that helps.
thanks for the reposes guys. I think I got it now.
Obviously of course, those who have actual racial blocks (Drow, Noble Drow, Svirbeflachoo) you should just use an array or roll the stats yourself (or just pick some reasonable ones) and apply as needed and then add racial dice. Easier to me at least. If you do use the racial block instead of the monster block, don't add in the stat changes on top.