A couple of questions I'm hoping someone could answer. We are generating 3rd level characters and one of them will be a half-fiend. Since he has no HD the example in the beastiary for monstrous characters doesn't quite fit. So:
1. How many class levels does he get in a party of 3rd level PC's?
2. What would his starting XP be?
3. Does the CR bump equate to LA from 3.5?
4. If the CR bump does equate to LA, does that mean he effectively misses out on a class level when his CR goes from +1 to +2?
We basically get that the half-fiend will be getting less XP for his whole life, it's just the class / character progression which confuses us.
Thanks in advance.
Actually, even the player races have racial hit dice. They have one. It just gets traded in for a class hit die at first level. So, for the purposes of becoming a half fiend, treat the player as essentially having a single level of "half-fiend", LA +1 if you are familiar with it.
With the way the bestiary treats "LA", you essentially just lose a single level due to the CR adjustment. Also, keep in mind that the SLAs and other HD based abilities are based on total HD, not racial HD.
With the way the bestiary treats "LA", you essentially just lose a single level due to the CR adjustment. Also, keep in mind that the SLAs and other HD based abilities are based on total HD, not racial HD.
Not quite, considering that in pathfinder you get "bonus levels" if playing a race with a cr adjustment equal to 1/2 of your adjusted cr, it would be more simple to ignore the +1 than to punish with a missed level and a bonus level shortly after.
Thanks. We sat down and worked out a character progression for this template and we seem to have it sorted out.
I think the bit that got us all spun around was the CR modifier changing with HD :)