Fiend Folio - ECL/LA problems

[Zjelani]

Am I missing something, or does the Fiend Folio confuse ECL and Level Adjustment?

The one in particular I am looking at is the khaasta. It has a listed LA of +3 and 3HD. Now, allegedly:
ECL = LA + HD + class levels.

However in the last paragraph it says that it's ECL is +3 and therefore a 1st level khaasta is the equivalent of a 4th level character.

So, which is wrong or am I confused? Looking at what they get (+6 natural armor, unbalanced stats, darkvision), I'm guessing that the LA really should be rather low, perhaps even 0?? Therefore the ECL is +3 (from it's hit dice), and the LA is actually +0? That may seem a bit low. However, an ECL of 6 (3 from HD, 3 from LA) seems rather high for not a whole lot beyond some nice stats.

Just wondering what anyone else thinks of this, whether I am just confused, or if there's any official word.

I haven't read it all, but at a glance it seems that this confusing of ECL and LA runs throughout much of the book.

Thanks!

 

[shilsen]

I don't have the book, but you've got the relationship between HD, LA and ECL absolutely correct, so it seems that the book is in error. Presumably the creature has an LA (instead of ECL) of +3.

 

[Alzrius]

This happens more than once in the FF. One of the Dark Ones (Dark Stalker I think) has this same problem. There isn't any official word yet, but there will be soon.

IMHO, the paragraphs are usually more correct where this occurs.