Lord Pendragon
First Post
That's how we play it, too. If you take an ECL monster race, you start out with whatever HD are listed for the creature in the MM, then add HD from levels on to that. A tiefling is listed as getting one HD, so a 1st-level tiefling will get 2 HD, one from class levels, and one from being a tiefling. Higher ECL creatures, like a troll, for instance, would start with more HD.
I'm curious: is there a rule somewhere that specifically states that +ECL creatures do not gain the standard HD for the creature, or is this a house rule that many people seem to be using?
I'm curious: is there a rule somewhere that specifically states that +ECL creatures do not gain the standard HD for the creature, or is this a house rule that many people seem to be using?