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<blockquote data-quote="Ahnehnois" data-source="post: 5132973" data-attributes="member: 17106"><p>I've had (DMed) a few monster PCs.</p><p></p><p>My two findings on the ECL system are:</p><p>*LAs are almost always wrong (for my game) as written (both too high and too low), but I can eyeball a reasonable one.</p><p>*Monster classes are a good concept, but most of the published ones suck (because the abilities aren't spread out enough). Again, fixable.</p><p></p><p>I had an invisible stalker PC who went through a monster class I wrote for it. The appearing in the elemental plane of air after death wasn't unbalanced and actually drove plot. The crit immunity and invisibility weren't unbalanced and likewise drove plot. I thus conclude that even the things you'd think would be unbalanced are okay in the hands of a reasonable player.</p><p></p><p>I've also had an epic pixie mage, a monster of legend centaur-type thing, a treant, and probably others I can't remember, all of which worked reasonably well. I've also played/DMed some simple ones, like my anthropomorphic owl druid, or an anthro feline PC from a while back or the current goliath PC. All in all, I've had pretty good experiences.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ahnehnois, post: 5132973, member: 17106"] I've had (DMed) a few monster PCs. My two findings on the ECL system are: *LAs are almost always wrong (for my game) as written (both too high and too low), but I can eyeball a reasonable one. *Monster classes are a good concept, but most of the published ones suck (because the abilities aren't spread out enough). Again, fixable. I had an invisible stalker PC who went through a monster class I wrote for it. The appearing in the elemental plane of air after death wasn't unbalanced and actually drove plot. The crit immunity and invisibility weren't unbalanced and likewise drove plot. I thus conclude that even the things you'd think would be unbalanced are okay in the hands of a reasonable player. I've also had an epic pixie mage, a monster of legend centaur-type thing, a treant, and probably others I can't remember, all of which worked reasonably well. I've also played/DMed some simple ones, like my anthropomorphic owl druid, or an anthro feline PC from a while back or the current goliath PC. All in all, I've had pretty good experiences. [/QUOTE]
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