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None that I am aware of. Advancing a monster by the existing MM guidelines involves just tacking on extra racial HD, which won't improve much of its base stats. For example, if you improve an outsider such as a balor, its sr and caster lv won't increase, although dicefreaks came up with an...

Depending on how optimized your party is, and considering that MM monsters tend to be a tad underpowered for their cr, your formula seems about right. ;)

I believe that it is possible to build a crusader who is granted more maneuvers than he readies/knows?, by taking prcs which grant maneuvers granted. Can't recall where I last saw it though. Brilliantgameologist?

You can always take advantage of non-associated class rule to get more bang for your buck. For example, instead of a human cleric2 npc (cr2), go with a gnoll cleric2 (also cr2, as clerics lvs would be considered non-associated. If case you want to denounce this as blatant cheating, note that...

I am little leery about taking too much LA, since that makes you quite vulnerable to HD-based effects such as blasphemy and lv-drain. That said, I do think templates have a use in epic lvs, since you no longer get full bab from class lvs, so str boosts become much more useful. Or what about...

Screw the troll, turn to MM5 and feast your eyes on the bladerager troll. Same ECL of 11, but better stats overall.

Without said feats, there is no reason to ever take more than 3 lvs in swashbuckler. With daring outlaw, you will want 3-4 lvs of rogue, then go swashbuckler all the way. Seems quite cheap, using rogue to qualify, then swapping it out while relying on the SA dice to continue qualifying. Plus...

Werewolf gives only 2 racial HD. At any rate, you are only 1 IL behind, since LA doesn't count.

No official answer as far as I know. The book states character lv, which is technically racial HD + class lvs. That's how I ran it in my games as well. Do note that this can allow certain monsters to access maneuvers faster than their cr might otherwise indicate. For example, an elder...

Then why do raksasha and ogre mage parts come free? They may not be worth much, but acquiring them would be a hassle, necessitating some sort of investment. It has no cost, and so a spell component pouch should provide it just fine.

Keen edge is core, heroics is SPC.

The hydra can attack with all its heads as an attack action. I meant to say that for each AoO provoked this way by the fighter, the hydra can attack with all 12 heads using the same AoO. Given its 12 dex, it can make 2 AoOs, or 24 extra attacks effectively. Then, for each of the 12 attacks...

How would it go between a fighter with robilar's gambit and epic combat reflexes, and a hydra with robilar's gambit? Hydra attacks with all 12 heads, fighter gets to make 12 extra attacks, but each would in turn provoke 12 attacks back from the hydra? :confused: For sanity's sake, I think I...

How would you even know the sword is a dragon-slaying sword? And maybe that's exactly why it was found in the hoard, because Asharldalon knows it is not that useful against him. :p

It was what sold me on the whole LA/ECL concept. I know it is not perfect, but I doubt a better and viable system exists. Otherwise, the only useful thing inside was the progression table for ghaele and astral deva PCs, both of which saw use in earlier games (but it was irritating to realise...

Blasphemy is also possible to counter, given sufficient prior knowledge. So in the end, it would do jack squat, because you would have your party be immune to its effects precisely to avoid a TPK. :p Though apart from the SLAs, I feel the half-fiend template doesn't really merit a +3cr increase...

Has anyone done a 3.5 revision of said module? With more resources available, I am wondering if the various npcs could be better represented. For example, I am thinking of removing the half-fiend template from Ashlardalon altogether, since it adds very little benefit (SLAs are broken, and...

Which is like a mere trickle compared to the errata 4e has received. Seriously, each of the PDFs you linked contains very few errata each, so they don't really do anything to balance out the game. As for ToB errata, please download said file, read through it, then get back to me again. There is...

What 3e errata? Sure, there was a ton of rules FAQs, but in general, wotc didn't really bother to fix the problematic stuff, opting instead to feed us with more of the same broken material. Even the stuff they did revise barely scratched the surface of what was wrong with 3e. :erm: That and I...

Yes and no. It requires too much work to create a custom plot leading up to their appearance, IMO, but they have excellent stats for their cr, so I have use reskinned versions of the demon lords in place of regular monsters. I realised the frost-giant-guy makes a very viable alternative to the...