[3.5] Monster Stats /= to stat adjustments

[Hardhead]

As you can see here, apparently a monster's stats do not necessarily tell you what their character stat adjustment is anymore.

The Aasimar has stats of: STR 13, DEX 11, CON 12, INT 10. Yet, in the Aasimar as Characters section, its says their stat adjustment is +2 WIS, +2 CHA. Odd. I don't think I really like this change, but hey.

 

[Darkness]

He's using the "nonelite array" (as mentioned under improving monsters). Which is usually only used by "monsters who add class levels in an NPC class" (i.e., 1 HD creatures of types like "Humanoid").
So monsters with racial HD will probably work like before.

The exact use of the "nonelite array" seems to be pointed out in a monster's description, BTW. For example, the githzerai's entry says, "The githzerai warrior presented here had the following ability scores before racial adjustments: Str 13, Dex 11, Con 12, Int 10, Wis 9, Cha 8.