[d20 Modern]Creatures as Characters

[Gomez]

I am working on a sci-fi/fantasy type game using d20 Modern/Past/Future rules and I want to build some additional races for my players to be able to run. Looking over the rules, they seem to be a bit different that those used in 3.5 D&D.

Acquiring a Character Class
A creature that acquires a character class follows the rules for multiclass characters. The creature’s character level equals its Hit Dice plus the number of character class levels it has. Creatures with 1 or fewer Hit Dice count only their character class levels.

Size: Adding character classes to a creature never affects its size.

Skills: Creatures that take levels of a character class do not gain as many skill points as a human character of the same class. Creatures get 4 fewer skill points at 1st level than a human character and 1 fewer skill point each level thereafter; see Table: Skill Points per Class Level for Nonhumans.

Feats: Creatures with 1 or fewer Hit Dice that acquire character class levels advance as human characters do, but they gain only one bonus feat at 1st level instead of two.

So do I build a base monster or creature and then the player adds on character class levels from there? Or is there something like 3.5 rules with humanoid levels, stat adjustments, ECL, etc that I am not seeing.

 

[Gomez]

Nevermind. I found some examples at the back of d20 Future!