ECL and lvl bonuses

[Negative Zero]

i know this has been covered several times, but i've never had to play an ECL race before, and i really didn't pay a whole lot of attention to it then, but:

does ECL count toward determining when a character gets ability bonuses (as in the ones you get at 4th, 8th and so on)?

my sensibilities tell me no, but i'm looking for confirmation, please?

~NegZ

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for that matter, what about feats every 3 levels?

 

[Xarlen]

Okay...

The ECL effects Nothing But XP and Wealth.

Let us take a half-dragon from the DMG (ECL +3). Then, let's add the template to a 3rd level fighter.

That fighter is Considered a 6th level PC, for the purposes of A) Balance of the party, B) XP, C) Wealth.

Otherwise, he is treated as a 3rd level PC. No extra feats, nothing. Consider him a 3rd level PC, simply that he's balanced to play within a 6th level group. So you only get the feats when your class calls for them, by your levels. Not your ECL.

 

[Negative Zero]

that's what i thought, thanks for the quick answer

~NegZ