HD Gone?

[BryonD]

You mean, like the Dragon problem currently? (All Saves good, Dexterity is a constant value over all size categories.)

I agree completely that 3X already has this issue. I am suggesting that it *might* get even worse.

Oh, it is certainly some stretch, but I think it doesn't really matter that much. From the players perspective it is more important if they can count on big monsters being a bit less adapt at evading their reflex-targeting attacks and the smaller monsters being worse at resisting fortitude-targeting attacks.
That this is only true on a relative scale, not an absolute one, is barely noticeable in-game.

I think it takes more than a "bit".

 

[BryonD]

I fail to see why a 4-ton Gargantuan creature should be a slow, lumbering beast. It probably has biceps larger than the PCs, so it should be able to move about pretty quickly. I think it's a deleterious preconception that big = slow (and frequently dumb)...

You have missed the point.

I was advocating a disconnect from level/HD.
I fail to see why a 4-ton Gargantuan creature *must* be a slow lumbering beast, but I also fail to see why it may not be one. If (and it is still an if) the save range is constrained by level then that takes away options.