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Message: <blockquote data-quote="irdeggman" data-source="post: 1773809" data-attributes="member: 16285">From the DMG pg  172“Use ECL instead of character level when referring toTable 3-2: Experience and Level-Dependent Benefits in the PHB, to determine how many experience points a monster character needs to reach its next level.  Also use ECL with Table 5-1: Character Wealth by Level to determine starting wealth for a monster character.”So you can see that ECL is only used for determining experience needed for the next level and starting wealth.  Now IIRC monster hit dice count as levels for other things, it is only the LA that comes into play here.So the centaur has LA of +2 and would be considered a 5th level character in regards to feats, etc. in the example you give.</blockquote>