LA house rule idea

[Notmousse]

'More detailed version, takes following into account (but not criticals):'

Ok, I'm out. Keep your punk attitude to yourself, especially when you've already made a mistake on the same subject.

 

[Overkill_Engine]

'More detailed version, takes following into account (but not criticals):'

Ok, I'm out. Keep your punk attitude to yourself, especially when you've already made a mistake on the same subject.

Sorry. I tend to return the same snark I get, especially when it gets implied that I am cheating by tacking on a Fighter class and having the creature wield a standard PHB weapon without even going to any real length to cheese it up.

 

[CRGreathouse]

Your numbers convinced me of what I first suspected: the modified LA rules result in a more powerful character. This isn't very surprising; losing 2 from an ability isn't much compared to a HD and all associated benefits. Of course this may not be a bad thing, since many LAs are on the high side already, but you'll have to playtest individual monsters to see if they're balanced with this rule.

 

[Overkill_Engine]

Yeah, had noticed that the difference gets more exaggerated depending on the HD- the better combat HD like Monstrous humanoids/Dragons/etc seem to get a lot more out of this trade in, especially if they've got a high LA and plenty of stat fuel. And the system and templates dont play nice togther at all- seems to be less variance on just basic monsters.