Monster advancement

[Nail]

Humph! Well, they changed that in 3.5 it seems.

But, to be honest, that makes it a whole heck of alot easier.

After all, if an advanced fiendish displacer beast has 11 HD, do you really want to look up which of those HD are "monster class" and which are "advancement HD", to determine skills, feats, and ability score adjustments? Not me.

 

[Urbannen]

No argument there - it is easier. I just wasn't aware they had changed the rule.

 

[Li Shenron]

No argument there - it is easier. I just wasn't aware they had changed the rule.

Yes in fact it is changed a lot. That's why I started this thread: to try to get how it works nowadays. I think the aim was to unify the system for monsters & PC races, so that every creature follows the same building rules.