Monster Characters without Savage Species ?

[Melkor]

I'm trying to clean out some space in my closet, and I've boxed up several 3.0 books and put them into storage....I mainly took 3.0 books that I thought weren't very compatible with 3.5, or that I wouldn't use that often...These included Dieties & Demigods, The Arms & Equipment Guide, and Savage Species.

My question is, looking through the Monster Manual, it seems like I have everything I need to create monster PCs out of the MM. What information is missing that I would need from Savage Species ?

IIRC - the only thing I need to know is that 1 Hit Die creatures take the saves, BABs, and Hit Points from their chosen class (upon attaining one) instead of using the creatures 1HD, saves, and BABs. What else is going to give me trouble ?

Thanks in advance.

 

[DrSpunj]

[quick hijack]
Do you know where in all those books it says you should balance a race's Level Adjustment against its Favored Class? I need to get home and check Savage species....[/quick hijack]

On topic:
I'm not sure you need much in there. I haven't really looked it over since it came out but it seems to me the 3.5 MM really streamlined some of the issues that came up after Savage Species was released. And with all the Level Advancement breakdowns on WotC's website being consistent with those 3.5 MM guidelines, Savage Species' role has been largely usurped (unless the specific race you're after is in there and isn't on the website).

Thanks.

DrSpunj

 

[Newbie]

My question is, looking through the Monster Manual, it seems like I have everything I need to create monster PCs out of the MM. What information is missing that I would need from Savage Species ?

What about the list of levels as the monster prgresses before it is a full strength (ie when it gets skills, feats, hit die, and abilty score mods) I find it useful because you dont have to limit chars on what race they want to be (usually) and then there are the monster items wich i find nice for flare when i am DMing a quest

Of course this is only IMO