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<blockquote data-quote="Arkhandus" data-source="post: 4219720" data-attributes="member: 13966">They represent the bugbear's natural development to adulthood and natural bulk/physical power.&nbsp; Just like you wouldn't see a full-grown T-Rex with only 1 hit die, because an adult T-Rex is just a whole heck of a lot tougher, automatically, than an adult human, regardless of how incredibly, incredibly stupid it is, and regardless of how little it actually learns by adulthood.&nbsp; Even a baby T-Rex would probably have 1 or 2 full hit dice at least, if not 3 or something, from sheer size and physical power.The bugbear's Level Adjustment pretty much makes up for its ability score adjustments....but maybe not even quite that much, since they have +4 Str, +2 Dex, and +2 Con, with just a -2 Cha along with it (basically irrelevant to a warrior-type or a non-social rogue).&nbsp; It might make up for those modifiers, though.Other than that, though, bugbears have Scent, Darkvision, +3 Natural Armor, and +4 Move Silently.&nbsp; That's just too much, normally, for an LA +0 race, so if you cut out the bugbear's racial hit dice, you're probably looking at an LA +2 race in total.&nbsp; Maybe not a terribly powerful LA +2, but a decent LA +2 perhaps.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Arkhandus, post: 4219720, member: 13966"] They represent the bugbear's natural development to adulthood and natural bulk/physical power. Just like you wouldn't see a full-grown T-Rex with only 1 hit die, because an adult T-Rex is just a whole heck of a lot tougher, automatically, than an adult human, regardless of how incredibly, incredibly stupid it is, and regardless of how little it actually learns by adulthood. Even a baby T-Rex would probably have 1 or 2 full hit dice at least, if not 3 or something, from sheer size and physical power. The bugbear's Level Adjustment pretty much makes up for its ability score adjustments....but maybe not even quite that much, since they have +4 Str, +2 Dex, and +2 Con, with just a -2 Cha along with it (basically irrelevant to a warrior-type or a non-social rogue). It might make up for those modifiers, though. Other than that, though, bugbears have Scent, Darkvision, +3 Natural Armor, and +4 Move Silently. That's just too much, normally, for an LA +0 race, so if you cut out the bugbear's racial hit dice, you're probably looking at an LA +2 race in total. Maybe not a terribly powerful LA +2, but a decent LA +2 perhaps. [/QUOTE]

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