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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The Choice" data-source="post: 6019871" data-attributes="member: 90669">3E (or was it just 3.5) had a system that sorta, kinda did that, I  think they called it "associated levels", where they said adding cleric  or wizard levels to giants and ogres did not increase their CR as much  as adding fighter or barbarian levels.  This had two perverse effects,  where an ogre barbarian tanked its defences to be more "ogre-y", and  adding cleric levels could dramatically increase their offensive  strength but not their challenge according to the rules.The rules were obfuscated in such a way though that you never knew what class was associated or not, which made monster customization even more of a hassle.</blockquote>