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<blockquote data-quote="Sanzuo" data-source="post: 4500231" data-attributes="member: 66180">Oh sweet jesus, it WAS what you described!That's not right at all.&nbsp; It's fine if your DM feels story &gt; rules, but when they completely disregard a core mechanic like that it can really mess up game balance.No, you are right.&nbsp; The DM should not be able to add class levels to monsters at all.&nbsp; Monsters are designed differently than PCs.&nbsp; It sounds like he's just ignoring the rules.&nbsp; And most monsters do not get the second wind ability unless it explicitly says they do under the specific monster stat block.&nbsp; Even if they are elite.I guess it's his prerogative if he wants to do things that way, but I know my players would leap down my throat if they though I was just arbitraily changing rules without justifying it.&nbsp; I guess diplomatically find out if he's aware that he's not doing it right according to the rules.&nbsp; If he corrects himself then problem solved.&nbsp; If he IS aware and doesn't care to change his ways... well then I guess that's the kind of game he's running and my advice is to just go with it and try to have a good time.One advantage of having a loose-with-the-rules DM is you can often get away with the same thing.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sanzuo, post: 4500231, member: 66180"] Oh sweet jesus, it WAS what you described! That's not right at all. It's fine if your DM feels story > rules, but when they completely disregard a core mechanic like that it can really mess up game balance. No, you are right. The DM should not be able to add class levels to monsters at all. Monsters are designed differently than PCs. It sounds like he's just ignoring the rules. And most monsters do not get the second wind ability unless it explicitly says they do under the specific monster stat block. Even if they are elite. I guess it's his prerogative if he wants to do things that way, but I know my players would leap down my throat if they though I was just arbitraily changing rules without justifying it. I guess diplomatically find out if he's aware that he's not doing it right according to the rules. If he corrects himself then problem solved. If he IS aware and doesn't care to change his ways... well then I guess that's the kind of game he's running and my advice is to just go with it and try to have a good time. One advantage of having a loose-with-the-rules DM is you can often get away with the same thing. [/QUOTE]

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