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<blockquote data-quote="eamon" data-source="post: 3731652" data-attributes="member: 51942">Reference MM Chapter 4: Improving Monsters (MM p. 290)Quote from ze crazy page 291: [sblock]If you choose to equip a monster with gear, use its ECL as itscharacter level for purposes of determining how much equipmentit can purchase. Generally, only monsters with an Advancemententry of “By character class” receive NPC gear; other creatures addingcharacter levels should be treated as monsters of the appropriateCR and assigned treasure, not equipment.[/sblock]Reference DMG p. 38 for the blurb on that NPC classes count as one CR less than PC classes.But just to point out how crazy these rules are, that means that an NPC Stone Giant Fighter(1) is CR 9, and has 170k (!) wealth.&nbsp; This works out to having 15HD, a BAB of +11, Str 32, Dex 18, Con 22, Int 10, Wis 14, Cha 8, Natural armor +11, 163 hp, and is large.Apparantly this should be somehow comparable to an NPC, warrior (10) which is also CR 9 and has 16k (!) wealth.&nbsp; This works out to having 10HD, a BAB of +10, Str 14,Dex 12, Con 12, Int 10, Wis 9, Cha 8, no natural armor, 55 hp, and isn't large.Do those things look even vaguely comparable?&nbsp; no?&nbsp; Then don't take the DMG / MM guidelines for NPC wealth and challenge ratings too seriously.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="eamon, post: 3731652, member: 51942"] Reference MM Chapter 4: Improving Monsters (MM p. 290) Quote from ze crazy page 291: [sblock]If you choose to equip a monster with gear, use its ECL as its character level for purposes of determining how much equipment it can purchase. Generally, only monsters with an Advancement entry of “By character class” receive NPC gear; other creatures adding character levels should be treated as monsters of the appropriate CR and assigned treasure, not equipment.[/sblock] Reference DMG p. 38 for the blurb on that NPC classes count as one CR less than PC classes. But just to point out how crazy these rules are, that means that an NPC Stone Giant Fighter(1) is CR 9, and has [b]170k[/b] (!) wealth. This works out to having 15HD, a BAB of +11, Str 32, Dex 18, Con 22, Int 10, Wis 14, Cha 8, Natural armor +11, 163 hp, and is large. Apparantly this should be somehow comparable to an NPC, warrior (10) which is also CR 9 and has [b]16k[/b] (!) wealth. This works out to having 10HD, a BAB of +10, Str 14,Dex 12, Con 12, Int 10, Wis 9, Cha 8, no natural armor, 55 hp, and isn't large. Do those things look even vaguely comparable? no? Then don't take the DMG / MM guidelines for NPC wealth and challenge ratings too seriously. [/QUOTE]

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