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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MoogleEmpMog" data-source="post: 3109807" data-attributes="member: 22882">Author's Note:The Giff would probably work as a +2 LA and/or dropping the racial hit dice.  Like Wizards, Dragon tends to put high LAs on most non-core creatures, so I made sure to push toward the weaker side with Races of Spelljammer.  I also wanted something of a compromise with their 2e stats, which were much higher. <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/paranoid.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":uhoh:" title="Paranoid    :uhoh:" data-shortname=":uhoh:" /> Personally, I see Spelljammer as an inherently high-level setting, since the ship weapons and some of the monsters can butcher even high level PCs, so the higher LAs on those races didn't bother me as much as they would for a lower-powered game, but like I said, the Giff don't have anything game breaking as written.One option you might want to explore is leaving their LA and hit dice, but making them Large instead of proud owners of Powerful Build.  According to their 2e stats, they are *exactly* on the border of the two sizes, so giving them reach (which is a huge advantage, especially in potential boarding actions) would probably make them more deserving of their LA.</blockquote>