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<blockquote data-quote="FourthBear" data-source="post: 4016178" data-attributes="member: 55846">Could be.&nbsp; It depends on how the various wizard powers depend on class level.&nbsp; If it works like 3e, adding three levels of wizard will only result in a creature with 1st and 2nd level spells as a 3rd level caster.&nbsp; There's the possibility suggested by the Book of Nine Swords where you add half of your non-class levels to your class level to determine power.&nbsp; And if you add enough class levels to equal its monster level, you've probably just added tons of hit points, attack bonuses, defense increases and other things that will bump its power up significantly, just as it would if you did it in 3e.&nbsp; If the monster is low leveled this may not be a problem.&nbsp; But if you're trying to create a Fire Giant cleric through this, it could get silly (as it was with a number of the classed fire giants in one of the recent WotC enemy books).&nbsp; I wouldn't really add actual class levels to a high leveled monster, I would simply add the appropriate class abilties and just use the monster's level to determine effect.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="FourthBear, post: 4016178, member: 55846"] Could be. It depends on how the various wizard powers depend on class level. If it works like 3e, adding three levels of wizard will only result in a creature with 1st and 2nd level spells as a 3rd level caster. There's the possibility suggested by the Book of Nine Swords where you add half of your non-class levels to your class level to determine power. And if you add enough class levels to equal its monster level, you've probably just added tons of hit points, attack bonuses, defense increases and other things that will bump its power up significantly, just as it would if you did it in 3e. If the monster is low leveled this may not be a problem. But if you're trying to create a Fire Giant cleric through this, it could get silly (as it was with a number of the classed fire giants in one of the recent WotC enemy books). I wouldn't really add actual class levels to a high leveled monster, I would simply add the appropriate class abilties and just use the monster's level to determine effect. [/QUOTE]

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