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Message: <blockquote data-quote="genshou" data-source="post: 2937545" data-attributes="member: 13164">I'm going to strongly disagree with this.  If the amount of other abilities is strictly tied to hit dice (and therefore hit points), creatures like the nymph, dryad, and the frail nivian of my homebrew would not exist--they would have to have more hit points and be as tough as a grizzly to have all their nature-oriented special abilities.  What I think is more elegant is simply CR=ECL, as Upper_Krust has done.  It allows for creatures with a lot of cussitude but little or no special abilities (colossal monstrous spider), as well as creatures like the nivian with almost no hit points but still possessing a lot of abilities.</blockquote>