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Azezel 12-12-06, 04:27 PM	My trusty, somewhat dusty MM2 (3.0) seems to indicate that Abiel Vassals are LA+2 and that Soldiers are LA+5. I am planing to play the Abiel card quite strongly in my new campaign setting (Abiels Vs Formians) and Frankly, I don't think Soldiers are worth LA+5. As presented I think LA+3 is plenty. However, if I shrunk soldiers to Medium, rather than large size, would you say they are fair at LA+2, like Vassals? (Baring in mind Soldiers have six racial HD). I really would like to make them a little more appealing as an esoteric PC race.
Lazzmaniandevil 12-13-06, 08:55 AM	Have you considered the racial ability modifiers ? When creating a PC from a creature, check to see if the creature’s entry has any ability scores of 10 or higher. If so, for each score, subtract 10 (if the score is even) or 11 (if the score is odd) to get the creature’s modifier for that ability based on its race or kind. Based on that, an abiel soldiers would get +12 STR, +2 DEX, +6 CON, -2 INT, +2 WIS and +2 CHA If we use table 4-2 from the monster manual and reverse engineering, downsizing the creature to medium should modify those by -8STR, +2 DEX, -4 CON. So the final racial ability modifiers for a medium abeil soldier would be +4 STR, +4 DEX, +2 CON, -2 INT, +2 WIS and +2 CHA. I'm not sure if that brings the level adjustment to +2, but if it doesn't, it certainly brings it down to +3. I hope that helps....