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hazardnwt 09-05-05, 05:51 PM	OK a little help, In the MM there are quite a few creatures that have X HD and X CL for spell-like abilities or racial class lvls. Now since it does not say CL = HD does that mean when I upgrade the creatures for my adventures that they keep X CL or do they advance per hit die? eg. Astral Deva 12 HD, Spell-like abilities CL 12, Advancement from 12 to 36 HD is he still a CL 12 even with 36 HD? another eg. Planetar 14 HD, Spell-like abilities CL 14, Spell CL 17, advancement from 14 HD to 42 HD Does the spell-like abilities raise with advancement? how about Spell CL? DM in trouble, my 20th level party is just walking through any non fighter type because CL is waaaaaaaay too low......
Seraph of Babel 09-06-05, 01:53 AM	If no caster level is specified, the caster level is equal to the creature's Hit Dice. It doesn't specifically say about advancement. But CL should be pegged to racial HD, otherwise they'd be too weak. IMC, I use CL+1 per advanced HD. I use a slightly different rule for SR though (SR+1 per CR increase) since it says in MM1 monster creation appendix that SR is pegged to CR.