Originally Posted by
Manhattan_Project_2000
I'm talking the Savage Species rules for Monster PCs with ECL adjustments. You split up the abilities adjustments, SA, SQ, HD increases, Feats, etcetera, so that it conforms to a class that lasts as long as their race's ECL is. It's a much better way to allow PCs to play characters that have a ECL higher then the DM's level cap. It prevents someone from rolling a level one Hill Giant and soloing a room of goblins with it's huge stats.
It's kind of a pain to explain it, but it's a pretty beautiful method in practice. You'd end up rolling a character that is about as useful as any other level 1 character. Maybe a little more, maybe a little less.
Edit: Here's an example of the progression for a normal Rakshasa. I'm leaving out the starting "racial" adjustments to scores though.
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