I only ask .. cause Maul's monster class was 6 lvls .. but the lvl adjust for a Stonechild is only +4 .. so is there a way to buy down to that +4 .. or do i just have to deal with the 6 lvl class ..
Monster classes cannot be bought off, only level adjustment, as level adjustment gives no HD, skill points, etc, while monster class levels do. Sucky I know, since I think most monster class levels kinda suck
Monster Classes can be very useful at times actually and not so bad.
Well according to the chart (epic aside) you could reduce the la by one at 12th lvl by paying the allotted xp, making it a 5ecl race.
to extend the chart into epic it would look like this for the stonechild (the 2 racial hd don't change)
after
12th lvl - 3 la or 5 ecl
21st lvl - 2 la or 4 ecl
27th lvl - 1 la or 3 ecl
30th lvl - 0 la or 2 ecl
(but thats a metric crap-ton of xp spent on making you get slightly more xp)
and yes its sad that only really Dragon racial hd is great and only a few others are even good…
The +4 level adjustment can be bought off, the outsider hit die cannot be bought off, since they essentially count as class levels. Which also means at 10 class levels, +2 outsider hit die, you can buy off 1 of the LA's. (Meaning when your level 16, 10 class levels, 2 outsider hit die, and 4 LA levels.)
hmmmmm… well to be fair monster classes aren't that bad