Good Day All
I have a problem with our DM about choosing my race for our campaign and he set a limit for choosing a race with an LA+2 (Level Adjustment) now here is what I came up, a Bugbear White Dragonspawn Monk (Bugbear LA+1 - Monster Manual I page 29 and White Dragonspawn Template LA+1 - Dragonlance Campaign Settings page 222). He literally and figuratively said that my character was very powerful and modified it (to make it fair for other players, so they won't be over-shadowed by my character) by removing the following:
Natural Armor +7
HD of the base creature includes skills, feats and HP
Death Throes
Removing +2 on any stat bonus
So we played...
After 4 sessions or 1 day before our next session he txt message me saying my character is so powerful and it actually surpassed his limit of of LA+2! His reason = Savage Species Book Level Adjustment on Special Abilities like my breath weapon is already a +1 adjustment and I have too many special abilities.
Now here are the important questions that must be answered by veterans here on Brilliant Gameologist:
1. To my understanding, is my Bugbear White Dragonspawn "Legal" or "by the book" correct that it is a LA+2?
2. I've read the savage species book and to my understanding it is the rule on CREATING a monster and not to compare to a pre-built monsters such as the bugbear and dragonspawn, is this correct?
3. my DM asks why are there weaker Monsters as Characters and some are powerful but they are on the same LA+1 or 2? My defense on the debate that even though it is stronger, their overall strength is on the same CR or LA level, am I correct on my defence on this?
I want these questions answered, ladies and gentle orcs, as a fellow player and DM myself I need your help to back me up on this, I'm new here and my DM wants me to ask of you guys about it since this site is where my DM gets his info, I've been playing 3.0 and 3.5 for a long time and this debate, for me, is actually ridiculous since WE, the DM and I go "by-the-book" rules and we have less house rules, it is very time consuming finding a nice playable monster on ALL f the books and now my DM is saying that I'm cheating of some sort and not doing the "legal" way or by-the-book, it's frustrating cause I play DND 3.5 as a stress reliever and I want to have fun (bashing enemies and saving the day, even though I look damn ugly but cool).
I totally agree on my DM by removing the NA+7 cause in my calculation it is... well... damn high AC and we are using the 32-point system and my class is monk and my armor class is WOW OMG WTH HOLY DAMN! on 1st level, let me give you my final stats block and armor class:
STR - 18
DEX - 18
CON - 18
INT - 10
WIS - 16
CHA - 11 = for the sorcerer lvl of the dragonspawn so I can use mage armor and shield
AC 24 = 10 + NA 7 + DEX 4 + WIS 3 (no buffs yet on AC)
(for a low lvl? DAMN MY ENEMIES NEEDS A 20 TO HIT ME ^_^)