When a monster joins the party his LA+Class levels should be equal to the JL and therefore the career level of the A monster PC can't join a party until the other charactersĪre at this level. Creatures also have a Joining Level (JL), usually LA+1. Others have a Level Adjustment (LA) representing how many class levels the race is equivalent to.

Some creatures start at level one, just like PCs of the core races. Most of this article describes a process to convert monsters to PC races but I have included some examples of new races at the end. Until an official solution is released this article provides a fair way to create PCs of many monstrous races utilising evidence from canon rules. Fans from all these editions are looking to get into the new 5th edition but there is no official way to convert oddball races. First edition had tens of magazine articles offering new races, 2e had the The Complete Book of Humanoids as well as new races specific to campaign settings, and 3.5 had Savage Species. Some of these have been enthusiastic about playing unusual creatures since the days of 1st edition. 5th Edition is bringing many veterans back to D&D.

5th edition playable races