Q428 Follow Up

A428

No. LA does not count towards your character level, and thus isn't a factor in determining when you get your feats and your ability score increases.
What about character wealth? Does the wealth by level in the DMG p135 taken into consideration LA? Or does someone with 5HD and a +5 LA have the wealth of a 10th level character?

BTW - Thanks for the original answer, I couldn't find it.