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<blockquote data-quote="LordVyreth" data-source="post: 584707" data-attributes="member: 9626"><p>Well, the reason I had problems with the lycanthrope template was that it doesn't seem to stack the humanoid and animal traits. You get either the human or animal HD, not both. You only get one set of attacks, and BAB is fairly ambiguous. It's the same with CR; by the rules in the MM, a 20th level fighter and a 1st level commoner have the same CR, but if you stack the humanoid CR, animal CR, and the +2 of the template, you get a very weak character for CR, because the human and animal abilities only occasionally overlap. The version I made lets the hybrid/animal versions of the creature stack their human and animal traits, and it also enhances the abilities a lycanthrope gets in human form (the lesser ability adjustments, and DR, for example.) </p><p></p><p>The way they work in my campaign, they're effectively avatars (I don't have Dieties and Demigods, so I had to ad-lib a system.) They could work as chosen instead, if that's what your campaign would suggest. </p><p></p><p>By the way, you mentioned the CR for the avatars is based on the powers their god grants. Which sets do you think are more powerful, and which less? I'd like to balance it so all avatars have the same CR bump.</p><p></p><p>Vyreth</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LordVyreth, post: 584707, member: 9626"] Well, the reason I had problems with the lycanthrope template was that it doesn't seem to stack the humanoid and animal traits. You get either the human or animal HD, not both. You only get one set of attacks, and BAB is fairly ambiguous. It's the same with CR; by the rules in the MM, a 20th level fighter and a 1st level commoner have the same CR, but if you stack the humanoid CR, animal CR, and the +2 of the template, you get a very weak character for CR, because the human and animal abilities only occasionally overlap. The version I made lets the hybrid/animal versions of the creature stack their human and animal traits, and it also enhances the abilities a lycanthrope gets in human form (the lesser ability adjustments, and DR, for example.) The way they work in my campaign, they're effectively avatars (I don't have Dieties and Demigods, so I had to ad-lib a system.) They could work as chosen instead, if that's what your campaign would suggest. By the way, you mentioned the CR for the avatars is based on the powers their god grants. Which sets do you think are more powerful, and which less? I'd like to balance it so all avatars have the same CR bump. Vyreth [/QUOTE]
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