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True but I think there are other optimal template choices if the creature isn't either an Artillery or a Controller. Like a Brute-type template I would presume would give more hp per level and perhaps a tougher defense. Sure, there are some abilities from the Lich that are lucrative but I expect...

Yes. There are even keywords like Mastermind and the like.

I know it can get confusing but you have to understand the entire paragraph rather than just those single sentences. Basically, they're saying in " For example, those ogre savages in plate armor and wielding +3 greatswords have AC, attack rolls, and damage rolls three points higher than...

You can always add in the Polymorph ability to turn into bats/wolves. Personally, I don't like vampires turning into wolves because it's encroaching into the lycanthrope's territory. (As for the bat, honestly, how threatening in combat will a bat be unless they're dire bats or part of a swarm?)...

Because the "resurrecting from the dead" (especially at the brink of death) can be quite cinematic/impressive. In mythology, we have the phoenix motif. Or Isis reviving her dead husband. In literature, we have Gandalf. In movies, you can think of it as the main protagonist knocked out of his...

I suspect they will have a chart for the appropriate monster roles determining the appropriate AC, Defense, Attack, and HP. Special abilities however are another thing but you can probably crib some examples from the DMG/MM.

Depends on which side you are. For the "early adopters", it's a give and take. They get the material later than was originally intended but then again, they don't have to pay the $5,000 fee anymore. As for the rest, instead of waiting for January 2009 to publish material, they can release them...

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Updated as of Shroomy's post!

Thanks. Haven't heard of it before.

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