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<blockquote data-quote="Bran Blackbyrd" data-source="post: 261351" data-attributes="member: 1710">Why? I know it's easier, and usually a class of any kind represents training, and templates represent a genetic lineage or physical set of traits. However, a lot of people want a vampire that gains new abilities and powers, and increases in strength over time. Also, not every vampire would have the same abilities, which requires a selection of feats, or something similar to simulate. A template is a bit inadequate for these purposes.You could randomize a vampire's abilities in a template by putting different abilities into charts and then roll for a result, but that still causes the vampire to gain all of the abilities it will have for the entirety of it's eternal unlife the very moment it becomes undead.If you think that, outside of the vampire's original creature type, all vampires are created equal, then a template is ideal. If you would rather have a vampire more closely resembling one of Anne Rice's or perhaps WW's, then something else will need to be devised.Of course, you could make the perfect vampire template and I'll admit I'm wrong most gratefully. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />Or in other words, &quot;Crow never tasted so good.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bran Blackbyrd, post: 261351, member: 1710"] Why? I know it's easier, and usually a class of any kind represents training, and templates represent a genetic lineage or physical set of traits. However, a lot of people want a vampire that gains new abilities and powers, and increases in strength over time. Also, not every vampire would have the same abilities, which requires a selection of feats, or something similar to simulate. A template is a bit inadequate for these purposes. You could randomize a vampire's abilities in a template by putting different abilities into charts and then roll for a result, but that still causes the vampire to gain all of the abilities it will have for the entirety of it's eternal unlife the very moment it becomes undead. If you think that, outside of the vampire's original creature type, all vampires are created equal, then a template is ideal. If you would rather have a vampire more closely resembling one of Anne Rice's or perhaps WW's, then something else will need to be devised. Of course, you could make the perfect vampire template and I'll admit I'm wrong most gratefully. ;) Or in other words, "Crow never tasted so good." [/QUOTE]

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