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<blockquote data-quote="ColonelHardisson" data-source="post: 262096" data-attributes="member: 363">Actually, I see Templates as being one of 3e's great innovations to D&amp;D.As has been pointed out by hong and myself, one could come up with a template for vampires that is more like the Ghost or Half-Fiend templates. The Ghost presents a selection of powers that can be mixed and matched, and the Half-Fiend grants powers more gradually, depending on the level of the creature to which the template has been applied. In effect, the Half-Fiend is sort of like a class itself. The advantage I see of Templates over Classes is that a Template can be removed a lot more easily. What happens when a Vampire that has been advanced in level (for want of a better term) is somehow brought back to life (something which can happen in D&amp;D, as we all know)? What do those levels become? Are they simply dropped? If so, there are a lot of implications attached to that - for example, should a creature be penalized that heavily for advancing?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ColonelHardisson, post: 262096, member: 363"] Actually, I see Templates as being one of 3e's great innovations to D&D. As has been pointed out by hong and myself, one could come up with a template for vampires that is more like the Ghost or Half-Fiend templates. The Ghost presents a selection of powers that can be mixed and matched, and the Half-Fiend grants powers more gradually, depending on the level of the creature to which the template has been applied. In effect, the Half-Fiend is sort of like a class itself. The advantage I see of Templates over Classes is that a Template can be removed a lot more easily. What happens when a Vampire that has been advanced in level (for want of a better term) is somehow brought back to life (something which can happen in D&D, as we all know)? What do those levels become? Are they simply dropped? If so, there are a lot of implications attached to that - for example, should a creature be penalized that heavily for advancing? [/QUOTE]

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