Beefing up creatures?

Ferret

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How do you beef up a monster, apart from advancement. Most templates I've found are either to specific (Feral etc), or end up with a cr 12 monster with 1hd.

Are there any alternitives?
 

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Ferret said:
How do you beef up a monster, apart from advancement. Most templates I've found are either to specific (Feral etc), or end up with a cr 12 monster with 1hd.

Are there any alternitives?
Max hit points.
Use elite or alternate ability scores.
 


Actually, one thing that really helps a template with a cr increase live up to it is a significant con increase.

I think templates ought to have their CR modifiers broken down kinda like when you advance a creature by class- if it's an 'associated' template it gets the full CR increase, otherwise a lesser one. (After all, a template that gives you combat bonuses helps a wizard much less than a fighter.)
 




Ferret said:
So no, HD enhancing templates or methods? Ok, thanks

PC Class levels could be thought of as "HD Enhancing".

Normal advancement rules are certainly "HD Enhanced"... and very little else.

There are a ton of Templates out there, but they tend to be orthogonal to HD -- they're meant to be nature-changing, not experience-changing.

-- N
 



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