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Hey all,
Bit of a question here: Does anyone know if there are any guidelines for creating new templates for monsters? I've been finding templates pretty useful in my home campaign for adjusting the stats of base monsters and giving them some interesting powers.
However there doesn't seem to be any rules (IIRC) for creating new monster templates. I've found templates to be one of the more useful tools in my toolbox but the selection in the DMGs is limited - I've been wanting to create my own templates now but the lack of guidelines for how to evaluate them is a little off-putting. Granted, I realize with many different monsters, monster roles and party compositions you'll never get anything with exactitude, but some idea of how to evaluate the strength of the template would be useful.
Bit of a question here: Does anyone know if there are any guidelines for creating new templates for monsters? I've been finding templates pretty useful in my home campaign for adjusting the stats of base monsters and giving them some interesting powers.
However there doesn't seem to be any rules (IIRC) for creating new monster templates. I've found templates to be one of the more useful tools in my toolbox but the selection in the DMGs is limited - I've been wanting to create my own templates now but the lack of guidelines for how to evaluate them is a little off-putting. Granted, I realize with many different monsters, monster roles and party compositions you'll never get anything with exactitude, but some idea of how to evaluate the strength of the template would be useful.
