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<blockquote data-quote="Khaalis" data-source="post: 4171450" data-attributes="member: 2167">Actually I think its a rather elegant solution. They have basically applied the &quot;no magic&quot; modifications to monsters. A monster does not &quot;NEED&quot; to carry a +X Weapon to hit a PC of the appropriate level. This bonus is already an &quot;assumed&quot; mechanic in the construction of the creature and thus the creature is balanced at its base stats.&nbsp; If you then start heaping additional bonuses on top of its core math, you break the balance and quickly outstrip the PC's ability to compete. Also this applies to NPCs as well. NPCs are no longer built as a PC. An &quot;enemy&quot; Fighter is no longer built as a PC fighter but as either a monster Brute or Soldier.If a 6th level Soldier is assumed to already have the equivalent of a +1 bonus to attacks and damage built into its core math, then adding another +1 to attack and damage by giving them &quot;full bonus&quot; from a +1 weapon throws off their balance.&nbsp; Too many people seem to not understand just how quickly magic item bonuses can break the balance of an encounter.This I have to basically agree with. I have to assume that this Preview is not entirely completely verbatim from the book. I would assume that the Vampire also has text for describing how a vampire makes Vampire Spawn or passes their power to a mortal to be a vampire lord.&nbsp; As for the lich, here too I think there is text not included in the preview. For instance Spellmaster seems like it would be geared toward refreshing arcane powers. However, the template does specifically state that it can be applied to any creature that meets the prerequisites. Also note that the most important tie to making the lich most associated to the arcane is the reliance on rituals. Its not clear, I'll give you that. But then again, templates are meant for DMs to apply to monsters and not necessarily to make perfect sense whan applied to the thinking associated with PCs.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Khaalis, post: 4171450, member: 2167"] Actually I think its a rather elegant solution. They have basically applied the "no magic" modifications to monsters. A monster does not "NEED" to carry a +X Weapon to hit a PC of the appropriate level. This bonus is already an "assumed" mechanic in the construction of the creature and thus the creature is balanced at its base stats. If you then start heaping additional bonuses on top of its core math, you break the balance and quickly outstrip the PC's ability to compete. Also this applies to NPCs as well. NPCs are no longer built as a PC. An "enemy" Fighter is no longer built as a PC fighter but as either a monster Brute or Soldier. If a 6th level Soldier is assumed to already have the equivalent of a +1 bonus to attacks and damage built into its core math, then adding another +1 to attack and damage by giving them "full bonus" from a +1 weapon throws off their balance. Too many people seem to not understand just how quickly magic item bonuses can break the balance of an encounter. This I have to basically agree with. I have to assume that this Preview is not entirely completely verbatim from the book. I would assume that the Vampire also has text for describing how a vampire makes Vampire Spawn or passes their power to a mortal to be a vampire lord. As for the lich, here too I think there is text not included in the preview. For instance [b][i]Spellmaster[/i][/b] seems like it would be geared toward refreshing arcane powers. However, the template does specifically state that it can be applied to any creature that meets the prerequisites. Also note that the most important tie to making the lich most associated to the arcane is the reliance on rituals. Its not clear, I'll give you that. But then again, templates are meant for DMs to apply to monsters and not necessarily to make perfect sense whan applied to the thinking associated with PCs. [/QUOTE]

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