ECL +1 templates that are large?

[Tidus4444]

I'm looking for a good ECL +1 template that gives me a size increase. What are they and what books are they in?

 

[EricNoah]

I don't know about a "template" that increases your size, per se. There is the half-ogre race, in Savage Species, that is Large and has a +1 level adjustment.

 

[Gort]

Plus loads of other stuff.

Boy is it broken.

 

[d20Dwarf]

Giantblooded characters in Midnight are large.

 

[Tidus4444]

Could somebody tell me what page the Half-Ogre is on? I look through Savage Species, but for the life of me I can't find it.

 

[Monte At Home]

I have difficulty imagining a race that would be large and only +1 ECL and still be balanced.

I ran a game for about two years with first one, and then another large size PCs. It's a huge advantage.

 

[Spatula]

Could somebody tell me what page the Half-Ogre is on? I look through Savage Species, but for the life of me I can't find it.

It's in the back with the Desmodu and the Thri-kreen.

The author has since said that perhaps it is overpowered on the WOTC boards, and recommended giving the half-ogre 2 racial HD (for a total ECL of +3) to balance it out.

 

[Spatula]

I ran a game for about two years with first one, and then another large size PCs. It's a huge advantage.

But not a colossal one?

 

[Tidus4444]

Well, yes that's a huge argument on the board right now. In addition to being large, it gets some insane strength bonuses (I've only heard talko n the board, so I'm not completely sure, but I think it's somewhere around +6), and I think some cha and int penalites.