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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Infiniti2000" data-source="post: 2815509" data-attributes="member: 31734">(Before reading this, understand that I agree with Cabral, but I will pose some rhetorical questions and provide clearer proof of the answer.) Why don't those previous special qualities no longer apply?  From the template: "A fiendish creature retains all the special qualities of the base creature and also gains the following."  Note that vermin traits are in fact a special quality.  I also think you're overlooking the line you quoted, which says: "...but otherwise the creature type is unchanged."  So, the type changes but it doesn't?  To understand this, we look at the rules for applying a template and see the following, with my emphasis: So, a fiendish giant ant goes from Vermin to Magical Beast (Augmented Vermin).  Looking under the Vermin type, we find that Mindless is a trait, not a feature, and is therefore lost.Sorry for the longwinded answer, but I thought it important and useful to go through the whole process.</blockquote>