Need help finding a human template

[psyronin]

I'm running an adventure based on the movie The Warrior. In the movie a teenage slave is set free by his dying master and turns out to be quite the, um, warrior. So, I need a way to make a good combat-oriented human without giving him more than a couple of class levels. But level adjustments are fine.

Are there any templates or races, like planetouched, that leave a human looking pretty normal yet confer good bonuses for a melee type? I'd have used half-dragon if it weren't for the scaly skin.

 

[Crothian]

use the half dragon and ignore the scaley skin part. The skin is not in there for balance, so get rid of it and rename the template to cover what you want it to be.

 

[AuraSeer]

Through long research and playtesting I have come up with an idea for you. I call it the "25% dragon." To use this, apply the half-dragon template but eliminate the scales.