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<blockquote data-quote="javcs" data-source="post: 4580979" data-attributes="member: 43677"><p>Stat mods: pretty much a wash.</p><p>Medium size: nothing special to see here</p><p>Breathless: This is actually pretty good - immune to anything that requires breathing is something that IME is almost always useful</p><p>Poison Immunity: Pretty good - less important if you never run into anything with poison, but IME it's awesomely useful.</p><p>Necromany resistance: Never a bad thing to have a bonus on saves against necromantic effects.</p><p>Unique Anatomy: Glowing like a torch is something of a wash (I'd make the Fort save to suppress the glow get tougher, the longer it's been suppressed). Immune to Sneak Attack - damned handy and awesome - the way it is worded implies to me that Crits would also probably be negated, which just makes an already powerful ability even more so.</p><p>Turn Undead: as a 1st level cleric ... 1st level turning isn't great, but, it's not a bad thing - so a minor benefit.</p><p>Native Outsider: quite good - immune to all those pesky charm/dominate/hold person spells, they've gotta toss a higher level spell at you, and, it's not a common type, so you won't usually run into issues with bane and favored enemy effects. And, you can still get brought back to life with the lower level effects.</p><p>Languages: 2 automatic languages is good, only having 2 bonus languages isn't so good.</p><p>Favored Class=Paladin: Meh, this goes against the charisma penalty, paladins are heavy on the charisma.</p><p></p><p>Basically, it's all pretty useful stuff - it's not an LA +2 - it's more, it's at least an LA+3.</p><p>Not knowing the source material version, I can say that if I were building a positive energy based creature, and wanted a low LA, it would have a vulnerability to anything that involved negative energy.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="javcs, post: 4580979, member: 43677"] Stat mods: pretty much a wash. Medium size: nothing special to see here Breathless: This is actually pretty good - immune to anything that requires breathing is something that IME is almost always useful Poison Immunity: Pretty good - less important if you never run into anything with poison, but IME it's awesomely useful. Necromany resistance: Never a bad thing to have a bonus on saves against necromantic effects. Unique Anatomy: Glowing like a torch is something of a wash (I'd make the Fort save to suppress the glow get tougher, the longer it's been suppressed). Immune to Sneak Attack - damned handy and awesome - the way it is worded implies to me that Crits would also probably be negated, which just makes an already powerful ability even more so. Turn Undead: as a 1st level cleric ... 1st level turning isn't great, but, it's not a bad thing - so a minor benefit. Native Outsider: quite good - immune to all those pesky charm/dominate/hold person spells, they've gotta toss a higher level spell at you, and, it's not a common type, so you won't usually run into issues with bane and favored enemy effects. And, you can still get brought back to life with the lower level effects. Languages: 2 automatic languages is good, only having 2 bonus languages isn't so good. Favored Class=Paladin: Meh, this goes against the charisma penalty, paladins are heavy on the charisma. Basically, it's all pretty useful stuff - it's not an LA +2 - it's more, it's at least an LA+3. Not knowing the source material version, I can say that if I were building a positive energy based creature, and wanted a low LA, it would have a vulnerability to anything that involved negative energy. [/QUOTE]
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