Template Help: Feral Creature template

[StreamOfTheSky]

I'd just ban it. Then again, I ban that entire horrible book.

If you want to allow it, it should be at least LA +3. Or LA +2 with some crappy racial HD thrown in. Crappy racial HD always seems to be a good detterant.

Some stuff is just plain better for PCs than NPCs (and vice versa). Fast Healing is pretty meh on someone that effectively "exists" for maybe 10 rounds the entire game (the one fight it dies in). On a PC...not so much. And then that other stuff it gets...

 

[Thurbane]

Feral is generally considered quite underpriced at LA +1 (similar to Mineral Warrior), but it is worth noting that many of it's abilities (pounce, rake, rend) are dependent on racial Hit Dice, and not class levels...

 

[Thrallherd]

Some other templates to watch out for:
Insectile: Provides 4 extra arms. I renamed it "Triple-Wield Heavy Repeating Crossbows."
Symbiotic: Allows the players to have a creature control their mind. Essentially allows them to trash their intelligence, them tack on +1LA and start over.