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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Novem5er" data-source="post: 4053336" data-attributes="member: 57859">Let's not forget that Zombies became single-bloc monsters because WotC said "there's no difference between a human or an orc zombie and special skills in life don't transfer over when you're shambling around and hunting for brains" (paraphrased of course).Basically, whatever a zombie was BEFORE it was turned doesn't matter. Keep in mind that there are also different types of zombies, that are each single-bloc monsters.With those two guidelines, we can take a guess at other templates.Take the Ghost for instance. I can see the designers saying that a ghost's previous life has no bearing on a ghost's current powers. There might be different types of ghosts (poltergeist, malefactor, etc), but the "base creature" would have no affect on said ghosts powers or stats. Thus, I could see ghosts NOT being a template.Lycanthropes are debatable. I could see two arguments:1. A creature retains its pre-lyc skills, feats, powers, personality after it's been turned, thus each lycanthrope will be unique. Template.2. An infected creature is so overcome with the disease that they LOSE all their pre-lyc skills, feats, powers, etc. All werewolves are generally the same, as their animal instinct takes over. There will be different single-bloc lycanthropes (wereboar, werewolf, werewolf lord, etc), but NO template.I can see templates applied to creatures that retain their intelligence or pre-template powers.Thus, vampires make sense.Liches make sense.Deathknights.Mummies would be a possibility.I think Lycanthropes are still a good candidate, but I'm not sure if it'd be one template or if each animal type would eat up one of those coveted template slots.I think that each of the planes would also get a template, so we can easily populate the planes with their own flora and fauna. Shadow, Fey, and even Elemental ("Crap! It's an Earthen Thundertusk Boar!").I also think there will be an "advanced" template, which can be applied to almost any monster to make it bigger/stronger. There has been mention of a Large UmberHulk and a Huge UmberHulk on the same page. I suspect that a template was used and will be included in the DMG, but that common examples of that template might be in the MM to fill space.</blockquote>

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