Templates...how do you feel

[Paragon]

I feel pretty good thanks! It's been a good day


Paragon

 

[Tsyr]

Templates are availbile in my campagin, as are ECL races. I find people take ECL races more often. (I start at level three anyhow, and would probably allow higher in ECL if someone begged me).

Thus far, I have had one celestial Lawful-Good Icehome Dwarf Paladin. He was a fun character to see roleplayed, because it was a GREAT roleplayer playing him. The only catch is wings can be a pain to take into acount when adventure building, but that was my fault, not the templates. Although IMC the "divine" type templates are a touch different do the cosmology of my world. Mostly minor stylistic ones, but you don't become an outsider.

On the other hand, I have a race of elves that I apply the celestial and fiendish templates to (Without the alignment modifications)... No wings possible, either. About 75% of the population has the celestial template, the other has fiendish. These are my campaign settings "noldor" if you will... A very rare breed of elf. There is nothing divine or unholy about them, I just use the templates for power boosts. That works out pretty good, in fact.

 

[Dareoon Dalandrove]

bump

 

[Desdichado]

I've created templates to use for planetouched characters (six types) that I think are pretty good for an ECL +1 character (after applying the template, add +1 to the ECL.) I haven't played them yet, but I'm curious to see them work.

 

[the Jester]

At the end of my 2e campaign a powerful, high-level multiclassed fighter/cleric was made into an angel by a god. In converting him to 3e he got the half-celestial template and it made him extremely tough- all those ability bonuses! But on the other hand, it's a much tougher template than some... I would definitely enforce the level offsets for the templates.

 

[Dr. Confoundo]

I've created templates to use for planetouched characters (six types) that I think are pretty good for an ECL +1 character (after applying the template, add +1 to the ECL.) I haven't played them yet, but I'm curious to see them work.

Mind posting them? I'd like to see them.

Doc

 

[Axiomatic Unicorn]

I'll second that. I would also like to see them.

I kinda regret that WOTC has presented planetouched as races in the first place. I think a dwarf earth gensai should be distinct from a human earth gensai. Templates seem a much better way to go.

 

[KnowTheToe]

I like templates, but you really need to understand where your campaign or game is going. They need to fit and need to be balanced. I would also like to see the templates.

 

[SonOfLilith]

Half-celestial paladin, I'm jealous. It has been a dream of mine to play one of them.

 

[psionotic]

I'm with you

I'll second that. I would also like to see them.

I kinda regret that WOTC has presented planetouched as races in the first place. I think a dwarf earth gensai should be distinct from a human earth gensai. Templates seem a much better way to go.

I really like the monster templates, and feel the concept has really made 3E monsters more interesting and scalable than any of the previous versions. That said, I'm also kind of disappointed that Aasimar, Tieflings, and Genasi are monsters and not templates.

Converting them would probably be easy enough, but I would really like to see Joshua's, if possible, because I'm lazy.