The Subtype Challenge

[IcyCool]

Confindent in your 1337 rules-fu? Does your knowledge of the rules put the very dieties and demigods to shame? Well then I've got a challenge for you!

The Subtype Challenge:

Build a character, maximum of ECL 20. Cram as many subtypes into it as you can. The person who creates the character with the most subtypes wins.

For reference, the bolded text below is a subtype:
Doppleganger
Medium Monstrous Humanoid (Shapechanger)

You may use any WoTC material, no third party stuff.
Simultaneous Subtypes will be the only ones counted (if a character with a single subtype uses a spell and now has a different single subtype (not an additional one), this counts as only one subtype.)

I'll start us off with this entry (setting the bar intentionally low):

Celestial Human Fighter 18 (Encountered on the material plane)
Humanoid (Extraplanar)

Score: 1 subtype.

 

[Obscure]

Just taking a quick shot, how about:

Half-Fire Elemental Barghest
Medium Outsider (Evil, Extraplanar, Fire, Lawful, Shapechanger)

ECL 15 --> 6 HD from barghest (MM) + 6 LA from barghest (Savage Species) + 3 LA from half-elemental template (Manual of the Planes).

It's tough to think of a template that actually gives you a new subtype (without erasing the old ones); e.g., does the ghost template erase your previous subtypes?

Edit: I guess I should note that my entry has 5 subtypes total.

 

[Gez]

IcyCool, here's my entry (deliberatly low, too):

Celestial Human Fighter 18 (encountered on the material plane.
Humanoid (Extraplanar, Human)

Score: 2 subtypes.​

Now that this is out of the way...

Fiendish Half-Earth Elemental Half-Orc Wererat with Human Heritage feat.
Half-Elemental: LA +3
Wererat: LA +3, HD +1
Fiendish: LA +2
That leaves 11 levels for some class, unfortunately not enough, probably, to reach the last level of, say, Elemental Savant (Fire).

Humanoid (Earth, Extraplanar, Human, Orc, Shapechanger).

Score: 5 subtypes​

 

[Obscure]

Hmm, how about:

Fiendish Half-Air Elemental Blue Werewolf Psion 5/Psion Uncarnate 2
Small Humanoid (Air, Extraplanar, Goblinoid, Incorporeal, Psionic, Shapechanger)

Fiendish LA +2
Half-elemental LA +3
Blue LA +1 (Expanded Psioncs Handbook)
Werewolf +2 HD, LA +3
7 character levels

ECL = 18
Subtypes = 6

Note: Gains incorporeal subtype when using Shed Body ability of Psion Uncarnate

 

[Gez]

Good idea. Let me refine my initial model a bit:

Celestial Half-Water Elemental Maenad Wererat Psion 5/Uncarnate 6 with Human Heritage feat.
Half-Elemental: LA +3
Wererat: LA +3, HD +1
Celestial: LA +2
11 class levels.

Humanoid (Extraplanar, Human, Maenad, Incorporeal, Psionic, Shapechanger, Water).

Score: 7 subtypes​

I'm not sure Maenad and/or Xeph are allowed to take Human Heritage, as it's not exactly clear wether or not these races are descendant from humans, like Half-elf, Half-orc, Aasimar, Tiefling, and Elan. (I know Elans can take it. They then are Humanoid (Human, Psionic).)

 

[Obscure]

Good idea. Let me refine my initial model a bit:

You mean refine my model a bit!

 

[Obscure]

Half-Fire Elemental Cerebrilith
Large Outsider (Chaotic, Evil, Extraplanar, Fire, Psionic, Tanar'ri)

Subtypes = 6
ECL = 21

 

[Gez]

You mean refine my model a bit!

Hey, I did say psion uncarnate was a good idea. The rest is mine. (Well, you could say you were the first with the half-elemental template, too, but the lycanthrope and Human Heritage bits were mine, and the celestial/fiendish bit is IcyCool's one.)

 

[Gez]

By the way, the game would be easier if one were to use the DDM stat cards. Mongrelfolk: Humanoid (Orc, Goblinoid, Reptilian, Kobold), for example. Or Blue: Small Humanoid (Goblinoid, Goblin, Psionic).