DM_Matt
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Angelsboi said:
I was just tihnking about that toda.y They are great DND fodder, esp in an RP-heavy game.
They fit in with evil dnd outsiders well. They have TP w/o at will, very good regeneration, and very low hp for their CR.
They would either be a demon/devil or a template, depending on how you look at it. Because all VDs WERE spellcasters, one can say template, but they seem to rarely if ever cast regualar spells, so one could say that they are transformed into a non-classed monster.
The rare regular spells hypothesis id pretty speculative, though, and the different magic system of the buffyverse that lets anyone cast occasionally who can perform the rituals properly and has good material components obscures things even more.
The real point of contention is the fact that Hallie seems to have a telekinetic thrust attack and Anya does not. In the Buffyverse, trained spellcasters can cast spells by force of will or with short incantations or gestures, much like dnd casters. This means that either Hallie had levels or it was a spell-like ability, while Anya does not have levels. Perhaps she only did self-taught rituals, and never mastered magic in the way that Willow, Tara, and apparently Hallie did. Furthermore, in Selfless, D'Hoffryn used a energy attack spell identical to the one cast repeatedly by darkWillow, implying that it was a reasonably well-known albeit high-level spell. Then again, D'Hoffryn is some sort of Demon Lord rather than an actual VD.
Thus, I lean towards saying that a template might be the most accurate depiction, although they might work at least as well as regular monsters.
