Udead Templates for Low Level Advent.

[Doc_Souark]

I've got an 2e dungeon crawl I'm retooling for 3e, and it has goblins on the upper level and undead on the lower. Now I see no reason that the Goblin shouldn't venture down into the lower levels from time to time and be "Converted" to Undead status. My problem is that most of the new templates I've seen( May Dragon) calls for the base creature to be at least 4th level. I would love to have a Ghoulish Goblin or even a Goblin Bodak wondering around there but the CR would be too high.

Now the Trap Haunt (from the same issue) is great , It calls for only a 1st level Rogue. O the dungeon is an old thieves guildhall/ Gambling den that was wasted by a earthquarke.

 

[Krishnath]

Hmm... I suggest you go check out the old Monster Mayhem archives over on the WotC main site. It has a skeleton template and a zombie template in it.

If you have access to Savage Species, you can find several fun templates in it that converts creatures to undead: Ghost Brute, Mummified Creature, Spectral Creature, Umbral Creature (shadows), Wight Template, and the Wraith Template.

Additionally, if you have access to the Book of Vile Darkness, the Bone and Corpse creature templates can be found within it's pages.

Good luck, and happy hunting