New Posts For Thread: Good Templates (Even High LA ones?)http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29632801/Good_Templates_(Even_High_LA_ones)What are some good templates? My DM is giving me 7 free levels of LA (They cannot be in classes). This is going to be a fairly High OP game, so what kind of templates are good (in general). Some good templates I've heard of are Dark, Feral, Half-MinThis would also be inappropriately done here, as he has seven free level adjustments, but no free hit dice, and lycanthropes add the hit dice of the animal to their own HD (in effect, when you become a natural weretiger (tigers have 6 HD), you gain shttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29632801/Good_Templates_(Even_High_LA_ones)?post_id=528195827#528195827This would also be inappropriately done here, as he has seven free level adjustments, but no free hit dice, and lycanthropes add the hit dice of the animal to their own HD (in effect, when you become a natural weretiger (tigers have 6 HD), you gain sSat, 19 Jan 2013 10:47:10 -0600I've played a phrenic half-fey kaorti without any free LA (as a racial base for a Fiend of Possession).Woodling has a fun combination of abilities if you can also cover up the fire vulnerability, and voidmind would be good except for the part about bhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29632801/Good_Templates_(Even_High_LA_ones)?post_id=528182647#528182647I've played a phrenic half-fey kaorti without any free LA (as a racial base for a Fiend of Possession).Woodling has a fun combination of abilities if you can also cover up the fire vulnerability, and voidmind would be good except for the part about bFri, 18 Jan 2013 22:13:26 -0600Given they are free, I imagine they're just added on (i.e. not gestalted).In general, Draconic (+1) and Phrenic (+2) are two templates which I think offer a good return. Half-Fey is IIRC +2 also but it's not too dissimilar to Phrenic in many ways. Thhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29632801/Good_Templates_(Even_High_LA_ones)?post_id=528179441#528179441Given they are free, I imagine they're just added on (i.e. not gestalted).In general, Draconic (+1) and Phrenic (+2) are two templates which I think offer a good return. Half-Fey is IIRC +2 also but it's not too dissimilar to Phrenic in many ways. ThFri, 18 Jan 2013 19:10:34 -0600This would also be inappropriately done here, as he has seven free level adjustments, but no free hit dice, and lycanthropes add the hit dice of the animal to their own HD (in effect, when you become a natural weretiger (tigers have 6 HD), you gain shttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29632801/Good_Templates_(Even_High_LA_ones)?post_id=528176833#528176833This would also be inappropriately done here, as he has seven free level adjustments, but no free hit dice, and lycanthropes add the hit dice of the animal to their own HD (in effect, when you become a natural weretiger (tigers have 6 HD), you gain sFri, 18 Jan 2013 17:19:22 -0600I had a lot of fun playing a weretiger in a campaign, it's a +3LA to be a natural werecreature, meaning full control over transformations and DR 10/silver (+2LA for afflicted, DR 5/silver and no control). Weretigers get +12 str, +4 dex and con.http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29632801/Good_Templates_(Even_High_LA_ones)?post_id=528175739#528175739I had a lot of fun playing a weretiger in a campaign, it's a +3LA to be a natural werecreature, meaning full control over transformations and DR 10/silver (+2LA for afflicted, DR 5/silver and no control). Weretigers get +12 str, +4 dex and con.Fri, 18 Jan 2013 16:37:37 -0600