savage species templates, ok I just don't get it

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savage species templates, ok I just don't get it

I'm trying to wrap my head around exactly how they work... how do you template a character from lv1? I don't have savage species just going off of info from the woc website.

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savage species templates, ok I just don't get it

It depends. If it doesn't have a level adjustment (like the aquatic template from Stormwrack) you could just apply it. If it does have a level adjustment, it's generally considered too powerful for use in a 1st-level game.

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savage species templates, ok I just don't get it

what about the leveled out templates?

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savage species templates, ok I just don't get it

'Alexi' wrote:
what about the leveled out templates?

I'm not sure what you're referring to.

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savage species templates, ok I just don't get it

Probably the templates in Savage Species that break critter powers into levels to allow PCs to take them at lower levels and 'grow into' the rest of their powers. From what I've seen those templates can be a little hard to balance correctly, and unfortunately - they *are* complex - enough to the point where I can't really answer the original question either.

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