Category:Character Templates

A character can have one template from the following list. Templates will be added to the list upon request. Characters may have more than one template if the templates make sense together.

Obtaining a Template
An inherited template is one that your character has from birth. You must start with the template initially and cannot gain it later.

An acquired template usually has some prerequisite to earning that template. For example, a lich must build its phylactery, while a vampire simply needs to have a deadly encounter with another vampire.

An acquired or inherited template, naturally, can be added to a character either at birth or via earning the template.

Template Power Levels
A template has a power level. This represents how powerful that template is, naturally. For each point of power level, you must take a drawback from the drawbacks and flaws list. You may take a flaw instead of two of these drawbacks (power level 6 means you must take 6 drawbacks, or 4 and a flaw, or 2 of each, or 3 flaws).

Options
A template has a variety of options which increase or reduce its power level. The minimum power level for a template is 0, even if you take enough negative options to reduce it below 0.

No Listed Power Level
A template with no listed power level has a power level of 0.

Universal Options
If you have a template, you can choose the following option:

Forgotten Origins: Power Level -4. You lose all of the special abilities, special qualities and ability score adjustments of your base creature. If your base creature was larger than medium, it becomes medium, and if it was smaller than small, it becomes small.