Best Effigy for your money [Archive] - Wizards Community

Best Effigy for your money [Archive] - Wizards Community

Post/Author/DateTime Post
GhostStepper
02-16-07, 02:33 PM Is there a thread regarding powerful template combos to apply to a creature when making an effigy?
deathwishjoe
02-16-07, 02:43 PM yes see my Mr roboto thread in my sig. in reality you can stack paragon on the same creature repeatedly as even a paragon creatures type qualifies for the paragon template. nothing beats the paragon template.
GhostStepper
02-16-07, 03:36 PM I guess the main thing is that if you keep stacking templates you get insane Str and natural armor. It does suck that you loose all those sweet SQs and many SAs.
Elephant Jack
02-17-07, 02:46 AM I've participated in a game once where only one template could be applied to effigies... the crafter-gnome was quite happy with his advanced half-dragon cave troll. Seriously, more then one template makes effigies serious game-breakers.

EJ
GhostStepper
02-17-07, 09:09 PM No joke. I was just talking with my DM today and he pretty much banned effigies.
deathwishjoe
02-17-07, 09:11 PM I think banning effigies is a bit extreame. just dont allow the stacking of templates or if you do allow the stacking of templates make the LA of the template increase the cost of the effigy as if it had increased in HD by the LA ammount.
Elderich
02-20-07, 03:11 PM I think banning effigies is a bit extreame. just dont allow the stacking of templates or if you do allow the stacking of templates make the LA of the template increase the cost of the effigy as if it had increased in HD by the LA ammount.That is great. you should submit this to the sage.
Malcoren
02-20-07, 11:00 PM Our local house rule is that the CR can not be higher than the Hit Dice +1. This limits the really batshit crazy stuff, while still leaving some wiggle room for optimization.
NeoTiamat
02-20-07, 11:08 PM I'd imagine that it makes template NPCs rather unhappy (A half-fiend human would be out of the question under those rules).
ressurrector
02-20-07, 11:35 PM That is great. you should submit this to the sage.

I tried doing this in my game, and the player gave up trying to add templates.
Worked well.
aaaron0
02-21-07, 12:22 AM In our campain, the house rule for templates on any creation is that if you haven't seen it, you can't do it. Doesn't really unbalance anything as there are so many cool things to build without doing the template pumping.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
GhostStepper 02-16-07, 02:33 PM	Is there a thread regarding powerful template combos to apply to a creature when making an effigy?
deathwishjoe 02-16-07, 02:43 PM	yes see my Mr roboto thread in my sig. in reality you can stack paragon on the same creature repeatedly as even a paragon creatures type qualifies for the paragon template. nothing beats the paragon template.
GhostStepper 02-16-07, 03:36 PM	I guess the main thing is that if you keep stacking templates you get insane Str and natural armor. It does suck that you loose all those sweet SQs and many SAs.
Elephant Jack 02-17-07, 02:46 AM	I've participated in a game once where only one template could be applied to effigies... the crafter-gnome was quite happy with his advanced half-dragon cave troll. Seriously, more then one template makes effigies serious game-breakers. EJ
GhostStepper 02-17-07, 09:09 PM	No joke. I was just talking with my DM today and he pretty much banned effigies.
deathwishjoe 02-17-07, 09:11 PM	I think banning effigies is a bit extreame. just dont allow the stacking of templates or if you do allow the stacking of templates make the LA of the template increase the cost of the effigy as if it had increased in HD by the LA ammount.
Elderich 02-20-07, 03:11 PM	I think banning effigies is a bit extreame. just dont allow the stacking of templates or if you do allow the stacking of templates make the LA of the template increase the cost of the effigy as if it had increased in HD by the LA ammount.That is great. you should submit this to the sage.
Malcoren 02-20-07, 11:00 PM	Our local house rule is that the CR can not be higher than the Hit Dice +1. This limits the really batshit crazy stuff, while still leaving some wiggle room for optimization.
NeoTiamat 02-20-07, 11:08 PM	I'd imagine that it makes template NPCs rather unhappy (A half-fiend human would be out of the question under those rules).
ressurrector 02-20-07, 11:35 PM	That is great. you should submit this to the sage. I tried doing this in my game, and the player gave up trying to add templates. Worked well.
aaaron0 02-21-07, 12:22 AM	In our campain, the house rule for templates on any creation is that if you haven't seen it, you can't do it. Doesn't really unbalance anything as there are so many cool things to build without doing the template pumping.