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Board_Rider 06-06-04, 05:40 PM	Hello eveyone, or to those who read this anyway...... I am getting ready to start a new campaign and I was really wanting to create my own creature so to speak for the PCs to go up against. Does anyone know where I may find a template creator or at least something that has a list of special abilities that may increase the creatures CR if added to it? The idea that I had was for something half-dead but magically enhanced with added abilities that are not found in say the "Skeletal Warrior" template. Basically I want to be able to pick and choose it's abilities and then come up with a CR for the creature. Is that possible or should I just use the preconfigured templates? Any links would be helpful but all thoughts are welcome.
ender 06-07-04, 10:54 PM	Have you checked out the back of the MM? It has a whole section on creating your own monster, and the glossary has many special abilities in alphabetical order (energy drain, frightful presence, etc). Otherwise, just check out whatever monster books and d20 books with similar foci, and raid them for ideas. Of course, all of this is easier if you know exactly what you want the creature to be/do. Figuring out its statistics and special abilities would probably come naturally after you figured out what the monster wants, where it come from, how it was created, its agenda, etc.