Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Kazuhiro 10-03-07, 11:01 PM	In my campaign, when my players die, they'll come back with a lost level in addition to whatever levels they would usually use, plus the crunch of a flavor of Planetouched that corresponds to their alignment. The crunch changes are: Tiefling's -2 Cha has been removed. Aasimar have +2 Int. Chaond's +4 Dex is changed to +2 Dex. Zenythri's +2 Str. has been removed. Instead of True Strike, Zenythri casts Zone of Truth as a SLA. The character's alignment aura is one step higher on the Detect xxx scale. All have Favored Class: Any This is not a race, but a LA+1 template. This does not need to be bought-off; it was paid up-front when the PC came back with a lost level. All racial abilities are retained, and attribute changes stack. The fluff here is that their close brush with the Afterlife has lingering effects. It seems logical that anyone sent to the Afterlife would come back subtly changed. Tieflings might be sinister looking, but they would usually still be accepted in the average non-xenophobic Human society. So, there'll be a fluff change, but the biggest fluff change will be that even if NPCs don't know the story, the character knows s/he's changed by death. I'm debating over whether they should be able to be rezzed a second time (and have a second modified planetouched template applied) or if the second death is permanent. I'm also wondering what I should do as far as creating a template of this sort for a True Neutral character. PEACH on the crunch... and the fluff, if you wish.
Kazuhiro 10-05-07, 05:29 PM	Halp plz?
Sarig the Genie 10-05-07, 06:28 PM	I think it's a great idea, and I like the fluff :) Other than that I'm not really much help I'm afraid ;/
Kazuhiro 10-07-07, 07:35 AM	Thank you kindly! What I really want to know, though, is if this is a balanced idea.
Kazuhiro 10-10-07, 03:21 PM	halp plz~
ShadowF 10-13-07, 04:30 AM	In my campaign, when my players die, they'll come back with a lost level in addition to whatever levels they would usually use, plus the crunch of a flavor of Planetouched that corresponds to their alignment. The crunch changes are: Tiefling's -2 Cha has been removed. Aasimar have +2 Int. Chaond's +4 Dex is changed to +2 Dex. Zenythri's +2 Str. has been removed. Instead of True Strike, Zenythri casts Zone of Truth as a SLA. The character's alignment aura is one step higher on the Detect xxx scale. All have Favored Class: Any This is not a race, but a LA+1 template. This does not need to be bought-off; it was paid up-front when the PC came back with a lost level. All racial abilities are retained, and attribute changes stack. The fluff here is that their close brush with the Afterlife has lingering effects. It seems logical that anyone sent to the Afterlife would come back subtly changed. Tieflings might be sinister looking, but they would usually still be accepted in the average non-xenophobic Human society. So, there'll be a fluff change, but the biggest fluff change will be that even if NPCs don't know the story, the character knows s/he's changed by death. I'm debating over whether they should be able to be rezzed a second time (and have a second modified planetouched template applied) or if the second death is permanent. I'm also wondering what I should do as far as creating a template of this sort for a True Neutral character. PEACH on the crunch... and the fluff, if you wish. I would be more inclined to keep having the planetouched coming back as Story Building (as in why plane touched are coming back?), or after the first death they would lose (Dark Vision or Spell like ability) and Resistances, which makes the build just as weak as the Hobgoblin. If you have a good group I personally would keep the TrueStrike for Dramatic purposes as needed, but in your campaign if Zone of Truth is more useful go with that. I can see how you would want to Balance the Ability scores, but why does Aassimar Now have 3 abilities and no penalty, Teifling have 2 abilities and no penalties, Chaond and Zenythri have 2 ability boosts with -2 decrease to Chaond Dex and 1 penalty. Then again I have always had problems creating my own races in this aspect. Rereading this as an LA+1 template I would suggest just removing the Cannot Ressurect from the template, because there are better LA+1 templates.