We're playing in a campaign where everyone is a +1 ECL race or template, and we might be getting fresh blood...er, I mean, players, and I wonder what y'all think of the various templates and/or races out there. We're 5th level (4th +1).
Main PCs:
catfolk swashbuckler/ranger
chaos gnome dragon shaman
Auxillary PCs:
feral kobold battle sorcerer (tank)
tiefling wizard/rogue
aasimar paladin
homebrew raven-folk warlock
dark whisper gnome ninja (my emergency 2nd PC)
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We're playing in a campaign where everyone is a +1 ECL race or template, and we might be getting fresh blood...er, I mean, players, and I wonder what y'all think of the various templates and/or races out there. We're 5th level (4th +1).
Main PCs:
catfolk swashbuckler/ranger
chaos gnome dragon shamanAuxillary PCs:
feral kobold battle sorcerer (tank)
tiefling wizard/rogue
aasimar paladin
homebrew raven-folk warlock
dark whisper gnome ninja (my emergency 2nd PC)
I just started playing a Half ogre Fighter. I'm almost scared to look up any savage species errata to see if they fixed it. (+6 to strength, +4 natural armor, and large size for LA 1)
I made a goliath barbarian 3 that consistently did 3d6+20 damage. Some of those new pathfinder feats are scary! Considering that the other PCs average around 1d6+1 for damage, it's pretty scary!
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I just started playing a Half ogre Fighter. I'm almost scared to look up any savage species errata to see if they fixed it. (+6 to strength, +4 natural armor, and large size for LA 1)
They did. LA +2 in Races of Destiny.
I like the Draconic template for my LA +1. Or the Athasian Human from the Dragon/Dungeon Dark sun articles. Or (of course) the half giant and tiefling for the non-templated LA.
Edit: Half Drow from Green Ronin are pretty nice too.
Genasi (Air, Water, Fire, Earth in that order)
Celadrin (from Dragon Mag)
What's a celadrin?
The campaign is loosely based on Celtic and Norse mythology, on a moonless flat world where you can walk to the other planes....if you walk long enough!
Can't think of any. They gave the fun stuff a +2 level adjustment.
I do think that some, maybe all, of those can be moved to +1 with pathfinder.
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What's a Celadrin?
Half Sun Elf, Half Eladrin. +2 DEX, +2 CHA, -2 CON.
They're pretty cool, specially if you wanna play a Bard as they have both Perform and Charisma Bonuses. They can also cast Scorching Ray 1/day.They're from Dragon 350, along with the Azerblood (half Dwarf, Half Azer), D'hinni (half Halfling, half Djinn) & Worghest (half Goblin, half Barghest), although the Worghest is +2LA.
What's a Celadrin?Half Sun Elf, Half Eladrin. +2 DEX, +2 CHA, -2 CON.
They're pretty cool, specially if you wanna play a Bard as they have both Perform and Charisma Bonuses. They can also cast Scorching Ray 1/day.They're from Dragon 350, along with the Azerblood (half Dwarf, Half Azer), D'hinni (half Halfling, half Djinn) & Worghest (half Goblin, half Barghest), although the Worghest is +2LA.
Neat! Thanks!
Barghests are some of my favorite monsters. I love the idea of a Barghest commanding a troupe of worgs, goblins, bugbears, and hobgoblins. I once ran an encounter like that, and by the end of the fight, the barghest ended up levitating and throwing thunderstones at the PCs. Kind of pathetic, but memorable.
I have something in my trousers that's +1 ECL.
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Id have to go with aasimar. I love the concept of a partial angel race. I am bias in that I prefer divine champion characters, and they are one of the only low ecl races that grant wis bonuses, and I have played in a lot of games were being an outsider has made me immune to some nasty dm tricks.
They also go a long way to making a good warpriest without multiclassing, but if you like to play against stereotypes, they can be either more justified and self righteous than any elf, or more evil than any petty wannabe-hellboy teiflings.