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Monster Templates

A template is a set of rules that you apply to a monster to transform it into a different monster. All templates give precise directions on how to change a monster’s statistics to transform it into the new monster.

Acquired Templates: Some templates, like the lich, are the results of a creature’s choice and desire to transform. Others, like the ghost template, are the result of an external force acting upon a creature (for example, when a tormented person dies and becomes a ghost). Yet in both cases, the template changed a creature well after its birth or creation—these types are called "acquired templates," and can be added to a creature at any time during its existance.

Inherited Templates: Some templates, such as the half-dragon and half-fiend templates, are part of a creature from the beginning of its existence. Creatures are born or created with these templates already in place, and have never known life without them. These types of templates are called "inherited templates."

Simple Templates

Simple templates can be applied during the game with minimal effort. This makes it easy, for example, to deal with celestial and fiendish creatures conjured in the heat of battle by summon monster spells.

All simple templates have two categories of changes. The "quick rules" present a fast way to modify die rolls made in play to simulate the template’s effects without actually rebuilding the stat block—this method works great for summoned creatures. The "rebuild rules" list the exact changes you make to the base stat block if you have the time to completely rebuild it—this method works best when you have time during game preparation to build full stat blocks. The two methods result in creatures of similar, if not identical, abilities. In some cases, a complete rebuild does unusual things to a creature. For example, the advanced creature template gives and animal too much Intelligence, and a young incorporeal creature is tougher than a normal one.

Name	CR Increase	Simple	Use with Summons
Accursed	+1	True	False
Advanced	+1	True	False
Aerial	+0 or +1	True	True
Alchemically Invisible	+2	True	False
Alebrije	+2	False	False
Alter Ego	+0	False	False
Animal Lord	Varies	False	False
Animus Shade	+2	False	False
Apostle Kyton	+2	False	False
Aqueous	+0 or +1	True	True
Barbarian	+2 or 3	True	False
Bard	+1 or +2	True	False
Bestial Creature	+0	True	False
Black-Blooded Creature	+3	False	False
Blighted Fey	+2	False	False
Boreal Creature	+1	False	True
Broken Soul	+2	False	False
Calcified	+1	False	False
Celestial	+0 or +1	True	True
Child of Yog-Sothoth	+1	False	False
Chthonic	+0 or +1	True	True
Cleric	+1, +2, or +3	True	False
Color-Blighted	+0	True	False
Colour-Blighted	+0	True	True
Commando Construct	+1 or +2	False	False
Counterpoised	+0 to +1	True	True
Cytillesh Zombie	+1	False	True
Dark	+0 or +1	True	True
Dark Ice	+1	False	False
Deep Creature	+1	True	False
Degenerate	-1	True	False
Demonic Vermin	+1	False	False
Devilbound	+1	False	False
Divine Guardian	+1	False	False
Dread Lord	+1	False	False
Dream Eater	+2	False	True
Dreamspawn	+1	False	False
Druid	+1, +2, or +3	True	False
Echohusk	Varies	False	False
Ectoplasmic	+1	False	False
Elemental-Infused Creature	+1 or +2	False	False
Energized	+2	False	False
Enlightened Construct	+1, +2, or +3	False	False
Entothrope	+1 (see text)	False	False
Entropic	+0 or +1	True	True
Eruphyte	+1	False	False
Exoskeleton	Depends on Base Creature	False	False
Failed Prophet	+2	False	False
Fey Animal	+1	False	True
Fey Creature	+1 or +2	False	False
Fey-Touched Creature	+0 or +1	False	True
Fiend-Infused	+2	False	False
Fiendish	+0 or +1	True	True
Fiery	+0 or +1	True	True
Fighter	+1 or +2	True	False
First World Creature	+0 or +1	False	True
Fleshwarped Creature	+1	True	False
Floodslain	+1	False	False
Foo Creature	+1	False	False
Frostfallen Creature	+1	False	False
Fungal Creature	+1	False	False
Fungoid	+1	True	False
Ghost	+2	False	True
Ghoulish Creature	+1	True	False
Giant	+1	True	False
Giantkin Ogre	+1	False	False
Gnarled Creature	+1	True	True
Granule Construct Host	+0	False	False
Graveknight	+2	False	False
Guardian Spirit	Varies	False	False
Half-Celestial	+1 to +3	False	True
Half-Dragon	+2	False	True
Half-Fiend	+1 to +3	False	True
Half-Janni	+2	False	True
Haunted Construct	+1	False	False
Haunted One	+1	False	False
Hell Engine	+1	False	False
Hellbound Creature	+1	True	False
Hive Creature	+1	True	False
Hivemind Swarm	Variable (see text)	False	False
Id Mutant	+1	False	True
Implacable Stalker	+2	False	False
Jiang-Shi	+2	False	False
JuJu Zombie	+1	False	False
Kanabo	+0 or +1	False	False
Lich	+2	False	True
Lich Creature	+1	True	False
Lycanthrope	+1	False	False
Lycanthropic Creature	+1	True	False
Mana Wastes Mutant	+1	False	False
Man-Eating Animal	+1, +2, or +3	False	False
Mongrel Giant	+1	False	False
Monk	+2 or +3	True	False
Mummified Animal	+1	False	False
Mummified Creature	+1 or +2	False	False
Mummy Lord	+2	False	False
Mutant	+1	False	False
Mutant Goblin	+1	False	False
Nightmare Creature	+1	False	False
Nosferatu	+2	False	False
Osirion Mummy	+1	False	False
Paladin	+2 or +3	True	False
Pallid Vector	+2	False	False
Penanggalen	+1	False	False
Petitioner	CR is 1	False	False
Pickin Ogre	+0	True	False
Plagued Beast	+1	False	False
Pod-Spawned	+0, -1, or -2	False	False
Possessed Creature	+1	True	False
Prana Ghost	+1	False	False
Primordial	+0 or +1	True	True
Promethean Creature	+1	True	False
Prophecy-Addled Creature	+1	False	False
Psychic Lich	+2	False	False
Psychic Vampire	+2	False	False
Psychoplasmic	+1	False	False
Radiant Creature	+1	True	False
Rampant	+1	False	False
Ranger	+1 or +2	True	False
Ravener	+2	False	False
Recycled Construct	-1	False	False
Resolute	+0 or +1	True	True
Rogue	+1 or +2	True	False
Runeplated Construct	+1	False	False
Runeslave	+1	False	False
Runewarped Creature	+1	False	False
Sea-Sworn	+1	False	True
Seeded	+1	False	False
Shadow	+1	False	False
Shadow Animal	+1 or +2	False	False
Shadow Creature	+1	False	True
Shadow Lord	+2	False	False
Shadowbound Creature	+1	True	False
Shadowfire Creature	+1	False	False
Shaggra Ogre	+1	True	False
Siabrae	+2	False	False
Silverblood Lycanthrope	+2	False	False
Skeletal Champion	+1	False	False
Skeleton	Depends on Base Creature	False	False
Sorcerer	+1, +2 or +3	True	False
Soulbound Construct	+1 or +2	False	False
Spore Zombie	+1	False	False
Steam-Powered Construct	+2	False	False
Sunbaked Zombie	Depends on Base Creature	False	False
Taxidermic Creature	Depends on Base Creature	False	False
Terror Creature	+0	True	True
Thicken Ogre	+0	True	False
Trompe l'Oeil	+1	False	False
Tsukumogami	+2	False	False
Tulpa	+2	False	False
Unknown	+2	False	False
Vahana	+2	False	False
Vampire	+2	False	False
Vampire Spawn	+1	False	False
Vampiric Creature	+1	True	False
Vetala	+2	False	False
Waxwork	Depends on Base Creature	False	False
Winter Fey	+1	False	True
Winter-Touched Fey	+0	True	True
Wizard	+1 +2 or +3	True	False
Worm that Walks	+2	False	False
Young	-1	True	False
Zombie	Varies	False	False
Zombie Lord	+1	False	False

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