Certain creatures are created by adding a template to an existing creature. A templated creature can represent a freak of nature, an individual creation of experimentation, or the first generation of offspring from interfertile parents of two different species.

Acquired and Inherited Templates

Some templates can be added to creatures any time. Templates such as these are referred to as acquired templates, indicating that the creature did not always have the attributes of the template. Other templates, known as inherited templates, are part of a creature from the beginning of its existence. Creatures are born with these templates. It’s possible for a certain kind of template to be of either type.

Adding More Than One Template

In theory, there’s no limit to the number of templates you can add to a creature. To add more than one template, just apply each template one at a time. (Always apply inherited templates before applying acquired templates, though.) Whenever you add multiple templates, pay attention to the creature’s type — you may add a template that makes the creature ineligible for other templates you might want to add.

Indexing

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