Adding monster templates

[Dareshiranu]

For instance, if I want to add Ghoul - not Ghoulish, to a character. How do I go about that. Or do I have to add the character's alterations piecemeal to achieve the changes.

I remember being able to create a Ghoul character using my brother's version (For the Cheesegrinder) but I don't remember how I went about it.

Just got the Completist package, but not the 2017 update as it wasn't on sale so I don't have Bestiary 6 for instance. But that shouldn't matter, should it?

Any suggestions?

 

[Minous]

it shouldnt matter. If you are actually wanting to add templates to a character, you add them via the same process you add class levels.

If your looking to use a ghoul base race you should be able to do that too.

 

[Dareshiranu]

On my list of Templates it goes like this: Gallowdead, Ghost, Ghoulish Creature, Giant Creature. There is no selection for Ghoul. I can select it as race, but... upon careful reading of the description of the Ghoul I see that the original race of the Ghoul is of no consequence to the final result.

 

[Tarmor]

You may want to build your own Ghoul template that adds the aspects of Ghoul that you want without losing the racial aspects of the characters 'other' race.

 

[Lord Magus]

The Advanced Bestiary from Green Ronin has various Dread Undead templates (Dread Ghoul included), that are basically slapping the undead chassis on an existing character.

 

[Ualaa]

Dread (Green Ronin) is usually better than the existing non-Dread version from other sources.

My Dread undead types are generally +2 superior stat mods, in several or all stats.