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Yuven
2010-06-04, 07:01 PM
Arcane infused template

Arcane infused creatures is made by large surges of arcane energy, either accidental or deliberate.
An arcane infused creature has large glowing tatoos all over its body.

Abilities:

+2 dex, +2 int, +2 con

Special qualities:

Damage reduction:
1-5 HD: 2/magic
6-10 HD: 3/magic
11-15HD: 6/magic and cold iron
16-20HD:12/magic and cold iron

Spell resistance 12 + creature HD

Arcane Sight ( always on, does not need any concentration, nor spell craft check) (Su)

Can always see in arcane darkness. (Su)

Blink 20' as swift action (can teleport perfectly with all carried equipment) (Su)

Devour magic as warlock but uses creature HD as caster level. (Su)


CR+2
LA+2


Any thoughts?

PersonMan
2010-06-04, 07:07 PM
By "blink 20'" do you mean like Dimension Door or Teleport? You should specify this.

By the way, most of those are (Su) or (Ex) abilities. An SLA is basically a spell that a creature can cast without spell slots, ASF, etc.

An SLA is something like: 3/day Detect Good
Not: Can see in arcane darkness

Yuven
2010-06-04, 07:20 PM
I was writing it under spell-like abilities because I forgot to change back to Special abilities :smallredface:

PersonMan
2010-06-04, 07:33 PM
Alright, but unless Devour Magic is a spell, it still shouldn't be under SLAs.

Also, Blink does something other than the Blink ability on this thing, so it's a Special ability, too.

Yuven
2010-06-04, 07:39 PM
Aww man! No SLAs then x)

Chainsaw Hobbit
2010-06-05, 10:32 PM
Isn't this like a weaker version of the Spellwarped Creature from MM2 or 3. :smallconfused:

Yuven
2010-06-06, 05:06 AM
The main ability i focused on with this template was the blink. I doesn't look like the spellwarped has it.

but maybe i should lower the LA on the arcane infused, because as it is now, it has the same LA as the spellwarped

Volthawk
2010-06-09, 10:02 AM
OK, a comparison to Spellwarped for your convenience!
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Spellwarped pros:

Spell Absorption
+2 natural armour
STR +4, CON +2, INT +2

Arcane infused pros:

Scaling DR
Arcane Sight
See in magical darkness
Small teleportation ability
Slightly better Spell Resistance (12+HD rather than Spellwarped's 11+HD)
Devour Magic
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So yeah, I don't think it's a 'weaker version'.