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Character templates are a mechanic in the D&D series of games for overlaying new mechanical and narrative trappings upon a character (PC, NPC, or monster).

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When applying a template, are a creature's saving throws recalculated as its new type if not...

Consider two templates, the ghost and the skeleton. Both templates explicitly change the resulting creature's type to Undead, and both state the resulting creature "uses all the base creature's statis …
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What defensive abilities does a Dragon retain when the Skeleton template is applied?

I am having issues applying the Skeleton template to Dragons due to ambiguity or omissions in the Paizo rules. Rules for Dragons appear on pg. 90–91 in the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Bestiary and the …
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When applying multiple templates, are they applied concurrently or consecutively?

Pathfinder is pretty clear about the ability to stack templates, as there are multiple published examples of such. At issue is that some templates would seem mutually exclusive if templates are applie …
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