Ways to Gain Templates/Monster Classes

[Necrosnoop110]

I am not really looking for specific mechanics (although if you have a citation cool) more like just a list of all the roleplaying methods or plot stories upon which a character can gain a template/monstrous HD. I am constructing a home brewed campaign that has templates as a key feature but want the PCs to have flavorful options on how they acquire their templates other than: you just do.

Two ways I can think of right away are by infection (vampires, lycanthropes, etc.) and by ritual (liches, necropolitan, etc.) Any others?

• Infection
• Ritual & Spells
• Forced upon by outside party
• Bestowed by deities & greater powers
• Inherited (Family Lineage)

Peace,
Necro

[Ithamar]

Kidnapped by mind flayers & experimented upon to get the voidmind template.

Lots of levels in various PrC's (Dragon Disciple for one) to gain a template.

Saint template is granted by a deity or celestial beings for performing some ultimate act of good.

Sanctify the Wicked spell (also from BoED) forces an evil creature to repent and gains the Sanctified creature template.

[PlzBreakMyCampaign]

ye old "I found out my grandma actually banged a demon" etc

[awaken_D_M_golem]

shhhhh ... ancient kitty avatar secret(s) ... shhhhh


by Feat like
Otherworldly
Necropolitan (feat first then ritual)
Dragonwrought

Some of the Transition classes don't really have a "reason"
other than the PC just pretty much decided to do it.

Polymorph Any Object (or 2)
Wish , can do some on it's own
Wish + SS Ritual = almost anything