[Keth Durgan]

I looked around for quite some time for one of these. I've noticed that several have been made, but couldn't find one that wasn't in a book. So I made my own, based very closely off the Half-Fiend Template Class that Wizards released some time ago.

Half-Celestial Template Class
Level...CR....Special
1st.....*.....Con +2, Wis +2, Natural Armor +1, darkvision 60 ft., outsider type, spell-like abilities
2nd.....**....Str +2, Dex +2, disease immunity, resistances (acid 5, cold 5, electricity 5), spell resistance (lesser), spell-like abilities
3rd.....***...Str +2, Cha +2, Wis +2, damage reduction, +4 racial bonus on Fortitude saves against poison, smite evil, spell-like abilities
4th.....***...Con +2, Cha +2, Int +2, resistances (acid 10, cold 10, electricity 10), spell resistance (greater), spell-like abilities, wings
* A 1st-level half-celestial with fewer than 11 HD has a CR adjustment of +0. One with 11 or more HD has a CR adjustment of +1.
**A 2nd-level half-celestial with fewer than 11 HD has a CR adjustment of +1. One with 11 or more HD has a CR adjustment of +2.
***A 3rd or 4th-level half-celestial with fewer than 5 HD has a CR adjustment of +1. One with 5-10 HD has a CR adjustment of +2. One with 11 or more HD has a CR adjustment of +3.

Spell Like Abilities
Minimum Half-Celestial Level....Minimum Character Level....Spell-Like Abilities Granted
1st.............................1st........................Protection from Evil 3/day, Bless
................................5th........................Cure Serious Wounds, Neutralize Poison
................................13th.......................Hallow
2nd.............................3rd........................Aid, Detect Evil
................................7th........................Holy Smite, Remove Disease
................................13th.......................Holy Aura 3/day
3rd.............................9th........................Dispel Evil
................................15th.......................Mass Charm Monster
................................17th.......................Summon Monster IX (celestials only) 1/day
4th.............................11th.......................Holy Word
................................19th.......................Resurrection

I think it works fairly well. I've briefly playtested it with a couple of players, and nothing seems too amiss.

Let me know if you find any glaring errors. I'm mainly posting this to save others the work of converting the Half-Fiend template class if they don't own any of the books it's published in.

[Dthclaw]

Yeah, looks fine to me. Creating template classes is generally easier than making a monster class, and unless you're trying to create a Paragon or (Epic) Pseudonatural template class (shudder) it's pretty hard to create something completely unbalanced.

[Raven Bloodmoon]

Cool stuff, Keth. Have you ever thought about making specific half-celestials or half-fiends? Like Half-Archons and Half-Demons? I've thought about it, but the stuff I'm working on so far is still too basic to worry about various crossbreeds.

[Keth Durgan]

You know, I hadn't thought about it, but it would make things *really* interesting.

Great, now I have something else on my plate that falls into the "so cool I have to find time to stat it up" category. Thanks a bunch, Raven.

[Raven Bloodmoon]

Don't talk to me about that. I just finished stating out the races for my campaign world and have two more classes to write up still. Then I can start in on feats, spells, rites, ceremonies, culturs, planes, monsters, organizations, PrCs, and god knows what else. This is all just part of worldbuilding, and I figure if I suggest it to you, you might do it for me

[Keth Durgan]

Hm.... you use sneaky, underhanded tactics...... well done.

[Raven Bloodmoon]

Thank you. So how are my templates coming? Seriously, though, feel free to post any ideas and we'll all help out.