Sorry it took some time to respond.
I think I'd like some fast healing on Kord-Touched actually. I may have let my personal fondness for Powerful Build skew my sense of the template's balance. I really do love Powerful Build, I also love fast healing
Hextor's should get mentioned, I think. +10 on all opposed checks might be a mite too strong. It doesn't just apply to grapple, trip, disarm, etc. attempts. Many skills use it as well, such as Bluff (for lying), Sense Motive (to discover the same), Forgery, Hide/Move Silently/Spot/Listen (the scouting skills), Intimidate, Sleight of Hand (same check result is used against the flat DC and opposed against Spot), and Disguise. Charisma checks for Charm spells and Planar Binding can also take advantage of that massive boost. It makes the template surprisingly good for a sneaky skill monkey, of all things.
I was aware of this at the ability's inception. The idea was that Hextor's chosen would
dominate when they were called to do so. You have to build around it to make it overwhelming, which is OK with me. If you don't focus on it, you've gained a solid feature on your character.
I could drop the amount of bonus it gives, not sure to what though.
The "+1 arcane caster level" ... this is only CL, not spells known/castable, correct?
Dominant (Ex): +10 on all opposed checks -> it is hard to value, but very cool. Roughly speaking: Interactions, Sneak/Detect, & Tactics. Rather powerful. Maybe +6 ?
Claimed by Nerull -> Very cool, but undead ~ +1, and strength in death (with +4 Cha bonus ~ +4 con bonus) ~ +1. A little too powerful.
Very cool templates.
Best,
David
Yes it's just to caster level, not an additional level of spellcasting. Caster level is a statistic, and this just gives you +1 to it.
As for Nerull's ability, I don't like undead, and I may have let my dislike of them color my sense of balance in this case. The thing is I couldn't imagine separating the bonuses. Throwing them the new way to determine hitpoints seems awkward if they don't have a need for it, and just making them undead without any back up isn't a +1 at all.
Dude this is awesome! Would you add one if I made it?
I don't have a problem with collaboration or outside assistance. Whether I add it or not would be determined by the merits of the template you made. Also if you made one for a god I'd already done I may or may not struggle to see the point (If yours is obviously better, I won't have a problem seeing the point. If it's just different or worse, I will). I might welcome the idea of someone else handling the gods I had trouble with, but it would be hard to judge quality on something that was vague the first time I reviewed it. Homebrew gods or gods from different settings will be listed as such.