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Re: Dragonborn+Necropolitan=Level 1 Tank from Hell?
« Reply #20 on: August 27, 2009, 11:53:55 AM »
That quote may well have answered the question though.  Both a Dragon type and a Humanoid type are alive, must breathe, eat, drink, and sleep, per the SRD.  Alive = Con score.  It's extrapolation in the extreme, I know, but I feel there's a case for it.  Also, what are the rules for stacking?  Does it default to the most recent template?
(some) undead have to eat/drink (LM), Undead sleep (parallel consideration; elves don't sleep but they still regain spells for 'trancing'). Breathing is totally optional though. ...And overrated.

Anyway, a dip into Binder will allow you to bind Naburois which heals a point of ability damage per round. Trade a Ur-Priest level for it since the 11th level of advancement really don't grant any spells. And you can take the Gain Familiar feat to spell stitch your pet and have them buff you.

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Re: Dragonborn+Necropolitan=Level 1 Tank from Hell?
« Reply #21 on: August 27, 2009, 11:58:34 AM »
Another approach is to actually be an undead, but Polymorph into a non-undead when you want to use your Hellfire Blast. You can buff up using your Spellstitching, then turn into something with a Con score to blast. Polymorph can't turn a living creature into an undead, but it can go the other way...
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Re: Dragonborn+Necropolitan=Level 1 Tank from Hell?
« Reply #22 on: September 07, 2009, 07:28:09 AM »
Another approach is to actually be an undead, but Polymorph into a non-undead when you want to use your Hellfire Blast. You can buff up using your Spellstitching, then turn into something with a Con score to blast. Polymorph can't turn a living creature into an undead, but it can go the other way...
That's right, and then when you turn back into an undead all that CON damage is gone, anyway. The only trouble is that you need to have a CON score to even take HFW in the first place, IIRC.