Re: Half-celestial template: Overpowered?

hikaru wrote: 
I have a new player in the game I run who wants to be a half- human /
half-celestial.The rest of the characters are all 7th, so he can start as a
3rd level half celestial. For a penalty of only 4 levels, you get a *lot* of
abilities, powers, & bonuses with this template. Im thinking it might be a
bit much. Anybody else have any experiences with this, and if so, what
should be done about it?

Half-celestial monk way back in the day. They can /almost/ keep up with base race characters if you make full use of the stats and powers, but not really.
Play up the awe-struck commoners and the like and the player should be able to have fun with it, but it won't come near overshadowing the other PCs, IME.

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    tussock

Aspie at work, sorry in advance.
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