# Template Editor: Base Tab

The Base Tab has everything required to make a simple Template. The remaining tabs are for more advanced Template creation. The Templates created will be saved into the data/custom directory under the name of customTemplates.lst.

The Template Name is where you will enter the name for your Template.

The Visible option determines whether the template name is hidden in PCGen & or the character sheet output. The options are:

- Yes - Shows the Template name in PCGen and on export to a character sheet (This is the default setting)
- No - Hides the Template name in PCGen and on export to a character sheet.
- Display - Displays the Template name in PCGen but not on the character sheet.
- Export - Hides the Template name from PCGen but displays it on the character sheet.

The Removable flag determines whether a character can remove a template once it has been selected by a character.

The Gender Locked option sets the character’s Gender and disables the ability to change it.

The Wpn Non Prof Penalty is used to set the character’s penalty for non proficiency in a weapon to the specified numeric value. This can only be a negative number or zero

The Bonus Skill Points / Level is where you will enter additional skill points that your Template receives with each level increase. This happens before multiplication of the first class level’s skill points.

The Bonus Starting Feats is where you will enter additional feats that your Template receives at 1 ^st^ level. These are unrestricted feats.

The CR is where you will enter the starting Challenge Rating of your Template. For CR’s less than 1, fractions are used (1⁄2, 1⁄4, 3⁄4).

The Level Adjustment is where you will enter the Effective Character Level (ECL) of the Template.

The Size is where you will enter the size class of your Template. Size is used in determining TO-HIT, AC, and affects some skills.

The Sub Race option sets the name of the sub race the character is , the default is none. If Yes is specified then it will place the name of the template in parenthesis after the race on character sheet output.

The Sub Region option sets the name of the region the character is from, the default is none. If Yes is specified then it will place the name of the template in parenthesis after the race on character sheet output.

The two Type windows, Available and Selected are used to create a list of types which the template is part of.

- The Add and Remove buttons will move the highlighted type between the 2 windows, as will double clicking on a type name.
- New types can be added by manually typing them and then clicking the Add button
- Important for matching up with Monster HD, and for references to race, such as the Rangers Favored Enemy.

The Source field is a text window for listing what source material the Template is from. If it is a custom created Template, then you can leave this blank or simply put in “custom”

The Product Identity checkbox is to denote if the Template’s name being created is the Product Identity of a publisher

The Cancel and Save buttons, which appear on every tab, are used to either cancel the Template creation or save it to the customTemplates.lst file.

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