diff --git a/src/Utils/ITemplateNode.cs b/src/Utils/ITemplateNode.cs
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+namespace DCFApixels.DragonECS
+{
+    public interface ITemplateNode
+    {
+        void Apply(int worldID, int entityID);
+    }
+    public static class ITemplateNodeExtensions
+    {
+        public static int NewEntity(this EcsWorld world, ITemplateNode template)
+        {
+            int e = world.NewEntity();
+            template.Apply(world.id, e);
+            return e;
+        }
+        public static entlong NewEntityLong(this EcsWorld world, ITemplateNode template)
+        {
+            entlong e = world.NewEntityLong();
+            template.Apply(world.id, e.ID);
+            return e;
+        }
+    }
+}
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