Available Animal Companions
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Re: Available Animal Companions
SRD provides for LOTS AND LOTS of animal companion possibilities.
There's a boring list though that most people will probably pick from.
There are alternative lists where you can get some pretty neat critters, but with horrible level cuts to them. Twice as horrible if you're playing a ranger as compared to a druid.
Like, "hey I've got a druid 7, I'm going to kick my boring Dog to the curb and get a Dire Ape... but be effectively 6 levels lower for all AC purposes."
Humorously Dinosaurs are on the list, even for bog standard PnP / SRD stuff... no "feat" for it like in NWN2, rather, it's just remember to knock 6 levels off your effective level for calling the AC.
http://www.d20srd.org/srd/classes/range ... lCompanion (for how Rangers get their "lower octane" ACs compared to druids, but can dip into the druid alternate AC list at "even lower octane" type levels)
http://www.d20srd.org/srd/classes/druid ... lCompanion (basic druid rules, mentioning "hey after 4th, go check out the alt AC rules if you want to pay the piper)
http://www.d20srd.org/srd/classes/druid ... Companions (alt AC rules)
Not meaning for it to be a rulesy-discussion, rather saying "there's 15 basic ones and almost 50 weird ones in even generic non-splatbook PnP... NWN2 worlds can do better than the initial collection if really desired."
Now unleash the giant squids.
There's a boring list though that most people will probably pick from.
There are alternative lists where you can get some pretty neat critters, but with horrible level cuts to them. Twice as horrible if you're playing a ranger as compared to a druid.
Like, "hey I've got a druid 7, I'm going to kick my boring Dog to the curb and get a Dire Ape... but be effectively 6 levels lower for all AC purposes."
Humorously Dinosaurs are on the list, even for bog standard PnP / SRD stuff... no "feat" for it like in NWN2, rather, it's just remember to knock 6 levels off your effective level for calling the AC.
http://www.d20srd.org/srd/classes/range ... lCompanion (for how Rangers get their "lower octane" ACs compared to druids, but can dip into the druid alternate AC list at "even lower octane" type levels)
http://www.d20srd.org/srd/classes/druid ... lCompanion (basic druid rules, mentioning "hey after 4th, go check out the alt AC rules if you want to pay the piper)
http://www.d20srd.org/srd/classes/druid ... Companions (alt AC rules)
Not meaning for it to be a rulesy-discussion, rather saying "there's 15 basic ones and almost 50 weird ones in even generic non-splatbook PnP... NWN2 worlds can do better than the initial collection if really desired."
Now unleash the giant squids.
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Re: Available Animal Companions
Hamsters FTW
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Go for the eyes Boo! GO FOR THE EYES!
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Re: Available Animal Companions
Approve.Audark wrote:Go for the eyes Boo! GO FOR THE EYES!
I'm sure he also said something about magic being very impressive, but...
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It's when you decide to have Minsc be the party leaderI-KP wrote:Approve.Audark wrote:Go for the eyes Boo! GO FOR THE EYES!
I'm sure he also said something about magic being very impressive, but...
"Magic is impressive, but now Minsc leads; swords for EVERYONE!"
Great line.
Formerly: Aglaril Shaelara, Faerun's unlikeliest Bladesinger
Current main: Ky - something
It’s not the critic who counts...The credit belongs to the man who actually is in the arena, who strives violently, who errs and comes up short again and again...who if he wins, knows the triumph of high achievement, but who if he fails, fails while daring greatly.-T. Roosevelt
Current main: Ky - something
It’s not the critic who counts...The credit belongs to the man who actually is in the arena, who strives violently, who errs and comes up short again and again...who if he wins, knows the triumph of high achievement, but who if he fails, fails while daring greatly.-T. Roosevelt