Awakened Animal PCs

Dannyalcatraz said:

Here is a suggestion that is both inside and outside of the box, and is entirely within the limitations of your list of sourcebooks. And it really has an old-school, legendary, mythological feel to it.

Ask to play PC whose class is Druid and whose race is "Awakened Wolf."

Awaken :: d20srd.org

IOW, your PC is a wolf who has been subject to the Druidic spell, Awaken, and for whatever reason, are no longer in that caster's direct service.

Though this wolf is now on his own, he has picked up the study of the Druidic way, in honor of the one who opened his mind to an entirely new way of looking at things.

Now, since your type would be "Magical Beast" you could not be anyone's animal companion, etc., but that doesn't mean you couldn't pose as one. Your own animal companion could even be a packmate (your older brother or sister?), or perhaps another animal like one of those oddball pairings we see in so many internet photos.

"Why does that Owl always perch on that Wolf, Mister?" they'd ask of your fellow PCs.

As you'd level, eventually you might gain the ability to adopt a more humanoid form...in a sense, you won't be a werewolf, you'd be a wolfwere.

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Theroc said:

Cast Awaken on a 'black' bear... and call him Baloo, and put him under the tutelage of a Bard to teach him the "Bear necessities"...

Sorry, couldn't help the mention, lol.

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StreamOfTheSky said:

Awakened turtle ninjas all with different colored headbands over their eyes?

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