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[3.5] Awakened animal companions aren't companions anymore!
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<blockquote data-quote="avatarolt" data-source="post: 1018444" data-attributes="member: 12646"><p>But we knew that BEFORE we bought the books. Here's my question about the whole situation though:</p><p></p><p>1) Presuming you *do* awaken your animal companion at the first level possible (level 9 for the player -- my animal companion is a black bear, however, so that it is effectively level "6" [adjusted for type on the new AC table]), what then becomes the effective level of the creature when you awaken it?</p><p></p><p>At 9th player level, The creature will have 3HD + 4 bonus Animal Companion HD, + 2 HD Awaken</p><p></p><p>That comes out...9 HD? Does the creature keep the animal companion HD if its been awakened? Does it keep the bonus feats? Does it keep the feats its learned as a result of animal companion HD adjustment? Tricks aren't a big deal anymore....</p><p></p><p>2) Does that make it a "character" of Bear 9 according to the MM, right? (or only Bear 5) At this point, if you have the leadership feat, would you allow the player to take the animal as a cohort? If you could attract a 6th level cohort at level 9, would you allow the Bear its first player level?</p><p></p><p>3) If the bear *already* qualified for a PrC due to feats, would you allow it its first level in a PrC w/o a core class?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="avatarolt, post: 1018444, member: 12646"] But we knew that BEFORE we bought the books. Here's my question about the whole situation though: 1) Presuming you *do* awaken your animal companion at the first level possible (level 9 for the player -- my animal companion is a black bear, however, so that it is effectively level "6" [adjusted for type on the new AC table]), what then becomes the effective level of the creature when you awaken it? At 9th player level, The creature will have 3HD + 4 bonus Animal Companion HD, + 2 HD Awaken That comes out...9 HD? Does the creature keep the animal companion HD if its been awakened? Does it keep the bonus feats? Does it keep the feats its learned as a result of animal companion HD adjustment? Tricks aren't a big deal anymore.... 2) Does that make it a "character" of Bear 9 according to the MM, right? (or only Bear 5) At this point, if you have the leadership feat, would you allow the player to take the animal as a cohort? If you could attract a 6th level cohort at level 9, would you allow the Bear its first player level? 3) If the bear *already* qualified for a PrC due to feats, would you allow it its first level in a PrC w/o a core class? [/QUOTE]
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