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<blockquote data-quote="(Psi)SeveredHead" data-source="post: 6738463" data-attributes="member: 1165"><p>We had a PC in our Kingmaker campaign, a cavalier/bard. As a cavalier, he got a special horse (more HD, better stats, etc). We joked that the horse was more badass than he was and gave it the nickname "the Bloody". At a certain point, the player retooled his PC as a magus, though the concept remained the same (eg high Charisma, schemer, only evil PC in the group, etc).</p><p></p><p>My PC was a druid. At level 9 he cast Awaken on that horse. By this point we'd decided to nerf the horse into a normal horse. But not anymore. The horse rolled high Int but took levels in barbarian.</p><p></p><p>Most of the party was terrified if I were to cast Awaken again. Awaken basically charms the target, but if you cast it again the "charm" effect on the first target ends. They were right to be worried. At a higher level I cast it again, and "The Bloody" went on to take control of a horde of horses and would randomly wander our kingdom, killing at random. The PC best suited to stopping it, mine, didn't want to intervene. So long as it didn't break any trees, he couldn't care less.</p><p></p><p>In a related case, back in 2e, we misread the Giant Insect spell. My PC cast it on an earwig. It got as many HD as I had and did 1d4 damage per Hit Die. I was 15th-level. It never actually seemed to hit anything, though. The earwig was named "Itchy", of course.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="(Psi)SeveredHead, post: 6738463, member: 1165"] We had a PC in our Kingmaker campaign, a cavalier/bard. As a cavalier, he got a special horse (more HD, better stats, etc). We joked that the horse was more badass than he was and gave it the nickname "the Bloody". At a certain point, the player retooled his PC as a magus, though the concept remained the same (eg high Charisma, schemer, only evil PC in the group, etc). My PC was a druid. At level 9 he cast Awaken on that horse. By this point we'd decided to nerf the horse into a normal horse. But not anymore. The horse rolled high Int but took levels in barbarian. Most of the party was terrified if I were to cast Awaken again. Awaken basically charms the target, but if you cast it again the "charm" effect on the first target ends. They were right to be worried. At a higher level I cast it again, and "The Bloody" went on to take control of a horde of horses and would randomly wander our kingdom, killing at random. The PC best suited to stopping it, mine, didn't want to intervene. So long as it didn't break any trees, he couldn't care less. In a related case, back in 2e, we misread the Giant Insect spell. My PC cast it on an earwig. It got as many HD as I had and did 1d4 damage per Hit Die. I was 15th-level. It never actually seemed to hit anything, though. The earwig was named "Itchy", of course. [/QUOTE]
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