(Discussion) General Part II

[Jack Haggerty]

Another feat for consideration.
Feat: Swarm of Companions
Prereqs: Animal Companion, druid level (equivalent) 3+
Benefit: Instead of the normal animal companion, the druid (or ranger, etc) can have several smaller companions. None of the animals can be larger than size tiny, nor can they have a CR of greater than 1/4. These companions progress by the following table instead of the standard animal companion progression.

Two suggestions, if I may...

First, considering that there's now a Swarm template in the 3.5 MM, you might want to change the name of the feat to avoid confusion... (Though a real Companion Swarm feat that allows you to ally the template to an animal companion or familiar would be pretty cool too.) You could call it 'Menagerie', perhaps?

Second, to avoid confusion for Rangers regarding prerequisites (what exactly is the equivalent?), you might want to use ranks of a skill, or a particular Druid/Ranger only animal spell as a prerequisite, rather than the druid level.

Also, must all the animals be the same animal? Or can they be several different types? A flock of ravens and a pack of rats together, for example.

 

[Kahuna Burger]

Two suggestions, if I may...

First, considering that there's now a Swarm template in the 3.5 MM, you might want to change the name of the feat to avoid confusion... (Though a real Companion Swarm feat that allows you to ally the template to an animal companion or familiar would be pretty cool too.) You could call it 'Menagerie', perhaps?

Second, to avoid confusion for Rangers regarding prerequisites (what exactly is the equivalent?), you might want to use ranks of a skill, or a particular Druid/Ranger only animal spell as a prerequisite, rather than the druid level.

Also, must all the animals be the same animal? Or can they be several different types? A flock of ravens and a pack of rats together, for example.

well, the chart is a dead ripoff of the current animal companion chart which uses druid level for everything. Rangers get an animal companion at level 4 with a "druid level of half the ranger level". So I was just going with what was already in the rules.

huh, didn't realize there was a swarm now... pack maybe? meangerie sounds kinda... useless.

definitly not all the same animal. A common druid might have a couple of ravens, a bat and some rats for instance. (other animals that currently fit the bill are lizards, cats, and toads. A tiny viper without the poison would prolly work too...)

-kahuna burger

 

[Pyrex]

I may be wrong but IIRC one of the judges said 75% each level.

CS, what's the official answer here?

 

[Creamsteak]

Originally, I probably said 75% each level (4=3, 6=4, 8=6, 10=7,12=8)...

But now I'm thinking about letting the dice roll on it.

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Let me get back to you after I finish my math homework.

 

[GnomeWorks]

Whee! This is not the post you are looking for...

 

[Macbeth]

I think CS was talking about hp, not XP, Gnomeworks. So it would be 75% of the maximum for that hit dice, if CS goes with that.

 

[GnomeWorks]

I think CS was talking about hp, not XP, Gnomeworks. So it would be 75% of the maximum for that hit dice, if CS goes with that.

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Ah, I see now.

I saw the 75% thing, and remembered CS saying something about that concerning XP, so I assumed that was it. Oops.

 

[Jack Haggerty]

DMG p 198 has a chart for fixed hps... It's essentially average hit points rounded down (but you still get maximum at 1st level):

d4 - 2.5/lvl (4, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2, 3...)
d6 - 3.5/lvl (6, 3, 4, 3, 4, 3, 4, 3, 4, 3, 4...)
d8 - 4.5/lvl (8, 4, 5, 4, 5, 4, 5, 4, 5, 4, 5...)
d10 - 5.5/lvl (10, 5, 6, 5, 6, 5, 6, 5, 6, 5, 6...)
d12 - 6.5/lvl (12, 6, 7, 6, 7, 6, 7, 6, 7, 6, 7...)

The reason you have the 0.5's there, is because you can't roll 0hps on a dice.

 

[Uriel]

Originally, I probably said 75% each level (4=3, 6=4, 8=6, 10=7,12=8)...

But now I'm thinking about letting the dice roll on it.

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Let me get back to you after I finish my math homework.

D12=9, not 8.

 

[Uriel]

CS (and everyone else), what do you think of this...

I mentioned this to the players in my (recently completed) game 'A Hunting Trip'.

I am proposing a Trading Post Thread.

Folks find things on adventures, mundane and magical, useful and er, not as useful.
I think it would bevery cool (and fun) to have a thread where players could post items for sale that they encounter on adventures. Those wishing to purchase them could 'Reply' with their offer and/or just inform a Judge as to the transaction.
We would have to impose a few rules about those with more than one character, as we don't want PC-A giving PC-B insane deals just because the same person is playing them.

In Game, we could have Joe/Tiggle/Whoever handle the transactions, for a fee, perhaps 5% of the money goes to the Red Dragon Inn.


Folks, let me know what you think.

-Uriel