the Jester
Legend
I just gotta say- this is an awesome concept!
Looking over the dire ape, he might bea bit too demonic and unnatural than what the character is going for. The awakened concept with a few extra balancing HD might do the trick though from what i gathered from all the posts. It's like the jUngle book.Thrash said:So....why not just awaken the Dire Ape (lvl adj -6) give him the Leadership feat and a lvl 2 druid. Effect character level 8?
I don't think I've ran the numbers onthe Awakened Dire Ape yet, but I'd probably put it at around ECL 9, even *without* any class levels! 5HD Dire Ape +2HD Awakened +2 LA (assuming same as regular Awakened Ape) = ECL 9.Thrash said:So....why not just awaken the Dire Ape (lvl adj -6) give him the Leadership feat and a lvl 2 druid. Effect character level 8?
LOL well hell it's your concept you can do what you want. I didn't know if a 9ft tall dire ape was what you'd be interested in. Obviously a lot less demonic.Thrash said:Hehe it's me J-man Don
My original concept was taking the full -6 LA for the character and the dire ape......Awakening the beast may account for his softer side...
(PS: Note that Druid is probably a quite sub-optimal class choice for such a melee combat monster as an Awakened Dire Ape. But that should not affect it's LA or ECL assignment.)