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Displacer Beast Kitten As A Sidekick?
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<blockquote data-quote="Guest 7037866" data-source="post: 9371568"><p>Unfortunately, this isn't going to be possible RAW, but you can can get close especially if the DM allows you to multiclass sidekick classes. Below are the statblocks for both creatures.</p><p></p><p>Sidekicks use HD by <em>size</em>. How much the sidekick "grows up" during your game is up to the DM. So, going from d6s to d10s will depend on DM fiat.</p><p></p><p>Number of HD is not as much a problem. You start with 2 (from the 2d6+2) and gain 9 by 10th-level, so you'd have 11 HD then, close enough.</p><p></p><p>Speed from 30 to 40 could also be a "size" issue. Alternatively, a feat like Mobility could allow the increase in speed.</p><p></p><p>Proficiency bonus will go from +2 to +4 at 10th-level, so better than a full-grown displacer beast.</p><p></p><p>Ability Scores are a BIG problem. The gains are a lot, and across the board. STR up 6, DEX up 2, CON up 4, INT up 2, WIS up 2, and CHA up 2. ASIs alone obviously can't handle all this. Even if you go with the Expert Sidekick class, you only get 3 ASIs--not nearly enough. </p><p></p><p>Your DM sounds pretty understanding, so perhaps you can agree on a size "increase" at 4th and 8th levels as it grows up. If you get a free +1 to all ability scores at those levels, that would take care of DEX, INT, WIS, and CHA, with increases in STR and CON you would only need to bump STR twice (the extra +4) and CON once (the extra +2).</p><p></p><p>At these size increase levels (4th and 8th), you could also bump the HD to d8 and increase size to medium, and then to d10 and large at 8th level. A +5 to speed at 4th and 8th levels also provides the +10 to speed.</p><p></p><p>Getting the <em>Avoidance</em> feature is basically <em>evasion</em>, something you could get from the Expert sidekick class, and multiattack would be Extra Attack from warrior sidekick.</p><p></p><p>With some tweaking you could get close, but I would avoid the sidekick classes and instead just do some of the things mentioned above.</p><p></p><p>I'll respond more after work with how I would do it. But I hope this breakdown helps.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]366996[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]366997[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Guest 7037866, post: 9371568"] Unfortunately, this isn't going to be possible RAW, but you can can get close especially if the DM allows you to multiclass sidekick classes. Below are the statblocks for both creatures. Sidekicks use HD by [I]size[/I]. How much the sidekick "grows up" during your game is up to the DM. So, going from d6s to d10s will depend on DM fiat. Number of HD is not as much a problem. You start with 2 (from the 2d6+2) and gain 9 by 10th-level, so you'd have 11 HD then, close enough. Speed from 30 to 40 could also be a "size" issue. Alternatively, a feat like Mobility could allow the increase in speed. Proficiency bonus will go from +2 to +4 at 10th-level, so better than a full-grown displacer beast. Ability Scores are a BIG problem. The gains are a lot, and across the board. STR up 6, DEX up 2, CON up 4, INT up 2, WIS up 2, and CHA up 2. ASIs alone obviously can't handle all this. Even if you go with the Expert Sidekick class, you only get 3 ASIs--not nearly enough. Your DM sounds pretty understanding, so perhaps you can agree on a size "increase" at 4th and 8th levels as it grows up. If you get a free +1 to all ability scores at those levels, that would take care of DEX, INT, WIS, and CHA, with increases in STR and CON you would only need to bump STR twice (the extra +4) and CON once (the extra +2). At these size increase levels (4th and 8th), you could also bump the HD to d8 and increase size to medium, and then to d10 and large at 8th level. A +5 to speed at 4th and 8th levels also provides the +10 to speed. Getting the [I]Avoidance[/I] feature is basically [I]evasion[/I], something you could get from the Expert sidekick class, and multiattack would be Extra Attack from warrior sidekick. With some tweaking you could get close, but I would avoid the sidekick classes and instead just do some of the things mentioned above. I'll respond more after work with how I would do it. But I hope this breakdown helps. [ATTACH type="full" width="485px"]366996[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" width="486px"]366997[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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