How many nipples does a shifter have ?

[Danceofmasks]

Eh, as a reference point, there aren't any other mammals irl (apart from humans) that have bloated mammary glands without having had offspring.

Just saying ... chimps for instance, aren't sexually attractive when they don't have flat chests.

 

[surfarcher]

Well not sexually attractive to you anyway.

But what about other chimps? ;-)

 

[bobcat_grad]

Well not sexually attractive to you anyway.

But what about other chimps? ;-)

Careful, now. We don't want to get off topic here. This is a very important, serious question facing us all.

I couldn't sleep not knowing what the rule is on the nipple question.

 

[surfarcher]

True, true. It's 2am here and I am still reading this thread!

 

[Klaus]

Yesterday, I was playing Ja'akkar Kruger, Shifter Paladin of the Raven Queen, a masochistic freak who trained under the Shadar-Kai of Letherna.

My paladin is designed to use temporary hit points to attract attacks from the enemy so I roleplayed him as someone who enjoys pain.

EVerytime an enemy crits me, I say the old Monty Python favourite "My nipples explode with delight !"

When I was critically hit the third time. Firelance remarked that I had no nipples left. To which I argued that Longtooth shifters are modelled after wolves and had at least six nipples.

So how many nipples does a shifter have ?

( I ended the game with zero healing surge, BTW )

Regards

Why would the exploding nipples be rendered useless? Can't they recharge?

 

[lukelightning]

I recall the novel by the great shifter author Charles Diggins about a young shifter who must take care of his family after his father dies — his trials and tribulations made all the greater because he lacked nipples — "Nippleless Nippelby"

 

[noodle fish mice]

If your DM allows third party supplements, you could pick up the Quintessential Nipple, from Mongoose. It answers questions about nipples for EVERY race and has some pretty good nipple-based powers.

It also introduces rules for wielding a spiked chain that is attached to your character's nipple piercings, but I personally find them overpowered.

 

[Prestidigitalis]

I can't see how the OP's question matters much, unless you are concerned about the number of magic item slots to add. Even then, once you pick up a single Vorpal Nipple Ring, does another one really change the math?

 

[Nytmare]

This is a family oriented game, there are NO extra nipples.

It's all extra side-boobs.

 

[RangerWickett]

Actually, as an amusing bit of trivia, there is an Indian (Native American) tribe that due to some wonky genetics actually has no nipples. They relied on domesticated animals to provide milk for their children. But throughout the centuries their numbers have dwindled, so now only about 500 of them survive.

Among anthropologists, they're called the Indian-nippleless 500.