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<blockquote data-quote="Acmite" data-source="post: 80027" data-attributes="member: 183">AFAICT, you still have the option of using Leadership instead of the Animal Friendship spell.&nbsp; If the awakened animal (now a magical beast) is willing to stay with you (ie: still friendly, which MotW says it remains) and you have the Leadership feat, there is no reason why you shouldn't be able to keep that beast as a Cohort.&nbsp; Treat the beast as any other type of intelligent creature.I think the main reason they added that sentence was to make Awaken a more viable spell for Druids with crappy Cha or druids who were unwilling (or able) to take the Leadership feat.&nbsp; Personally, I think this goes against the spirit and intent of the spell (as indicated to me by the Sage in an email in Sept. 2000--he basically said the reason they made the spell was for Druids to use the Leadership feat on an awakened companion who could then take class levels).Oh...and BUMP.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Acmite, post: 80027, member: 183"] AFAICT, you still have the option of using Leadership instead of the Animal Friendship spell. If the awakened animal (now a magical beast) is willing to stay with you (ie: still friendly, which MotW says it remains) and you have the Leadership feat, there is no reason why you shouldn't be able to keep that beast as a Cohort. Treat the beast as any other type of intelligent creature. I think the main reason they added that sentence was to make Awaken a more viable spell for Druids with crappy Cha or druids who were unwilling (or able) to take the Leadership feat. Personally, I think this goes against the spirit and intent of the spell (as indicated to me by the Sage in an email in Sept. 2000--he basically said the reason they made the spell was for Druids to use the Leadership feat on an awakened companion who could then take class levels). Oh...and BUMP. [/QUOTE]

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