Please help me!!!
- Thread starter blbbrayan
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There are no official rules to do that. You can ask your GM to make it a companion character.
If you are a ranger you can choose it as an animal companion. But then it will have the stats of an animal companion.
Also it would be nice, if you put the question in the title. "Please help me!" is other than helpful and not really polite.
If you are a ranger you can choose it as an animal companion. But then it will have the stats of an animal companion.
Also it would be nice, if you put the question in the title. "Please help me!" is other than helpful and not really polite.
Shroomy
Adventurer
If I was your DM, I'd have you go through a skill challenge (Athletics, Insight, Intimidate, Nature, Perception). If you fail, it would attack you; if you succeed, it becomes a companion character under your limited control using the DMG2 rules. However, I'd first make sure it was OK with the rest of the players for two reasons. First, I wouldn't want the others to feel like you're hogging the spotlight with essentially two characters, and secondly, a companion character either means less XP for the other PCs or tougher encounters.
UngeheuerLich
Legend
Easy thing to do:
Make it a companion character as Shroomy said, but the it should be usually under DM control. You can give it orders, but lacking a special bond, it is purely DM decision how it will behave.
In general such a companion will give fine roleplaying opportunities and when you treat it well (which is usually neglected when there is a special bond and it is under purely PC control) the DM should generally follow your orders. (So you have a limited control, but this should not be the default assumption.)
Make it a companion character as Shroomy said, but the it should be usually under DM control. You can give it orders, but lacking a special bond, it is purely DM decision how it will behave.
In general such a companion will give fine roleplaying opportunities and when you treat it well (which is usually neglected when there is a special bond and it is under purely PC control) the DM should generally follow your orders. (So you have a limited control, but this should not be the default assumption.)
renau1g
First Post
This. My DM had us fight a rage drake and once we finished if off (using non-lethal damage to ko it) we staked it to the ground with Pitons from the climber's kit and then the ranger and cleric worked to heal its wounds and speak nicely to it (heal & nature) while my PC did his best to maintain a grip on it as it struggled against its bonds (athletics). Once we were successful, it was chosen by me as my level appropriate treasure (as they're in the AV as a level x treasure)
Er...the last is closest to correct.
Mounts aren't companion characters, and don't get XP. They're treasure (and don't get their own actions while they're under control of the PCs and contributing to an encounter rather than getting in the way). There's some GM discression if you're earning a mount (Rage Drake or other) as treasure in an encounter rather than buying a tame one or something, but there's a huge difference mechanically.
Mounts aren't companion characters, and don't get XP. They're treasure (and don't get their own actions while they're under control of the PCs and contributing to an encounter rather than getting in the way). There's some GM discression if you're earning a mount (Rage Drake or other) as treasure in an encounter rather than buying a tame one or something, but there's a huge difference mechanically.
Flipguarder
First Post
Just don't expect to just be handed a rage drake for combat purposes, you will be disappointed.
jgsugden
Legend
There are no great rules for this, so I'd sit down and figure out what you want to get out of having a Rage Drake hanging around?
Is this a pet to have for a few levels with an understanding that you'll outgrow it in power and it will eventually die in the hands of an enemy? If so, handling it as treasure and using nature checks to try to get it to do roughly what you want (while it is in DM control) should work fine.
Is it a companion/mount you plan to have for your entire career? Then I think a companion character option could work. The DM will need to stat it up a bit, but there is no reason you can't make it work with a little effort. You may need to invest a few feats to get the skills you need to train it, but that isn't too much to ask...
Is this a pet to have for a few levels with an understanding that you'll outgrow it in power and it will eventually die in the hands of an enemy? If so, handling it as treasure and using nature checks to try to get it to do roughly what you want (while it is in DM control) should work fine.
Is it a companion/mount you plan to have for your entire career? Then I think a companion character option could work. The DM will need to stat it up a bit, but there is no reason you can't make it work with a little effort. You may need to invest a few feats to get the skills you need to train it, but that isn't too much to ask...
The Rage Drake specifically has a line in its Monster Manual entry:
I know, 'cause my character totally wanted one at Level 2 or so. We put a lot of effort into trying to train the older rage drake before our DM let one of us figure that out!
Luckily, we'd found two eggs, which we gave to a local Ranger, who agreed to train them: he'd get one, we'd get the other.
Our DM then allowed the Rage Drake to rejoin our group when he felt it was level-appopriate.
He's also house-ruled that specific Rage Drake to level up with us .. and does play it a bit as "companion character / mount". He recently got a puppy, and has used the puppy as examples for how a Rage Drake "puppy" might misbehave .. Let's just say "Social Challenge" if I've made the mistake of bringing him to town!!
I know, 'cause my character totally wanted one at Level 2 or so. We put a lot of effort into trying to train the older rage drake before our DM let one of us figure that out!
Luckily, we'd found two eggs, which we gave to a local Ranger, who agreed to train them: he'd get one, we'd get the other.
Our DM then allowed the Rage Drake to rejoin our group when he felt it was level-appopriate.
He's also house-ruled that specific Rage Drake to level up with us .. and does play it a bit as "companion character / mount". He recently got a puppy, and has used the puppy as examples for how a Rage Drake "puppy" might misbehave .. Let's just say "Social Challenge" if I've made the mistake of bringing him to town!!
