Quato!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[cobrazarro]

How would I best make a character similar to quato (from total recall) work? I'm in a small group and the DM gave me the okay to run two characters. I want to make a barbarian or fighter with a quato-like dude growing out of his stomach. I was thinking the quato-thing would be nice as a psionic or bard (I like the idea of a singing, charasmatic stomache monster). How would I best do this? I was thinking they would have to share hp (since they use the same body kinda). Maybe the quato thingy could go unconscious if the host body gets bloody. Any thoughts on how to make 2 characters that live off the same nervous system? Any thoughts on how to pull off a character that doesn't have legs, is limited to wearing a helmet, has arms too tiny to hold most weapons, and is "the brains of the operation," so to speak?

 

[Pyrex]

The most reasonable solution from a balance standpoint is just to make a single Hybrid Barbarian/Bard (or Barbarian/Ardent) and consider the whole two-heads bit as fluff.

Or, to reduce MAD, you could go with something like Battlemind/Warlock.

 

[ZephyrTR]

Shared HP, shared Initiative, shared inventory, but they take diff turns, are diff classes. Quatto would be considered Restrained, I guess, and could probably only hold one implement (depending on how developed his arms are).

I think that would make this dude the most fun.

 

[Zieche]

That is an awesome idea and I think any psonic totally fits.

Only question I have is the shared HPs. Just thinking about the barb wanting to get into close melee and psonic defenses. Assuming they could be targeted seperately.

Also since they're in the same square, would you have them targeted seperately if an AoE hit?

Food for thought.