Ogrork the Mighty
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Are there any rat master type prestige classes out there? The Vermin Lord from the Book of Vile Darkness is the closest I know of, but it's more insect focused.
Rat Master Prestige Class?
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Animal Lord, selecting Rat as your chosen animal (though, no specs for ratlord are available) from Complete Adventurer.
Also from Complete Adventurer is the Beastmaster - the sample character packs a dire rat.
Not especially powerful, but, if you're the DM you can tweak some things - burn a feat, get a swarm of rats instead of normal companion, etc.; if you're not the DM ... with the right pitch, a DM might be persuaded to let you have some tweaks to better fit your desired concept.
Also from Complete Adventurer is the Beastmaster - the sample character packs a dire rat.
Not especially powerful, but, if you're the DM you can tweak some things - burn a feat, get a swarm of rats instead of normal companion, etc.; if you're not the DM ... with the right pitch, a DM might be persuaded to let you have some tweaks to better fit your desired concept.
Ogrork the Mighty
Explorer
Beastmaster sounds cool. Thanks!
Thanael
Explorer
You could probably also twink the Beast Heart Adept from Dungeonscape.
Thanael
Explorer
Urban Class Features -- A Web Enhancement for Cityscape has the Urban Companion alternate class feature, which lets you get a rat-familiar as a companion.
Urban Companion
The fearsome animal companions who accompany some casters in the wild are indeed a boon in combat, but a hulking wolf or creeping tiger is out of place in an urban environment. Some characters believe that small and subtle is of greater value than massive and mighty.
Class: Druid or ranger.
Level: 1st (druid) or 4th (ranger).
Replaces: If you select this class feature, you do not gain an animal companion.
Benefit: The character gains the companionship of a smaller but far more intelligent creature than she otherwise would have. This is identical to the sorcerer's ability to summon a familiar (PH 52), including all benefits granted and gained by the familiar, except as noted below. Her functional level for determining the abilities of the companion is equal to her druid level or one-half her ranger level.
She does not lose experience points if her urban companion is slain, and she requires only 24 hours to replace one who is lost.
Her urban companion has total hit points equal to 3/4 her own hit points, rather than half as per a familiar.
The urban companion gains the ability to speak with other animals of its kind when she has an effective master level of 1st, rather than 7th.
When she reaches an effective master level of 7th, she can speak with animals of her companion's kind, as per speak with animals. This is a supernatural ability that functions constantly, and it requires only a free action to reactivate if somehow dispelled.
Urban Companion
The fearsome animal companions who accompany some casters in the wild are indeed a boon in combat, but a hulking wolf or creeping tiger is out of place in an urban environment. Some characters believe that small and subtle is of greater value than massive and mighty.
Class: Druid or ranger.
Level: 1st (druid) or 4th (ranger).
Replaces: If you select this class feature, you do not gain an animal companion.
Benefit: The character gains the companionship of a smaller but far more intelligent creature than she otherwise would have. This is identical to the sorcerer's ability to summon a familiar (PH 52), including all benefits granted and gained by the familiar, except as noted below. Her functional level for determining the abilities of the companion is equal to her druid level or one-half her ranger level.
She does not lose experience points if her urban companion is slain, and she requires only 24 hours to replace one who is lost.
Her urban companion has total hit points equal to 3/4 her own hit points, rather than half as per a familiar.
The urban companion gains the ability to speak with other animals of its kind when she has an effective master level of 1st, rather than 7th.
When she reaches an effective master level of 7th, she can speak with animals of her companion's kind, as per speak with animals. This is a supernatural ability that functions constantly, and it requires only a free action to reactivate if somehow dispelled.
