![]() His AC says "Power attack me, please!", and his to-hit is relatively pitiful at +15 (BAB of 7 plus 8 for Strength.) Saves are relatively poor as well. He's been playing the party weakling though, since he's currently 9 hit dice in a 16th level game. Not sure how forgoing extra hit dice is power gaming, but to each his own I suppose. In theory the awakened bear could have taken those two extra hit dice as character levels. As it is, he has three Barbarian levels, and seems more than a little broken. ![]() I chose to forgo the two extra dice, running him instead as a straight 6 dice creature, advancing by level. I'd probably interpret him as having Barbarian as "Preferred Class".Īs a fair note: I'm currently running such a character. Seems like 8 dice of Monster, but no actual Level adjustment. So how would you calculate the ECL on this, for player character purposes? The Awaken spell gives a +1D3 to Charisma, and a 3D6 roll for Intelligence. Ac is 15 (- 1 for size, +1 for Dex, +5 Natural). Str 27, Dex 13, Con 19, Int 3, Wis 12 and Charisma 6.īase attack is +4, actual attack is +11 melee (Claws) and +6 Melee (bite). Physically it's Large, though it only has a 5 foot reach. It starts with six "Monster levels", represented by six hit dice, and is considered a Challenge Level 4. When the charmed condition ends, the awakened creature chooses whether to remain friendly to you, based on how you treated it while it was charmed.My group is looking at the Awaken Animal spell, what it is, what it does, and Awakened animals as PCs. The awakened beast or plant is charmed by you for 30 days or until you or your companions do anything harmful to it. Your DM chooses statistics appropriate for the awakened plant, such as the statistics for the awakened shrub or the awakened tree. If the target is a plant, it gains the ability to move its limbs, roots, vines, creepers, and so forth, and it gains senses similar to a human’s. The target also gains the ability to speak one language you know. The target must have either no Intelligence score or an Intelligence of 3 or less. What’s more exciting, after all, than the possibility of fighting an awakened dinosaur turned to a life of crime?Ĭomponents: V, S, M (an agate worth at least 1,000 gp, which the spell consumes)Īfter spending the casting time tracing magical pathways within a precious gem stone, you touch a Huge or smaller beast or plant. This does leave us – or the DM, at least – with the incredible opportunity to create an unlikely villain. For a start, once the 30 day charm wears off the newly awakened creature gets to make up their own mind as to where their loyalties lie, and if you’ve been using them as cannon-fodder for the past month it’s hard to imagine that they’ll be particularly willing to stick around. ![]() However, there are a few things you need to think about before drumming up your battle-forest. With enough spell slots and a fistful of fancy gems a Druid can summon up a nice little army over the course of a few days. So as awesome as it would be to get a charmed, talking Tyrannosaurus Rex on side you’re going to need to put together some strong magic or elaborate plan to actually pull it off.īeyond that – and a 1,000 gp price tag – you can pretty much go wild. There’s also the fact that the spell takes eight straight hours to cast, during which time you need to be touching the target. If they’re a little bit smarter than the average beast the spell will fail, so you can’t use it on Giant Eagles or the other semi-intelligent creatures. If you’re casting it on a creature they have to be real dumb first. Naturally, there are a couple of restrictions. In addition to this, it charms them for one month, hopefully ensuring that the enormous tree doesn’t use its first thinking, feeling act to squish you into fertiliser. ![]() This spell essentially gives one plant or beast the ability to think and talk as well as a baseline human – as well as providing them limbs if they’re were unlucky enough to be rooted in the ground. Have you ever wished your game world was a little more like Narnia, filled with talking animals and intelligent trees? If so, you need to get hold of Awaken.
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