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tiejaz 05-17-06, 12:31 AM	I've been thinking, and Red Mage's famous line is the basis of this character. He hunts ... dinosaurs. Simple. He is the backup character, if my Maenad Wilder dies. ((Damn you, Psionic burnout!)) Talenta Halfling Ranger 4 (Ranger 4 / Fighter 2 / Beastmaster 1 / Halfling Outrider 10 / Wild Plains Outrider 3) 1- Dinosaur Hunter, Favored Enemy (Animal) +2, Track, Wild Empathy 2- Rapid Shot 3- Endurance, Dinosaur Wrangler 4- Animal Companion (Fastieth) 4/1- Mounted Combat 4/2- Skill Focus (Handle Animal), Mounted Archery 4/2/1- Wild Empathy, Animal Companion +3 4/2/1/1- Mount, Alertness, Ride Bonus 4/2/1/2- Defensive Riding, Point Blank Shot 4/2/1/3- Unbroken Charge 4/2/1/4- Stand on Mount 4/2/1/5- Leap from the Saddle, Precise Shot 4/2/1/6- 4/2/1/7- Evasion 4/2/1/8- Full Mounted Attacks, Natural Bond 4/2/1/9- 4/2/1/10- Quick Turn 4/2/1/10/1- Improved Rapid Shot, Animal companion / special mount, ride bonus, wild plains stalker 4/2/1/10/2- Wild Plains Swiftness 4/2/1/10/3- Wild Plains Offensive Total Animal Companion Level Ranger 6/2 = 3 Natural Bond 3 = 3 Beastmaster 1+3 = 4 Halfling Outrider 10 = 10 Wild Plains Outrider 3 = 3 TOTAL 23 (-3 for clawfoot, mount) Listen 3 Ride 9 Spot 3 Survival 4 Handle Animal 8 Knowledge (nature) 1 +12 HD (animal companion) +12 Natural Armor (animal companion) +6 Strength (animal companion) +6 Dexterity (animal companion) 7 Bonus Tricks (animal companion) +20 speed (Defensive Riding) +2 will saves (Defensive Riding) +4 dodge AC (Defensive Riding) +10 Speed (Wild Plains Swiftness) Link, Share Spells, Evasion, Devotion, Multiattack, Improved Evasion (animal companion)
Tenken 05-17-06, 07:47 AM	What is Dinosaur Hunter and Dinosaur Wrangler? I've never seen those...
ksbsnowowl 05-17-06, 11:54 AM	You look as though you are more a dinosaur rider than a dino hunter. The Leviathan Hunter PrC from Stormwrack may be a decent 5-level PrC to look into.
Reinhart 05-17-06, 12:24 PM	What is Dinosaur Hunter and Dinosaur Wrangler? I've never seen those... They're from Races of Eberron. Basically they give you bonuses to hunting and handling dinosaurs.
Arem_K 05-17-06, 01:00 PM	I don't think that extra animal companions from the Beastmaster work like you think they do. It says that for a beastmaster's new animal companion, treat the beastmaster as "effectively a druid whose level is equal to the beastmaster's class level -3 for the purpose of improving the animal companion's statistics..." It is important to notice that it no longer speaks of this stacking with druid's (or ranger's) animal companion and you lose the extra three for being a beastmaster with an already extant companion. This means that a level 10 beastmaster with ten druid levels would have one level 23 animal companion from the combination of druid and beastmaster, and then one level 7, one level 4, and one level 1 animal companion from Beastmaster. Those would become a level 10, level 7, and level 4 companon if natural bond still works with them, which I am unsure off. Yes, this does mean that the extra animal companions from beastmaster levels are absolutely terrible.