Post/Author/DateTime	Post
lseelba 06-01-07, 09:04 PM	Ok so I just finished my first mod. I'm a druid. By pure luck the mod had a family of wolverines, with four or so babies. I managed to save two of the babies from the cruel hands of the party :P After the mod was over proper, I made two handle animal checks to try to rear them (as Handle Animal lets you rear up to three of the same type of animal at a time). I actually passed one of the DC 18 checks. YAY! Of course this would be great at a home game, but no one at the table knew what to do with it. Should I just have the DM sign off on it and play with the wolverine in tables where the next DM allows it? How long does it take for a baby wolverine to grow up? I know I would have to spend TU on teaching it tricks, and I would be happy to do this. It's a CR 2 animal so its not going to break anything when I am finally able to use it...maybe in a year or how ever many TU it takes for an animal to grow up. I found absolutely nothing in the LGCS or the forums on rules about this. I'm gonna be heartbroken if there is no way to keep the wolverine as per the PHB. What should I do?
Howie23 06-01-07, 09:10 PM	I found absolutely nothing in the LGCS or the forums on rules about this. I'm gonna be heartbroken if there is no way to keep the wolverine as per the PHB. What should I do? Get someone to cast mending on that broken heart.... David
Lupo 06-01-07, 09:27 PM	Ok so I just finished my first mod. I'm a druid. By pure luck the mod had a family of wolverines, with four or so babies. I managed to save two of the babies from the cruel hands of the party :P After the mod was over proper, I made two handle animal checks to try to rear them (as Handle Animal lets you rear up to three of the same type of animal at a time). I actually passed one of the DC 18 checks. YAY! Of course this would be great at a home game, but no one at the table knew what to do with it. Should I just have the DM sign off on it and play with the wolverine in tables where the next DM allows it? How long does it take for a baby wolverine to grow up? I know I would have to spend TU on teaching it tricks, and I would be happy to do this. It's a CR 2 animal so its not going to break anything when I am finally able to use it...maybe in a year or how ever many TU it takes for an animal to grow up. I found absolutely nothing in the LGCS or the forums on rules about this. I'm gonna be heartbroken if there is no way to keep the wolverine as per the PHB. What should I do? if the author hasn't though of the broken heart of a druid you are out of luck :( definitely write the author to improve this terrible deficit for his next module ;) anything that is NOT on the AR isn't lasting beyond the module, unless a special campaign exception is spelled out by regional or core campaign rules. anyway you might ask your triad for something special, maybe bring them to include a "beast breeding department" into a local druid organization. i have knowledge of several regional clans/organizations/societies (not meta organizations) doing "beast breeding/training" so far they have only appeared in modules and as far as i know, a player can't become a member of those groups. ask around if there are similar groups in your region, maybe you are lucky :) ciao martin m.
King Kashue 06-01-07, 09:43 PM	Unfortunately, as has been said, you cannot keep the wolverine. At least not technically. What you could do, is have the DM note it in the notes section. Then, a year from now (or whenever you hit 4th level), you can take the wolverine alternative animal companion. That's when the wolverine "grows up". As I said, you won't technically be using the "same" wolverine, but for your role playing purposes, you're set. :D If you really wanted to go all out, you could ask for a special mission with the reward that you gain a breeding stock of wolverines, and that way all wolverine companions you might use (including replacements, if 'tragedy strikes') would be descended from the two you saved. It would honestly have no game effect, since you can take a wolverine whenever you want, but it would be cool roleplaying flavor, and I bet most triads would jump at the opportunity to write a special mission who just wanted in-game flavor rather than some specific spell or rules access :D
Sieylianna 06-02-07, 07:46 AM	My ranger ran into the same thing with a monitor lizard. He befriended one of a group, but the others attacked the party. He's only 7th level, so he's one level from being able to take a monitor lizard as a companion. Ed
Simpi 06-02-07, 09:23 AM	It's a baby wolverine. Buy a cat (is that on PHB equipment lists, not sure) and say it's that. By the time your 4th level comes around, just take a wolverine animal companion as that is part of core rules Too bad you did not play NAE5-02 Return to Gefjon. Few groups managed to befriend a (pregnant) Scarlet Brotherhood trained Krenshar and took it as pet/animal companion :D (of course about equal number of groups just fireballed the nest it had made or shot it full of arrows when it was trying to escape...) Sampo Haarlaa Naerie Triad