Awakened Warhorse cohort? [Archive] - Wizards Community

Awakened Warhorse cohort? [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Gnarl
05-26-07, 07:06 PM Hi guys,

Assume I wanted an awakened warhorse as a cohort, how would you deal with this? What level adjustment should the awakened horse have?

Thanks

Gnarl
captianhowdy
05-26-07, 08:03 PM Well, for one, if i remember correctly, if your mount is intellegent, you use Diplomacy checks instead of Handle Animal
Gnarl
05-27-07, 03:13 AM Well, for one, if i remember correctly, if your mount is intellegent, you use Diplomacy checks instead of Handle Animal

This would be a cohort gained with the leadership feat.
Grimmsfeld
05-27-07, 05:25 AM An awakened heavy warhorse, for example, would have 6HD (4 racial, 2 bonus from Awaken), so that's a baseline ECL 6, though a pretty weak ECL 6 at that. So, by the rules, I'm fairly certain you'd have to be level 8 to have an awakened Heavy Warhorse Cohort, since it counts as a 6th level character.
Gnarl
05-27-07, 07:24 AM An awakened heavy warhorse, for example, would have 6HD (4 racial, 2 bonus from Awaken), so that's a baseline ECL 6, though a pretty weak ECL 6 at that. So, by the rules, I'm fairly certain you'd have to be level 8 to have an awakened Heavy Warhorse Cohort, since it counts as a 6th level character.

I was thinking about giving it a +1 level adjustment for the huge stat increase.
Maxxx
05-27-07, 07:51 AM I was thinking about giving it a +1 level adjustment for the huge stat increase.

If you use a normal warhorse and awaken it, there are not real huge stat increases as the horse only uses the standard array for its stats, if you use the elite array for its stats you should certainly also add a +1 or +2 level adustment.
Grimmsfeld
05-27-07, 07:43 PM Bah, I wouldn't even bother with an LA. It's a horse. 6 Animal HD are getting it like +4 BAB and +4 Fort/Ref +2 Will. It's not like even having the elite array is going to inflate those abilities all that much.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Gnarl 05-26-07, 07:06 PM	Hi guys, Assume I wanted an awakened warhorse as a cohort, how would you deal with this? What level adjustment should the awakened horse have? Thanks Gnarl
captianhowdy 05-26-07, 08:03 PM	Well, for one, if i remember correctly, if your mount is intellegent, you use Diplomacy checks instead of Handle Animal
Gnarl 05-27-07, 03:13 AM	Well, for one, if i remember correctly, if your mount is intellegent, you use Diplomacy checks instead of Handle Animal This would be a cohort gained with the leadership feat.
Grimmsfeld 05-27-07, 05:25 AM	An awakened heavy warhorse, for example, would have 6HD (4 racial, 2 bonus from Awaken), so that's a baseline ECL 6, though a pretty weak ECL 6 at that. So, by the rules, I'm fairly certain you'd have to be level 8 to have an awakened Heavy Warhorse Cohort, since it counts as a 6th level character.
Gnarl 05-27-07, 07:24 AM	An awakened heavy warhorse, for example, would have 6HD (4 racial, 2 bonus from Awaken), so that's a baseline ECL 6, though a pretty weak ECL 6 at that. So, by the rules, I'm fairly certain you'd have to be level 8 to have an awakened Heavy Warhorse Cohort, since it counts as a 6th level character. I was thinking about giving it a +1 level adjustment for the huge stat increase.
Maxxx 05-27-07, 07:51 AM	I was thinking about giving it a +1 level adjustment for the huge stat increase. If you use a normal warhorse and awaken it, there are not real huge stat increases as the horse only uses the standard array for its stats, if you use the elite array for its stats you should certainly also add a +1 or +2 level adustment.
Grimmsfeld 05-27-07, 07:43 PM	Bah, I wouldn't even bother with an LA. It's a horse. 6 Animal HD are getting it like +4 BAB and +4 Fort/Ref +2 Will. It's not like even having the elite array is going to inflate those abilities all that much.