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TimelordSimone
11-05-07, 04:22 PM Hey!

A player in my campaign (playing an urban ranger) has expressed the desire to acquire a fox as his animal companion when he gets one.

Basically, I'm trying to figure out how to stat one up.

At first, I thought of altering the wolf slightly, but I think foxes would be small rather than medium...

So now I'm thinking of some sort of adjusted dog. Possibly higher dex, that sort of thing.

Unfortunately, I suck at this sort of thing, so... any help that you could offer would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.
Rania
11-05-07, 04:47 PM I'm pretty sure it's done somewhere.... Have to look around for a while.
Slagger the Chuul
11-05-07, 08:14 PM There are official statistics for an arctic fox in Frostburn.
Rania
11-05-07, 08:42 PM There are official statistics for an arctic fox in Frostburn.And from there, you'd just change a few small things.
Slagger the Chuul
11-05-07, 09:11 PM And from there, you'd just change a few small things.

And the only thing that needs changing in this case is the kind of terrain in which it gains a racial bonus to Hide checks.

If you didn't have access to Frostburn, the statistics for a (non-riding) dog would serve pretty well if you applied a similar Hide bonus.
ArgulFraster
11-06-07, 11:10 AM My familar's a fox, but my computer's down right now.

As a familiar, they provide +2 INT. I forget what stats my DM gave them...I have an enhanced fox I slapped together for his super version when I get Improved Familar, but otherwise I can't help ya. I'll email him and see what I can do.
rironin
11-06-07, 11:20 AM My familar's a fox, but my computer's down right now.

As a familiar, they provide +2 INT. I forget what stats my DM gave them...I have an enhanced fox I slapped together for his super version when I get Improved Familar, but otherwise I can't help ya. I'll email him and see what I can do.A wizard familiar that gives +2 Intelligence? That sounds a bit more powerful than most familiar benefits. Is this from a book, or just a houserule?
PhaedrusXY
11-06-07, 12:45 PM A wizard familiar that gives +2 Intelligence? That sounds a bit more powerful than most familiar benefits. Is this from a book, or just a houserule?I'm pretty sure (I hope, at least...) that that is a house rule. I have never seen anything about it mentioned on the CO board, and I can guarantee that it would be, if it were in an official book. :D
Darth Sephiroth
11-06-07, 01:01 PM The Artic Fox is listed as a Familiar (With a move Silently bonus). Personally, I'd consider giving them two extra HD and let them be an Animal Companion.
Dead_Weasel
11-06-07, 04:58 PM That sounds a bit more powerful than most familiar benefits.Yet still so far from being worthwhile.
rironin
11-06-07, 05:56 PM Yet still so far from being worthwhile.Well, random +2 bonuses to your key ability are nothing to sneeze at. The benefits conferred exceed those of some feats. Given some of the handy familiar-replacing expanded class features out there for wizards and sorcerers, I have to agree when it comes to familiar from the book. Looking forward to getting some mileage out of the "Counterfire" ability with my evoker.
ArgulFraster
11-07-07, 11:35 AM Actually, I'm a Sorcerer.

I have a well-earned reputation for asshattery when playing casters, so my DM decided to give me slightly less of an excuse and a boost to my Will saves.

Need some examples? Let's see...there was Imeowtep and Fluffy the Felinian (homebrew catfolk) clerics of Bast, one of which used an aspergelium (which he called a "Holy Water Whacker," using the latter for his battlecry, and the other who used a sickle and had a disturbing habit of laughing insanely and stroking his sickle at inopportune moments.
TimelordSimone
11-07-07, 04:56 PM Thanks everyone!
I think I'll just go with a hiding (non-riding) dog.
Thanks!

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
TimelordSimone 11-05-07, 04:22 PM	Hey! A player in my campaign (playing an urban ranger) has expressed the desire to acquire a fox as his animal companion when he gets one. Basically, I'm trying to figure out how to stat one up. At first, I thought of altering the wolf slightly, but I think foxes would be small rather than medium... So now I'm thinking of some sort of adjusted dog. Possibly higher dex, that sort of thing. Unfortunately, I suck at this sort of thing, so... any help that you could offer would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Rania 11-05-07, 04:47 PM	I'm pretty sure it's done somewhere.... Have to look around for a while.
Slagger the Chuul 11-05-07, 08:14 PM	There are official statistics for an arctic fox in Frostburn.
Rania 11-05-07, 08:42 PM	There are official statistics for an arctic fox in Frostburn.And from there, you'd just change a few small things.
Slagger the Chuul 11-05-07, 09:11 PM	And from there, you'd just change a few small things. And the only thing that needs changing in this case is the kind of terrain in which it gains a racial bonus to Hide checks. If you didn't have access to Frostburn, the statistics for a (non-riding) dog would serve pretty well if you applied a similar Hide bonus.
ArgulFraster 11-06-07, 11:10 AM	My familar's a fox, but my computer's down right now. As a familiar, they provide +2 INT. I forget what stats my DM gave them...I have an enhanced fox I slapped together for his super version when I get Improved Familar, but otherwise I can't help ya. I'll email him and see what I can do.
rironin 11-06-07, 11:20 AM	My familar's a fox, but my computer's down right now. As a familiar, they provide +2 INT. I forget what stats my DM gave them...I have an enhanced fox I slapped together for his super version when I get Improved Familar, but otherwise I can't help ya. I'll email him and see what I can do.A wizard familiar that gives +2 Intelligence? That sounds a bit more powerful than most familiar benefits. Is this from a book, or just a houserule?
PhaedrusXY 11-06-07, 12:45 PM	A wizard familiar that gives +2 Intelligence? That sounds a bit more powerful than most familiar benefits. Is this from a book, or just a houserule?I'm pretty sure (I hope, at least...) that that is a house rule. I have never seen anything about it mentioned on the CO board, and I can guarantee that it would be, if it were in an official book. :D
Darth Sephiroth 11-06-07, 01:01 PM	The Artic Fox is listed as a Familiar (With a move Silently bonus). Personally, I'd consider giving them two extra HD and let them be an Animal Companion.
Dead_Weasel 11-06-07, 04:58 PM	That sounds a bit more powerful than most familiar benefits.Yet still so far from being worthwhile.
rironin 11-06-07, 05:56 PM	Yet still so far from being worthwhile.Well, random +2 bonuses to your key ability are nothing to sneeze at. The benefits conferred exceed those of some feats. Given some of the handy familiar-replacing expanded class features out there for wizards and sorcerers, I have to agree when it comes to familiar from the book. Looking forward to getting some mileage out of the "Counterfire" ability with my evoker.
ArgulFraster 11-07-07, 11:35 AM	Actually, I'm a Sorcerer. I have a well-earned reputation for asshattery when playing casters, so my DM decided to give me slightly less of an excuse and a boost to my Will saves. Need some examples? Let's see...there was Imeowtep and Fluffy the Felinian (homebrew catfolk) clerics of Bast, one of which used an aspergelium (which he called a "Holy Water Whacker," using the latter for his battlecry, and the other who used a sickle and had a disturbing habit of laughing insanely and stroking his sickle at inopportune moments.
TimelordSimone 11-07-07, 04:56 PM	Thanks everyone! I think I'll just go with a hiding (non-riding) dog. Thanks!