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Levism84 05-24-06, 12:18 AM

I'm soon to be starting anothing glorious campaign, and was hoping to use hengeyokai (shape changing animals from Oriental Adventures). I was trying to come up with a balanced paragon class for the shape shifting little buggers. Since wizard's last edited the hengeyokai, all of them are LA +0 (except for those able to fly, which remain LA +1), and their type changed from Shapechanger to Humanoid (shape changer subtype). For those of you unfamiliar with hengeyokai, they are intelligent animals of size no larger than Small with the ability to change between a human form, a hybrid form (which they gain a boost to a physical ability), and an animal form (where they are average animals for their species). They can change form a number of times per day equal to 1 + their character level, and their favored class is wu jen (from oriental adventures and i believe complete arcane). Here is what i was thinking: - Extra Shifting: A hengeyokai's level in hengeyokai paragon should stack with character levels to determine how many times per day they can shift (a 1st level fighter, 3rd level hengeyokai paragon could shift 8 times per day 1 + 4 for being a 4th level character + 3 for hengeyokai paragon) - Ability Boost (+2 hybrid score): That is, they gain a +2 boost to the ability score that is enhanced when they are in hybrid form (but this increase is in both human and hybrid form) - Wild Empathy: mayhaps with animals that are the same type as their animal form. - Instincts: A bonus to their Listen, Spot, and Survival checks (sort of to offset the fact they take a -2 to Wisdom because they are flighty and weak willed). I was thinking maybe a general +1, or +1 per level of hengeyokai paragon, but that might be too much. I couldn't really think of anything else. Anyone who loves to play hengeyokai characters I am sure will have something to imput. Otherwise, feel free to leave your ideas here while i work out the rough draft of this class. Help with HD, BAB, Saves, Skills, and the like would really help too. ~Rain~