It is with great pride, and a small amount of confusion, that I announce that Badgers are in the Pathfinder RPG! They are listed as an animal companion choice in the Druid section, which contains full statistics for basic and advanced Badgers. This clearly explains why Badgers will not be in the Bestiary, as they have already been detailed.
Still doesn't explain why Jason thought they had been replaced with inferior wolverines. Perhaps he was teasing. Or he secretly changed things when James wasn't looking, and didn't want to let on.
If anything, this is a lesson for all of the Flumph fans. If you politely ask for the restoration of your favorite creature, you will be misled. Or perhaps everyone will forget what really happened. Wait, that isn't much of a lesson. Fnord?
Raging for six rounds out of joy,
Sowhereaminow
Chairbadger of the Badger's Ancient Brotherhood
Yay, badger! (Wolverine has a whole different feel.)
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Badgers?
Badgers?!?!?
WE DON' NEED NO STEENKIN' BADGERS!!!!!
Hooray! (Even though I'm a bit conflicted as a one-time badger, now wolverine)
The great thing about badger threads is they always bring out the same jokes, every single time.
Still, not as great as the badger itself. Badgers, like dwarves, speak with Scottish accents.
If it's nae Scottish, it's crep!
Dave...bitter over the flumph?
Taig, as a former badger, you've got to be an ambassador, not stir up badger-hate!
Taig, as a former badger, you've got to be an ambassador, not stir up badger-hate!
Virtual hug, David?
(oh yeah, don't read my latest offering on FaWTL!!!)
Of course, stirring up flumph hate...completely different.
Q: Will badgers eat flumph?
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Of course, stirring up flumph hate...completely different.
Q: Will badgers eat flumph?
Flumph are filled with acid and / or stinky fluids. Nothing eats flumph, except spheres of annhilation and certain types of incorporeal undead.
Badgers rock. They have a Rage variant that, according to the Monster Manual, only ends when it, or it's foe, dies, and cannot be ended.
"What happened to your badger companion, Bob?"
"That harpy we were fighting last week flew off before we killed it. After five days of it being berserk, I killed it and summoned a gazelle."
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Yay, badger! (Wolverine has a whole different feel.)
Yeah, Badger was actually a fun, kind of zany comic, while Wolverine is always so dark and ooh-look-at-all-my-angst and $#!+. No surprise which one became more popular, of course, but I always really liked the...
...wait. What are we talking about again?
Hooray! Cheers for the honorable Chairbadger! Badgers unite!
I once played a gnome illusionist with a badger companion, so had I owned PFRPG then, it would have covered all my badgerish needs for actual play. Anyway, who would attack a badger? Sure, people attack dragons all the time, but imagine there is a badger sitting on that pile of gold ...
The great thing about badger threads is they always bring out the same jokes, every single time.
What? There are badger threads?
The great thing about badger threads is they always bring out the same jokes, every single time.
Still, not as great as the badger itself. Badgers, like dwarves, speak with Scottish accents.
You're right.
Same jokes.
Badger!
Badger!
Badger!
Badger!
Badger!
Badger!
Badger!
Mushroom!
Mushroom!
Snake!
Hooray! Cheers for the honorable Chairbadger! Badgers unite!
I once played a gnome illusionist with a badger companion, so had I owned PFRPG then, it would have covered all my badgerish needs for actual play. Anyway, who would attack a badger? Sure, people attack dragons all the time, but imagine there is a badger sitting on that pile of gold ...
The great thing about badger threads is they always bring out the same jokes, every single time.What? There are badger threads?
Yeah...you weren't in them? Of course, some of them may have started out as other threads...bestiary, etc.
Yeah...you weren't in them? Of course, some of them may have started out as other threads...bestiary, etc.
I did cheer on the honorable Chairbadger in some other thread, and I didn't realize that counted as a badger thread :) I thought maybe you meant something like the Frog Pond, except for badgers. The frogs have more fun. We badgers are a little on the contemplative side.
Hooray! (Even though I'm a bit conflicted as a one-time badger, now wolverine)
taig, I remember when you were a badger. Thanks for cheering us on! Do the wolverines have this much fun? :) You could still change back, although I'm guessing you wanted a less used avatar. I hope you're liking your new one.
Will we ever get a ferret avatar? I've never seen one of those. (Not that I'd change, but I would definitely cheer for them.)
Hooray! (Even though I'm a bit conflicted as a one-time badger, now wolverine)taig, I remember when you were a badger. Thanks for cheering us on! Do the wolverines have this much fun? :) You could still change back, although I'm guessing you wanted a less used avatar. I hope you're liking your new one.
Will we ever get a ferret avatar? I've never seen one of those. (Not that I'd change, but I would definitely cheer for them.)
The wolverine one fit my mood better at the time. I may go back to being a badger.
I'm holding out for a raccoon avatar, myself.
The wolverine one fit my mood better at the time. I may go back to being a badger.
I read this on Wikipedia: "The wolverine can crush bones as thick as the femur of a moose to get at the marrow, and has been seen attempting to drive bears from kills."
So I wonder what kind of mood you were in :)
I'm holding out for a raccoon avatar, myself.
Ah, so you'll be leaving the mustelid family.
Well, raccoon is feisty as well. When I was a kid, a raccoon made such a bad tear in my dog's abdomen that his guts spilled out. I carried my dog that way in the back of the car, and the vet was able to put them back in and sew him up, and he went on to live a full life. :)
I'd guess weasel is still a choice for familiar, since it has been since AD&D. The AD&D Monster Manual had badger, giant otter, giant skunk, giant weasel, and wolverine, so the mustelids were pretty well represented. (Yes, I know that skunk has been moved to its own family, mephitidae. Wait, a skunk is a mephit?)
Here's a link to the world's largest badger from Wisconsin, in case the many, many, rich and diverse badger threads on these boards failed to pick it up. May he rest in peace!
Badgers in Pathfinder! Hooray!
You [kind of] asked for it:
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Hooray! (Even though I'm a bit conflicted as a one-time badger, now wolverine)taig, I remember when you were a badger. Thanks for cheering us on! Do the wolverines have this much fun? :) You could still change back, although I'm guessing you wanted a less used avatar. I hope you're liking your new one.
Will we ever get a ferret avatar? I've never seen one of those. (Not that I'd change, but I would definitely cheer for them.)
The wolverine one fit my mood better at the time. I may go back to being a badger.
I'm holding out for a raccoon avatar, myself.
We need a platypus avatar.