Ok,
My wife, as usual, went way outside the box. Her level 8 druid took leadership as part of a rebuild now that she's joining back in under pathfinder (that whole extra feat thing). Now, for her cohort, she asked for her real pet cat (A maine coon).
Ok, this threw me for a loop. So I started looking at the beastiary, and saw some bestial cohorts, but no felines. A cohort is way more powerful than an animal companion (which she doesn't have, she took the Nature Bond and got a cleric domain instead).
So then I started looking through my 3.5 books, and in the MMII I found a Grimalkin. A lowly little CR2 feline that would work perfect, I think. I'm thinking of upping it to a CR 7 creature via HD Advancement. This would make it a valid cohort I think.
The issue is the conversion. The stats are a piece of cake, so's the attacks. Empathy is a go the way it is. The Polymorph however is vastly changed, due to it's being based on Polymorph Self. So... I'm thinking of switching it with the following :
SLA : A grimalkin can, at will, and as a free action, use the spell Beast Shape I on itself only. If a grimalkin advances in hit-dice enough to attain large size, it can then use, again at will and as a free action, the spell Beast Shape II on itself instead.
This let's it assume a small or medium size up to about 6 hit dice (it starts out at 4 hit die). Above 6, it is going to normally advance to a large creature. As a large creature, it should be able to change into a large, medium, small (or tiny, per the spell) creature as well.
Anyone see a problem with this? I think it should fit in fine, and I think a sentient animal is enough in tune with a druid that the 'different class' shouldn't come into effect (since really, the cohort doesn't have a class).
I've always thought of Grimalkin as a Fey or Arcane Magical Beast - not really 'nature-ish'.
Here's a SabreTooth Tiger Cr6
http://www.enworld.org/forum/1044705-post2.html
Here's a magical beast from Classics of Fantasy, the greymalkin Cr4.
http://grandwiki.wikidot.com/mstgreymalkin
I've always thought of Grimalkin as a Fey or Arcane Magical Beast - not really 'nature-ish'.
Here's a SabreTooth Tiger Cr6
http://www.enworld.org/forum/1044705-post2.html
Here's a magical beast from Classics of Fantasy, the greymalkin Cr4.
http://grandwiki.wikidot.com/mstgreymalkin
Well, the problem would be that the sabre tooth tiger, while really fitting with her character, is not sentient. Cohorts need to be sentient (otherwise they are just animal companions).
As to feyish, well, feyish can deffinately be natureish. Think of sylphs, wood nymphs, dryads, satyrs, etc.
The fey are as the fey court and fey politics demand. Natural monsters owe no particular allegiance.
I'd consider making the tiger sentient.
The fey are as the fey court and fey politics demand. Natural monsters owe no particular allegiance.
I'd consider making the tiger sentient.
Per the fluff of a Grimalken (MMII), they are not fey in any sense. They are instead fiercely loyal and almost exclusively pets of the rich or powerful. Nor do they have the fey type.