Hello to all. I need help with a question for the Lycanthrope PC class rating. The book says that its the "Same as base creature or base animal (whichever is higher) +1" simple right? But only if you pick an animal with a CR 1 or 2, at least thats what I've found. I was looking to make a Dire Wolf Lycanthrope, frankly cause its cooler, and found the CR of the Dire Wolf to be 3. So that means I would have a CR 4 (which as per the rules in playing a "powerful race" I would have 4 effective class levels. Looking at the Lycanthropes bonus I find this hardly to be worth 4 class levels. Heres what I would get for "4 class levels"
- No extra hit dice, so no BAB, saves or skill ranks for 4 levels
- +7 Str, +5 Con, only in animal or hybrid forms, because you take which ever stat is higher, your own or the base animals. Also +2 Wis and -2 Cha in all forms.
- +5 nat armor in animal or hybrid form, BUT this destroys my armor, equipment ect, as I turn large and makes my armor disappear in animal form.
- Dr 10/Silver, again only in animal or Hybrid form.
- Bite that does 1d8 plus strength.
This is all I get for 4 class levels. Now I know the increase to Str and Con seem good but it only raises that high because I'm a dex focused character, if I was a Str focus character it would probably only raise by Str by three and Con by nothing.
Using the Minotaur, as they get 4 class levels as well, heres what they would get
- 6d10 hit points; BAB, saves and skill ranks as well.
- +5 nat armor
- +8 Str and +4 Con
- Gore attack that does 1d6 plus str; Powerful charge does 2d6 plus 1 and half str
I'm curious what you guys think about this. If you could let me know what level you think I should by compared to the party. I'm thinking level 5 but level 4 would probably be more fair. It took a lot of convincing for my DM to even let me play a Lycanthrope and I don't want to get jipped because the rules don't seem right. Any help or comments would be appreciated.