Scipion del Ferro RPG Superstar 2011 Top 4 |
A riding dog's CR is too high to be a standard animal companion. A normal dog is too weak. The wolfs stats are right in between and also have the useful trip ability, if you've ever seen a trained police dog in action they often tear their targets to the ground. A war hound is a special breed of dog, more powerful than your usual animal, but not as powerful as the huge mastiffs used as mounts. It merely has the same stats as a wolf.
All game design must be made with consideration to both fluff and crunch. Having accurate crunch is a very big part of the Superstar as well.
Carbon D. Metric |
The wolfs trip attack was built to simulate the exact way any canine would attack another creature in earnest. This is nearly perfect to simulate the experience of it, I loved the archetype, that's what I voted for it. I have a player in my game who also loved the flask of 5ths, his oracle is in the middle of building one now actually.
Scipion del Ferro RPG Superstar 2011 Top 4 |
The wolfs trip attack was built to simulate the exact way any canine would attack another creature in earnest. This is nearly perfect to simulate the experience of it, I loved the archetype, that's what I voted for it. I have a player in my game who also loved the flask of 5ths, his oracle is in the middle of building one now actually.
Yes! Some love for the flask! Probably my favorite entry.