I have been looking into making a new character(for fun maybe to use later if I die). I want her to be a druid. Can this all work:
An Animal Lord, Nature Warden, Pack Lord!
To do the Nature Warden part I need to be lv 6. I heard from my DM that I can use both an archetype and a prestige class. I saw Animal Lord in the Bestiary as a ranger, can it even be a druid? Is it even a race or class? As for the Pack Lord I understand how to divide the levels I earn to all my companions(I was thinking because the minimum of Nature Warden is lv 6 it can be something that turns large at 4th level[most do that at 7th], I found a giant chameleon. And then something small that will lv up at 7th because we will go over lv 12 in this campaign). If I do do the Animal Lord, which animal should I pick, I like the canines for the actual shapeshift but I also like the bonus from the dinosaurs. How would I even turn into a Trex if all these creatures are about medium size? Can I turn into all the creatures under their species(ex:Canine-Dog/hyena/wolf) or just one I have to pick? If there is a species type and I can think of another one in that type, can I change into it or it's the Dm's call? Thanks for all the help, this is just really awesome:)
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Ranger archetypes only replace abilities for the Ranger class.
You'd need to find a Druid equivalent, or homebrew one with your DM. But you can't just apply a Ranger archetype to a Druid.
More specifically, the Nature Warden requires "favored terrain class feature", which the druid does not have, except for one archetype: World Walker. Fortunately, this does not conflict with Pack Lord, so you can have both archetypes.
But my original questions stand.
I figured out what to do now. I still want to play a nature warden animal lord, but I can't play a druid. I'll play a ranger with something exactly like pack lord: beast master archetype. It has the exact same things(I can divide up levels to more than 1 animal companion). But my questions still stand:Is animal lord a race, because the bestiary one is already made a ranger, but it also says I can make one. My other question was can I choose anything from that idea of species or does it have to be listed(Ex:Dinosaur Lord it says velociraptor(other name though) and Trex). Can I play a dinosaur smaller than a Trex because it's gargantuan. Do I play a animal companion version, a large or medium sized? Thanks for all the help and if you want to give me an idea of which Animal Lord species is coolest just let me know:)
As for the Animal Lord question: The Animal Lord template can be added to any character with 10 or more HD.
But it's very much up to your GM if he wants to let you have a Bestiary template.