Awakened animals

[BaconBastard]

Suppose for a moment I wanted to ruin a game by playing as an awakened animal. Specifically a pug, because pugs are awesome, and it will be funny to think of a pug doing these things. Say I decide to become a rogue, or fighter, thus gaining weapon proficiency... how does my pug wield his great axe? Does he just figure out a way? Does he hold it in his mouth? Does he need to get it made special so that he can wield it with his puggy little physique? Should he just be a pug spell caster because it would be hilarious and easier to think about?

[BaconBastard]

Also... longbow pug! My god...

[Snapshot]

BaconBastard wrote:

Suppose for a moment I wanted to ruin a game by playing as an awakened animal. Specifically a pug, because pugs are awesome, and it will be funny to think of a pug doing these things. Say I decide to become a rogue, or fighter, thus gaining weapon proficiency... how does my pug wield his great axe? Does he just figure out a way? Does he hold it in his mouth? Does he need to get it made special so that he can wield it with his puggy little physique? Should he just be a pug spell caster because it would be hilarious and easier to think about?

Not sure why that would ruin your game?

Had a guy play and awakened Bear(Barbarian/Pactmaster) in 3.5. It was a very interesting character.
There are limits to what items you can use based on the type of animal.
What is a pug?

[kyrt-ryder]

pug is a breed of dog.

You'd have to petition the DM to let the Mouth wield a two-handed weapon. In this particular case there IS some wiggle-room in your favor, since Pug's Bite is his only Natural Weapon and therefore gets the two-handed weapon treatment in regards to strength damage and such.

That would be one hell of a visual. (But keep in mind you'll be stuck with a Greataxe of the same size as the pug, meaning small or tiny, I can't remember which.)

[Ciaran Barnes]

A pug is a small and flat faced dog. Cute though.

If the animal hasn't the hands to hold a weapon then it cannot world them. You are stuck with natural attacks and not being able to speak.

[Ciaran Barnes]

And a pug is tiny. Not small.

[kyrt-ryder]

If the DM won't simply let you wield it, you'd have the choice of having a magic weapon made with the Mouthpick special ability, or begging the DM to let you learn to mouth-wield as a feat, whichever is more appealing to you.

EDIT: and being Tiny, I'd suggest going for a Reach Weapon rather than the axe.

[BaconBastard]

Snapshot wrote:

Not sure why that would ruin your game?

I imagine it would ruin the game because most NPCs wouldn't be prepared for a small dog to talk/adventure/buy things from them/thwart evil... It would make it a very difficult character/game to take seriously.

Ciaran Barnes wrote:

A pug is a small and flat faced dog. Cute though.

If the animal hasn't the hands to hold a weapon then it cannot world them. You are stuck with natural attacks and not being able to speak.

You actually do get the ability to speak... get to go all scooby doo in there.

[kyrt-ryder]

More like the pug from Men in Black.

[BaconBastard]

Even better. Pug rogue. Sneak attack stuff with your bite from 10 inches off the ground somehow.

[kyrt-ryder]

Jumping for the only Vital you can reach :P

[blackbloodtroll]

Be a Druid, focused on Wildshape, convinced he is a Pug.

Doable, without all the "Awakened Animal PC" bullcrap.

[kyrt-ryder]

Alternatively... be a Druid who's backstory is being an Awakened Pug Druid Reincarnated into a Humanoid body, who still has a ton of pug mannerisms.