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I am seeking advice on making a 1st-level version of an Awakened Deinonychus who will become a Ranger as he progresses through the campaign. I built a regular Deinonychus but way too powerful for a first level game.
There's some applicable stuff in section "Monsters as PC's" in the bestiary. As far as being too powerful, you could try and convince your GM to start at a higher level. However, you might find more success by applying the "young" template to your pc, lowering its CR to 2. You'd be roughly equivalent to level 2, which is not that bad when you consider how quickly most games zoom past level 1.
Also, have you considered going as a rogue? High dex, 5 natural attacks, sneak attack, and pounce = win of awesomeness. It works especially well with the roleplaying aspect as well. A sneaky, smart, acrobatic dinosaur that jumps on people just SCREAMS rogue at me :) You could "clever girl" people all up in their business :D