We just began the Runelords adventure path. I'm a ranger, and I'm considering where I want to go. I think the Mammoth Rider prestige class sounds really fun.
However, for those who have played/GMd Rise of the Runelords . . . is it a campaign where I'll just be leaving my Huge animal companion at the door to the dungeon every time, thereby losing all the benefits and fun of the prestige class? Thanks, hopefully your answer isn't too much of a spoiler as I'm really looking forward to this campaign.
We just began the Runelords adventure path. I'm a ranger, and I'm considering where I want to go. I think the Mammoth Rider prestige class sounds really fun.
However, for those who have played/GMd Rise of the Runelords . . . is it a campaign where I'll just be leaving my Huge animal companion at the door to the dungeon every time, thereby losing all the benefits and fun of the prestige class? Thanks, hopefully your answer isn't too much of a spoiler as I'm really looking forward to this campaign.
And then there's the question of having them wandering through town (hefty fines for Mammoth poop in Mangimar), how easily you can be recognized and tracked, care and feeding and of course the inevitable replacement mounts. Where do you go to pick out a good mammoth, anyway?
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I'm currently GMing a Runelords game and I can say it seems to have a a wide variety of scenarios as you advance through the story. Later on (maybe around the time you'd have your mammoth) there are several battles against other larger creatures that take place outside and it could be very cool to battle them with an equally large mount. That being said there are also stretches of dungeon or other confining areas where you couldn't bring your companion. If you're willing to deal with those times when it's not available or you have some way of shrinking animals then I say go for it.
And then there's the question of having them wandering through town (hefty fines for Mammoth poop in Mangimar), how easily you can be recognized and tracked, care and feeding and of course the inevitable replacement mounts. Where do you go to pick out a good mammoth, anyway?
Haha, hefty fines? I was planning on selling it as organic fertilizer! All good points. I actually wasn't considering a mammoth. The prestige class allows other animals, and even more at DM discretion, and I was hoping my DM would let me advance my Roc companion to closer to the real size. It fits my Air Ranger motif quite well. Maybe Huge instead of Large.
That being said, are there any good ways to make big animal companions conveniently shrink? I see reduce animal. That would work to get a Large companion into a dungeon more easily, but would hardly be effective for a Huge companion. Also there is Carry Companion. Are there any magic items that would grant a similar ability to those?
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