Starting a tentacle ape slave business?

[KuntaSS]

So, those of you who have the ACG will probably may have seen this handy feat, and raised one eyebrow, called Evolved Companion. In addition to being a handy new staple for all the pet classes, this feat opens up an interesting business model, which I present here for your discussion:

• Step one: have a companion as a class feature. Druid is a good choice.

• Step two: grab some evolved companion feats, give your ape some tentacles or other fun evolutions.

• Step three: insert tentacle ape into cage or other containment.

• Step four: awaken the ape (this is why druid was a good choice)

• Step five - ????: something, something, profit.

So any thoughts?

[lemeres]

I am unsure how the evolved companion works in this regard.

MY first reaction is 'it isn't a companion anymore if you awaken it'. So the evolution could be a transitory thing born from its semi-magical connection to you. Once that is broken, the animal reverts back.

Ok, I lied. My first reaction came when I saw the thread title. How the heck are you going to make profit off of tentacle apes. Actually, don't tell me. I have seen enough anime to know where this is going.

Overall, this seems like a good way to get druids angry at you. Watch out, those guys can be disturbingly good assassins (can you defend from a coup de grace delivered by a small bird that suddenly sprouts a super beef arm with a dagger?)

[KuntaSS]

Yeah, at the cost of 2000gp and 24 hours an awakening you are going to have to have a serious demand. The good news is you could potentially use the apes as guerillas to commit acts of terrorism until people buy them from you to stop the madness. Pissed off other druids is definitely going to be a downer, you could go Sylvan Sorcerer (good luck figuring out a decent means to awaken consistently) and create yourself a nice demiplane, this will make it difficult for the average druid to enter. Just hope you don't piss of a wizard.

[Green Smashomancer]

Boy, I thought you missed an "r" in the title and got realllyy worried.

But, I get the feeling, an intelligent creature of any kind wouldn't be too happy about being put on display in a freak show.

[KuntaSS]

That's what the cage is for...

[Cpt_kirstov]

KuntaSS wrote:

That's what the cage is for...

until the awakened critter outsmarts a commoner and gets him to open the door or give him a lever.....

[KuntaSS]

Uh... obscuring mist and GTFO? No refunds.

[Raymond Lambert]

Skip the awaken and present the ape as a freak of nature in a traveling circus or carnival.

[Arachnofiend]

Cpt_kirstov wrote:

KuntaSS wrote:

That's what the cage is for...

until the awakened critter outsmarts a commoner and gets him to open the door or give him a lever.....

Yeah, remember that Awaken gives your companion 3d6 Int. An awakened animal only has to roll moderately well to be far more intelligent than the average human.

[ElementalXX]

Awakened deformed experimental the ape: Kill me please....

[cnetarian]

obviously you have the tentacled ape perform magic tricks (or a tentacle porn show if your audience is elves) and then unleash a pack of monkey pickpockets on the crowd while they are distracted watching the show.

[The Indescribable]

Green Smashomancer wrote:

Boy, I thought you missed an "r" in the title and got realllyy worried.

But, I get the feeling, an intelligent creature of any kind wouldn't be too happy about being put on display in a freak show.

See now, that's what I thought. I came in somewhat expecting stats for Evans Spiked Tentacles of Forced Intrusion