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Well, normally you would just have the stats of the animal in question (I have no idea why the GM would choose an animal that they don't have stats for) with a +0 for all of your mental stats instead of the usual -3 for an animal.
Best guess is that your GM should either choose a different animal that has stats, find a statblock for something that is similar to a giant otter, or write a new statblock - or write up a giant otter ancestry for you to use.
This is a use case that awaken animal wasn't necessarily meant for (it's more for making random animals or animal companions sentient), so it requires a lot of work to figure out as a GM.
Tender - We were talking about the fact I had the Alan Dean Foster Spellsinger series on my book shelf. Mudge one of the main characters in the series happens to be a otter in a world where most animals are sentient.
Couple of weeks until our next session, so some time to nut it all out. Thinking Otter is similar to Badger or Wolverine , but with swim speed , not burrow or climb.
Ancestry on the other hand is animal . So maybe just physical attributes with natural weapon skills ? Low light vision.But I'm thinking my Halfling will try and find a way back to "normal" without resorting to another Reincarnation situation.
Aaaah, so it was a case of having a specific otter-related fantasy for the character, gotcha.
Probably small, swim speed, decent dex? Natural weapon (probably claws), low light vision, ability to hold your breath for longer... wait, aside from the size and dex and vision, this is starting to look a lot like a lizardfolk with the wetlander lizardfolk heritage.
Ok so long story short. playing an AP . We are 12th level . My Rogue dies, but the party tried a resurrection ritual ( failed but not Crit fail) .
They then decide a Reincarnation Ritual is cheaper and have access to both. So they try to bring me back. CRIT Fail resulting in me coming back as a giant otter. Ok. So then they use Awaken Animal.
So, any thoughts on how this new body should be "rolled" as in Physical stats etc ? No otter beasts have been brought to 2e as of yet.
Select from the available ancestries. I mean there are plenty of animal type ancestries out there.
My preference would be to choose one and reskin it. Sorry reflavour it. Personally I like Lizardfolk as they have a bit of a swamp theme going. Change reptile to mammal on a couple of powers and you are good to go.
Or perhaps Ratfolk would be my second choice
If there is nothing suitable then go for the most generic, ie human.