Mine is a derpy brown bear named Pablo. He wears a bowler that's about 50% too small for his head. Grappling focused Animal Barbarian. Fond of tea and biscuits.
I'm bummed this is for Awakened Animals and not all of the Howl options! Surely including some Merfolk and Minotaurs wouldn't spoil the fun?
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One of my players will be playing a kungfu panda.
I quite like the idea of a Rogue elephant. At least no one will ever talk about him.
So many bear options.
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Okay, going suuuuuper edgy for this first one: a Nephilim Awakened Gorilla, one of the spawn of Ruthazek, the last Gorilla King. Torn between not just their relatively mild-mannered gorilla instincts (seriously, real-life gorillas are pretty chill compared to other great apes like chimpanzees) and their humanoid intelligence, but also the unholy influences of their spiritual "grandfather," Angazhan, exhorting them sometimes to avenge their father's death at Saventh-Yhi, sometimes to recover his stolen Altar and battle to be the next Gorilla King and sometimes just to rip and tear and KILL. So they've left Usaro and gone off into the jungle to try and clear their head and figure out their own identity, and in doing so may discover a new path...
Class-wise could go in a bunch of different directions. Ruthazek himself was a 14th level Fighter by 1e standards, and this scion may follow in his footsteps. Barbarian would be a natural choice as well, to simulate the continual demonic rage simmering under the surface. Ranger is another easy choice, as it allows for easy travel and survival in the Mwangi Expanse (plus it'd be kind of an homage to the OG "good guy from a CE society, Drizzt). If I wanna go REAL "edgy OC from when I was 14" I could go with Champion to signify a HARD break with their Abyssal origins! :P
An awakened human that has speech and can use tools. Only…wisely. Wakes up every morning and thinks…I am a human…before thinking it is anything else.
Bunny or otter!
I'm considering a former familiar. It would be cool if that were one of the heritages. Summoner would be pretty fitting, honestly. Hmm... the range of emotions for phantoms is a bit limited. Let's see, then. Anger implies more interesting backstory. Obsessive occult researcher dabbling in soul magic to achieve some form of immortality, experimenting on their familiar and using them as a soul anchor. Occult research is often unreliable, and they were prone to angry outbursts when things didn't go well. The character won't talk about what exactly killed their former master, but the progress they made on their research was enough to bind their spirit to their familiar after death. Since it's just the spirit, though, much of their mind is gone, and the familiar takes a grim satisfaction at being the one in charge now. It's a bit darker as character backstories go, so it'd be for a game suited to that.
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I'm bummed this is for Awakened Animals and not all of the Howl options! Surely including some Merfolk and Minotaurs wouldn't spoil the fun?
Wouldn't spoil my fun even a little, and as the OP I feel empowered to say "have at it!"
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While thinking of more character concepts I was reminded of this post I wrote a while back and I realized how the Awakened Animal ancestry opens the door for so many more shenanigans regarding mistaken identity! Awakened mice being mistaken for very small ysoki! Awakened foxes being expected to shapeshift like a kitsune! Awakened toads annoyed at being compared to gripplis! Think of the possibilities! XD
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I'm torn between "animal instinct barbarian" or "tiger style monk" for "housecat who thinks he's a tiger."
An awakened chimpanzee alchemist. I'm ready for the inevitable stink bomb jokes.
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GOOSE
Peace was never an option.
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Do we even know if these are going to be simply awakened animals or if they're going to be full-on anthropomorphized and scaled-up creatures that are now humanoid?
We already have a fair number of ways to make and flavor all manner of furries but what we don't have is an option to play as an actual housecat that can somehow wield a rapier, wear clothes, and walk on two legs without getting the complete cat-person treatment... perhaps this is going to be a replacement for beastkin instead of something new?
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A Wolf who was cursed with sentience/awareness, by a Hag. With the changeling heritage reflect the hag influence.
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I'm bummed this is for Awakened Animals and not all of the Howl options! Surely including some Merfolk and Minotaurs wouldn't spoil the fun?Wouldn't spoil my fun even a little, and as the OP I feel empowered to say "have at it!"
I’ll need to see where else they place Minotaurs other than Kortos and distant Casmaron, but the truest-to-myself character would be one as a Cleric or Oracle sworn to Hathor. Osirion really isn’t that far from the Starstone Isle, and a loving cow goddess certainly offers a tempting alternative to fiendish Baphomet.
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Adder Warpriest of Norgorber named Black Adder
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Adder Warpriest of Norgorber named Black Adder
Well, don't expect to roll above a five in that game.
A Centaur Champion of Desna sounds like a pretty fun concept as well.
Awakened Swan Barbarian (because those birds are terrifying)
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Adder Warpriest of Norgorber named Black AdderWell, don't expect to roll above a five in that game.
I only roll above five when i'm running PL+3 combat
Another concept- a golden retriever -Sir Barkric Goodeboy- redeemer of Sarenrae
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Adder Warpriest of Norgorber named Black Adder
As long as he has a halfling butler called Bald Rick, you should be fine. Also, make sure to make up a room for Meister Cockup.
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Octopus Wizard! Behold my terrifying alien intellect!
Mizz Lion,defeater of doppelgangers.
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My headmate really likes her ysoki Fighter's rat familiar, and was vaguely tossing around ideas for somehow playing her as a caster if said ysoki ever bit the dust. An awakened familiar could be fun! I don't yet have ideas for the others, but I'm very glad for their inclusions. :>
A dog!
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Do we even know if these are going to be simply awakened animals or if they're going to be full-on anthropomorphized and scaled-up creatures that are now humanoid?
We already have a fair number of ways to make and flavor all manner of furries but what we don't have is an option to play as an actual housecat that can somehow wield a rapier, wear clothes, and walk on two legs without getting the complete cat-person treatment... perhaps this is going to be a replacement for beastkin instead of something new?
It would be pretty shocking if they did a 180 on the previous definition of Awakened Animals and turned it into "humanoid animal folk v2".
One thing that I liked the idea of is a magic floating prosthetic hand to give hand access to non-handed animals. We already have rules for fully functional prostheses, but I like the aesthetic of a Aeon Stone-esque hand
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I am definitely making an awakened Snake who wears a vest and has prosthetic arms.
Ricky, the 'Ticky Tabby' -- Awakened Cat Inventor. =^.^=
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Having thought about it a little more, and remembering spending valuable BIO-E points to create mutant critters in Palladium’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and other strangeness in the mid ‘80’s (and the breakout supplements After the Bomb, Road Hogs, Mutants Down Under and Transdimensional TMNT) coupled with almost all of my favourite creatures being from the family Edentata:
a pangolin thaumaturge with a sigil inscribed under every “scale”;
a sloth monk, coz that’s fun;
and an anteater rogue with a propensity for lifting knickknacks with their tongue. Extra points for a skeleton anteater, for the visuals alone. Ok, so it is a separate ancestry, but still, toothless folk can dream….raight?
Also:
a crab fighter who uses his/her maxillae (feeder limbs) to scribe pentametrically challenged “haikus”.
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and an anteater rogue with a propensity for lifting knickknacks with their tongue. Extra points for a skeleton anteater, for the visuals alone. Ok, so it is a separate ancestry, but still, toothless folk can dream….raight?
Since we will be getting guidelines for Half-any ancestry as a versatile heritage, you will have to decide whether they are Half-Skeleton Awakened anteater or a Half-Awakened anteater Skeleton.
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Since we will be getting guidelines for Half-any ancestry as a versatile heritage, you will have to decide whether they are Half-Skeleton Awakened anteater or a Half-Awakened anteater Skeleton.
and an anteater rogue with a propensity for lifting knickknacks with their tongue. Extra points for a skeleton anteater, for the visuals alone. Ok, so it is a separate ancestry, but still, toothless folk can dream….raight?
Ehrmagherd. I think I am broken. In half.
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Ehrmagherd. I think I am broken. In half.Since we will be getting guidelines for Half-any ancestry as a versatile heritage, you will have to decide whether they are Half-Skeleton Awakened anteater or a Half-Awakened anteater Skeleton.
and an anteater rogue with a propensity for lifting knickknacks with their tongue. Extra points for a skeleton anteater, for the visuals alone. Ok, so it is a separate ancestry, but still, toothless folk can dream….raight?
You must be joking. Clearly it is a half-Skeleton Awakened anteater. No time to be half awake.
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Narwal!
My character idea is a morbidly obese maned wolf (+2 Con, Cha) cultist (+2 Cha, Con) of Lamashtu either an efreeti sorcerer (if awakened animals have the ability to talk to normal animals) or flame druid with sorcerer archetype (if not) with boosts to Con, Wis, Int, and Cha and focusing on bluff, diplomacy, and intimidation and fire magic.
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An Awakened Raven Curse Patron Witch with a Poppet Familiar who works to deceive anyone and everyone as to the nature of their relationship as they select Speech as one of their standby always on Familiar Abilities, after all, everyone knows that a right and proper Raven can talk on their own regardless. Flavor the Poppet like a kind of voodoo doll replete with pins and red yarn entrails that unfurl and drag on the ground when needed.
Really play it up as best you can, heck, a magical/mystical Poppet on its own is a rare enough and interesting sight that all along it would be of likely greater interest than just some bird that seems like the humanoid things pet and/or mere mundane Familiar when in fact it's quite the opposite. Anyone who knows how to identify a kind of spellcaster with a Familiar in the first place would almost certainly first mistake the PC for the Familiar and vice versa and with enough care and tact I don't see much of a reason, other than letting your enemies escape alive... that the secret should ever get out.
As far as mechanical functionality I'd be VERY pleased if they just encoded hand-wavery into how Awakened Animals hold, stow, wear, and manage weapons/armor/gear as I must IMAGINE they are going to be a Rare Ancestry in the first place and I'd be pleased as a peach if the Raven could just awkwardly hold their Dagger, Staff, or whatever else in their beak or claws to make for an interesting and odd sight, they have crappy Profs in Weapons and Armor anyhow so it's fitting enough in my mind.
*insert 80-90s cartoon shows to use as inspiration for PCs* :P
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I am not sure if this will be playable (since I don't know if there will be an option to give aquatic animals the ability to breathe air), but a big sea anemone monk jumping around on land would be super cool to me. In general, I'm more interested if the animal has very little in common with the already available character options when it comes to its anatomy. I'm not really into the nagaji ancestry aesthetically, but an actual snake without arms or legs? That sounds amazing.
Given the clockwork prosthetics and such, I'd say that limbless animals could get limbs.
Then again, maybe there's going to be a feat that have a limbless animal "grow" arms and legs.
Battlezoo's Draconic Diehard doesn't take away your hands, you still have them for all intents and purposes except for using held permanent magical items. A snake would not be able to, for instance, drink a potion because they don't have hands.
I think the solution for animals without hand-analogues should be something very magical. My preference, would be an Aeon stone-like prosthetic hand that can float in to do hand-based tasks when necessary and gets out of sight when not. That would also allow their "hands" to be bound when captured and the like.
A feature that says "you've gotten around the need for hands in various ways, act as though you have two hands" could also work better than expected.
I am not sure if this will be playable (since I don't know if there will be an option to give aquatic animals the ability to breathe air), but a big sea anemone monk jumping around on land would be super cool to me. In general, I'm more interested if the animal has very little in common with the already available character options when it comes to its anatomy. I'm not really into the nagaji ancestry aesthetically, but an actual snake without arms or legs? That sounds amazing.
A giant squid psychic that's totally NOT a mind flayer...