![]() However, if you go for the quest you need to give them a way to know where to start. Second, a quest where the reward is awakening your monstrosity friend? Sound amazing! If you or the players aren't in a mood (or the plot makes it a silly proposition since the BBEG is on their way so no time) just make the spell work this one time. If the players seem hesitant since the spell doesn't include monstrosities, assure them that if they want to there will be a way (so they don't give up on something fun before even asking if it's possible). So first of: This sounds like amazing fun for the party, so as long as it isn't an issue for you (it seems like it isn't), go for it! Then let's take thing one step at a time: Granted, there aren't a lot of things that prey on chimeras, but the instincts could still be there. There's always easier prey somewhere else in the forest. ![]() This has actually helped me (as a player) decide when to bail on a fight we're not up to winning, because an animal isn't going to risk the calories and potential injury fighting something it isn't sure it can win. One helpful thing for roleplaying has been remembering that unlike humans, most animals are somewhere in the middle of the food chain. I also rationalize mediocre Knowledge: Nature rolls by reasoning that an awakened animal no longer instinctually "knows" as much as it did, because it now has to think about it what it knows like humans do. It still thinks of itself as an animal, and while there are a lot of human concepts it isn't familiar with, even an INT 10 creature is clever enough to watch and learn just like any human community outsider would. ![]() Like do they suddenly have human standards? Do they have extisential crises? Or are they still animalistic but with more cunning and cognitive skills?įor what it's worth, I've played an awakened animal PC before. Where a beast’s instinct is to survive, hunt, mate etc., an awakened beast might want wealth, or to live a luxurious life, or sail the high seas. Other than that, maybe an item like a necklace that when the chimera wears it, allows spells that affect beasts affect it? And I guess awaken also means that the creatures acts beyond just instinct. This is just in case you have a wizard who wants to copy the scroll into their spell book and use for combat or something. maybe your cleric has a lot of spells that do radiant damage, so you use the above spell to turn the target into undead or fiend so they take extra radiant damage for that minute. This can be useful as there are a number of abilities that affect creatures depending on their type, like celestials, fiends, undead, fey, etc. Within that minute, they can cast awaken and have it stay applied even after the effect of the scroll ends. On a fail, you can change the creatures type to a different type for 1 minute”. Maybe something like “the creature makes a wisdom/constitution save. Maybe there’s a scroll that contains a spell that can change the type of a creature. As for quest, you might have to get homebrew with it. So an awakened chimera might start arguing with itself, as to the goals and wants of each head, beyond just instinct. ![]() Well after a quick reading, a chimera has 3 heads (dragon, lion, goat) each driving it to do something different (hoard, hunt, be stubborn?). Combat areas for every conceivable encounter. Collection of Podcasts, Vidcasts, and other D&D Multimedia for your consumption. Worldbuilding, Storybuilding, DM Discussion. The DM Help Multireddit Check out our wiki! Message the Moderators
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