Awakening?

[The Mister Guy]

So how does Awakening work and what book is it from?

Sorry for being such a noob, I'm a bit frazzeled after being kicked out of the DM's chair for using MMII and then watching my players change to 4th ed in the blink of an eye. :smalleek:

The Mister Guy

[Divide by Zero]

Are you referring to the spell awaken (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/spells/awaken.htm)?

[The Mister Guy]

Are you referring to the spell awaken (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/spells/awaken.htm)?

Why yes I am, thank you good sir. Any idea how I'd run a player using one as a race, as is so often discussed here?

[Alleran]

If it's only a 1HD race, I think you just calculate the ability bonuses (subtract until you have 10 or 11 in all your scores, and see what the results are - those are the racial benefits) and then add the INT, WIS and CHA from Awaken, remove the 1HD to replace it with a class level, and you're good to go. Additional RHD would grant additional benefits as per the rules for increasing HD.

Word to the wise: Housecats have a good chance of killing commoners.

Solution: Play an Awakened Housecat Wizard.

[Mr. Zolrane]

Solution: Play an Awakened Housecat Wizard.

Indeed. Then you can break the game and kill Commoners.

[The Mister Guy]

Word to the wise: Housecats have a good chance of killing commoners.




Ha! I get it. Chuckle.

[erikun]

Hey man, those chickens can get dangerous.

F.Y.I., there are also spells Awaken Undead and Awaken Construct which do the same thing to undead and constructs, respectively. I don't recall which books they are in.

[Divide by Zero]

I don't think there's any hard rules for LA, though, so you'll need to talk to the DM about what's reasonable for your particular choice.