[D&D 3.5]Morrowind Tribunal Expansion: Pack Rat

[russdm]

If you have played Morrowind's Tribunal, then you know what I am referring to. I am curious as to how to go about stating up this cute little critter. The Pack Rat was a rat that you could purchase in Mournhold that would carry gear for you. I have always thought it would be nice to have one in a D&D game.

As an aside, would it be easy to make one for Star Wars Saga Edition too or would it be too hard?

[holywhippet]

There's already a riding dog: http://www.d20srd.org/srd/monsters/dogRiding.htm

If you really want a rat you could use dire rat: http://www.d20srd.org/srd/monsters/direRat.htm

You could use the handle animal skill to make a dire rat willing to be a beast of burden. Might have problems with that low strength score though.

[russdm]

I don't want a riding dog. I want a pack rat. A dire rat doesn't really fit, because its more of a giant rat with a pack saddle, then a dire rat with a pack saddle. Besides, any chump can get a riding dog.

[Fax Celestis]

Take the rat (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/monsters/rat.htm) statblock in the SRD and apply a template that will increase its size (or give it an item of continuous animal growth (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/spells/animalGrowth.htm)). Also give it a belt of wide earth or a collar of continuous ant haul (http://paizo.com/prd/advanced/spells/antHaul.html). Remember that as a quadrupedal creature, its carrying capacity is increased (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/carryingCapacity.htm#biggerandSmallerCreatures).

If you want to get really fancy, have a druid awaken the rat, and then have it take a level in Psychic Warrior and choose expansion (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/psionic/powers/expansion.htm) as a power known. Unfortunately, expansion is not on the PLA list for Phrenic, otherwise that'd be a good option too.

[Vizzerdrix]

As for Starwars, You can turn almost anything into a Droid.

[Zombimode]

I don't want a riding dog. I want a pack rat. A dire rat doesn't really fit, because its more of a giant rat with a pack saddle, then a dire rat with a pack saddle. Besides, any chump can get a riding dog.

Yeah, but a dire rat just is a large rat - like a pack rat.

You could use the dire rat's stats as a starting point.

Does your group pay close attention to carrying capacity? Because otherwise the usefulness of a Pack Rat will be diminished.

[Larkas]

Tie a Bag of Holding to a dire rat and train it to follow you. Done.

[Fax Celestis]

Yeah, but a dire rat just is a large rat - like a pack rat.

Actually, no it isn't. If you size up the rat to the dire rat's size, you'll notice that the dire rat has a lot more stuff than just a big rat.

[Crake]

Actually, no it isn't. If you size up the rat to the dire rat's size, you'll notice that the dire rat has a lot more stuff than just a big rat.

I think he meant fluff wise, not mechanics wise