Hengeyokai Animal Fighting types?

[CyberThread]

Anyone know of any builds or threads that focus on the hengeyokai in full animal form?

[Ruethgar]

The sparrow warlock has been mentioned rather often. I also use the hengeyokai to sub in free physical stats so I can boost my mental. With lycanthropy, shapeshifter Druid and rage you can boost your physical stats even higher. Dog is of course the best option for this, and fits with a typical lycanthrope, but I use other animals to make hybrid monsters. A crane and a snake for example to make a pseudo couatl. It's not a hengeyokai, but I've made a tibbit unarmed fighter before that was fun, had 3 cats following him around and Goliath rage so he went from tiny to large.

[IronFist]

By RAW, sparrow warlock does not work. Someone screwed up with editing and left a line about warlocks needing a free hand to use invocations. Sparrows don't have hands.

[Urpriest]

Sparrow works great for melee too, since it allows a lot of the Other Killer Gnome tricks.

[CyberThread]

huh snake and crane?