ShadowfireOmega
2014-10-17, 11:18 PM
Ok, since I wanted to play a monk, I made a monk. I stupidly made a halfling monk. To get my damage up to par, I asked if I could take Improved Natural Attack. I was told only if I took a monster class, and the only suitable one I found was lycanthrope. I am allowed to buyoff the LA, which will happen eventually, but am stuck with a level of animal I cannot get around. Anyway, enough of that rant, lets start on a rant/question.
When I went looking for a good animal to use, looking at the stats as the "Making a lycanthrope" section in the MMI, I found some contradictory text. In this section, when you shift into hybrid or animal form, you get bonuses to your physical ability scores based on the animals stats-10 or -11, depending on if the number is even or odd, respectively. So a baboon would be 4, 4, and 2. Looking at the "as players" portion, it says it adds the animals ability modifiers, so in this case it would be 2, 2 and 1. Or so my DM says. I point out that that's the way they are on the table, he says that table probably wasn't intended for players, only monsters. I don't think there are any differences between applying a template for an NPC and a PC, is there? Can any find me something that proves this one way or another? Thanks.
Note: At this point this is for future reference, the DM and I have come to an agreement on the subject, I just really want to know.
When I went looking for a good animal to use, looking at the stats as the "Making a lycanthrope" section in the MMI, I found some contradictory text. In this section, when you shift into hybrid or animal form, you get bonuses to your physical ability scores based on the animals stats-10 or -11, depending on if the number is even or odd, respectively. So a baboon would be 4, 4, and 2. Looking at the "as players" portion, it says it adds the animals ability modifiers, so in this case it would be 2, 2 and 1. Or so my DM says. I point out that that's the way they are on the table, he says that table probably wasn't intended for players, only monsters. I don't think there are any differences between applying a template for an NPC and a PC, is there? Can any find me something that proves this one way or another? Thanks.
Note: At this point this is for future reference, the DM and I have come to an agreement on the subject, I just really want to know.