Thuphinlok
2015-01-21, 03:15 PM
Ok so here's the scoop guys. I am playing a druid with the Elemental Companion ACF. I elected an earth elemental and now at lvl 6 I want to take leadership and have the Elemental be my new cohort. It has already been approved by the DM, so that is not a problem. My question here pertains to another player and myself disagreeing on how the elemental should be adjusted. The DM is reviewing the case now, but I just wanted to get a little feedback from the pros!
My case:
The elemental is statted straight from the MM from top to bottom, as a medium earth elemental. I say taking it as a cohort will treat it as a ECL 4 character, 4RHD and no LA just as it says in the MM. From there it is my feeling that it should level the same way any other cohort would, and I should be able to advance it either as a regular elemental by size (obviously it would need a progression similar to Savage Species or something along those lines), or by giving it regular class levels.
His case:
The elemental should have an increased LA due to it not being a normaly playable race (LA- in the stat block). He suggested that a Large elemental should be a LA5, and that medium should be somewhere around 1-2.
I don't really care one way or another as this character is built ENTIRELY for fluff rather than crunch (I am getting rid of my Ac, and I gave up wild shape forthe Deadly hunter ACF), so I am in no way interested in power gaming, but I didn't really see a reason to increase the LA for the elemental at all much less by 2. What do you guys think?
And just as a side note, there is no animosity anywhere at the table, we just like to discuss things.
Thuphinlok
My case:
The elemental is statted straight from the MM from top to bottom, as a medium earth elemental. I say taking it as a cohort will treat it as a ECL 4 character, 4RHD and no LA just as it says in the MM. From there it is my feeling that it should level the same way any other cohort would, and I should be able to advance it either as a regular elemental by size (obviously it would need a progression similar to Savage Species or something along those lines), or by giving it regular class levels.
His case:
The elemental should have an increased LA due to it not being a normaly playable race (LA- in the stat block). He suggested that a Large elemental should be a LA5, and that medium should be somewhere around 1-2.
I don't really care one way or another as this character is built ENTIRELY for fluff rather than crunch (I am getting rid of my Ac, and I gave up wild shape forthe Deadly hunter ACF), so I am in no way interested in power gaming, but I didn't really see a reason to increase the LA for the elemental at all much less by 2. What do you guys think?
And just as a side note, there is no animosity anywhere at the table, we just like to discuss things.
Thuphinlok