The Last Guardian

[Backseatgamer]

I have a player that wants to have a Trico from The Last Guardian as their animal companion. How do I pull that off?

[OldTrees1]

So they want a Griffon (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/monsters/griffon.htm) Animal Companion?

Since you are the DM you could just add Griffon to the list of Druid/Ranger advanced animal companions. Then the player could be a Druid, a Ranger, or someone that took the Wild Cohort feat.

Otherwise they would need find one of the ways to expand the Druid animal companion list to include magical beasts.
Monstrous_Animal_Companion is a feat(with a prerequisite feat) from dragon magazine that adds Griffon as a "as your effective druid level -6" option.
Beast Heart Adept is a prestige class from Dungeonscape that grants its own animal companion(no stacking with Druid/Ranger/WildCohort) that allows Hippogriffs as a starting companion.

[ComaVision]

Trico is clearly a Magical Beast, not an Animal, thus not a valid choice for Animal Companion.

He's pretty much a reskinned Hippogriff that doesn't have the ability to fly and has Warlock's Eldritch Blast as a racial ability to compensate. That makes him a valid choice for Paladin mount. :smallbiggrin:

[KillianHawkeye]

He's pretty much a reskinned Hippogriff that doesn't have the ability to fly and has Warlock's Eldritch Blast as a racial ability to compensate.

You forgot to mention that it's size Huge at least!

[Ruethgar]

So a Dungeonbred Titanic Hippogriff then.

[ComaVision]

You forgot to mention that it's size Huge at least!


So a Dungeonbred Titanic Hippogriff then.

Or just sufficiently advanced.

[eggynack]

Chimera doesn't seem too far off. That can be added to the list through totem companion from eberron campaign setting. Requires level 13, which isn't ideal, but it's doable.

[KillianHawkeye]

Or just sufficiently advanced.

I heard that any sufficiently advanced hippogriff is indistinguishable from magic. :smallamused:

[EvulOne]

I'm always of the opinion of .....No. You want something that isn't in the game....sorry. It's not in the game.

[ATHATH]

I'm always of the opinion of .....No. You want something that isn't in the game....sorry. It's not in the game.
Mate, we have a PrC for skydiving dwarves and a feat that lets you turn Turn Undead into Rebuke Hippos in this game.

Nothing is out of reach of a 3.5 character.

[ZamielVanWeber]

Mate, we have a PrC for skydiving dwarves and a feat that lets you turn Turn Undead into Rebuke Hippos in this game.

Nothing is out of reach of a 3.5 character.

Can I sig this? That is funny.

[ATHATH]

Can I sig this? That is funny.
I'd be honored (yes).

[Mendicant]

A huge creature that can shoot lightning from its tail is probably going to be a problem unless everyone else on the team is getting a similarly sweet deal. Perhaps rule that at the start the creature is a juvenile and use a large animal as a template?

[Inevitability]

Clunky workaround: take the Urban Companion ACF, then take Improved Familiar to get a hippogriff (required: 7 BAB and a CL of 7). The arcane caster level requirement can be met with Southern Magician.


I heard that any sufficiently advanced hippogriff is indistinguishable from magic.

Can I sig this?