Kantolin
2008-01-13, 07:16 AM
Are there any comments about the beastlord class from the Complete Adventurer?
It seems... interesting, at least. I'd like to make a beast-focused character, and the multiple-animal-companion purpose of the class seems like it's good for that.
The trouble I'm seeing is that the animal companions you get get progressively less useful as you progress through the class. So you begin with a fairly beefy animal companion at +3, then at level 4 you get an acceptable animal companion at +0, then you get a notably less useful one at level 7, and hten you get two more animal companions that are laughable in combat.
I wouldn't mind it so much if you could get at the noncombat ones earlier; a strict scouter and the like would be more useful at lower levels.
Anyway, that's just what it seems like at a glance. Anyone ever played as/with one? Any additional suggestions/ideas about them?
It seems... interesting, at least. I'd like to make a beast-focused character, and the multiple-animal-companion purpose of the class seems like it's good for that.
The trouble I'm seeing is that the animal companions you get get progressively less useful as you progress through the class. So you begin with a fairly beefy animal companion at +3, then at level 4 you get an acceptable animal companion at +0, then you get a notably less useful one at level 7, and hten you get two more animal companions that are laughable in combat.
I wouldn't mind it so much if you could get at the noncombat ones earlier; a strict scouter and the like would be more useful at lower levels.
Anyway, that's just what it seems like at a glance. Anyone ever played as/with one? Any additional suggestions/ideas about them?