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Offline Surreal

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Giant Eagle
« on: January 13, 2012, 02:22:18 AM »
Giant Eagle

image: Boris Vallejo - White Eagle

HD: d10

Skills: 2 + Int. Class Skills: Intimidate, Knowledge (nature), Listen, Sense Motive, Spot, Survival

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Level BAB Fort Ref Will Special
1 0 2 2 0 Eagle Body, Swift Flight, Screech, Powerful Build, +1 Str, +1 Dex
2 1 3 3 0 Evasion, Bonus Feat, +1 Str, +1 Dex
3 2 3 3 1 Growth, Diving Blitz, Ideal Cohort, +1 Str, +1 Dex

Features

Skills: Their keen eyes grant them a +2 +1/HD racial bonus to spot checks. Riders with whom the Giant Eagle is friendly receive a +1/HD to their ride bonus.

Eagle Body: At first level a Giant Eagle loses all other racial features and becomes a medium magical beast. It has low light vision, natural weapons: 2 claws (1d6) and 1 bite (1d4), a base land speed of 10' and flying speed of 50' (average), and a natural armour bonus equal to its Con modifier.

Swift Flight: The Giant Eagle can fly like no other, gaining a +5' to flight speed per HD. For every 6HD its manoeuverability improves one step.

Screech: Perhaps one of the most recognizable sounds in nature, an Eagle's screech both herald's its arrival and strikes fear into its opponent's hearts. A Giant Eagle may make an intimidate check as a swift action during a charge/dive. This is a sonic & fear based effect.

Powerful Build: As per the Half-Giant entry. It retains this feature when it later attains Growth.

Ability Bonus: A Giant Eagle receives +1 Str and +1 Dex at every level.

Evasion: As the rogue special ability. If the Giant Eagle would gain evasion from another source, it gains Improved Evasion instead.

Bonus Feat: At 2nd level a Giant Eagle gains Flyby Attack. At 8HD it gains Improved Flyby Attack even if it does not meet the prerequisites.

Growth: At 3rd level a Giant Eagle increases one size category.

Diving Blitz: Able to lash out with its claws and beak in a flash, at 3rd level a Giant Eagle when flying can attack with all its natural weapons as a standard action. It may only target a single creature when doing so.

Ideal Cohort: A Giant Eagle who has been chosen as the cohort of a rider (or vice versa) has a maximum level of one lower than the rider rather than two. A Paladin who has chosen the the Giant Eagle as a cohort mount (DMG p.200) need not apply the +2 level adjustment.

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« Last Edit: October 28, 2012, 01:05:33 PM by Surreal »

Offline Strabo

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Re: Giant Eagle
« Reply #1 on: January 13, 2012, 02:36:55 AM »
Thanks  :) This class was requested by me, and I am satisfied. Actually, I never thought, what abilities you can add to an almost mundane creature.

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Re: Giant Eagle
« Reply #2 on: January 13, 2012, 05:07:34 PM »
That's a pretty good job in such short time!

You may want to add a clause that you don't need to meet the prerequisites for improved flybyattack for gaining it.

Personally, I found a little odd the part of "Ideal Cohort", since those classes are mostly suposed to be used by PCs.

But then, I've had my fair share of people commenting that the monster classes should also be used for player minions and monsters on the DM side, so what can I say? I may even steal borrow that idea myself in the future!

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Re: Giant Eagle
« Reply #3 on: January 13, 2012, 10:38:28 PM »
Added the clause for improved flyby and tweaked the wording for diving blitz so that it works correctly with flyby attack.

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Re: Giant Eagle
« Reply #4 on: October 28, 2012, 12:36:50 PM »
Growth should specify that you lose the benefits of Powerful Build.  (Unless you don't, in which case it should specify that you keep them.)

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Re: Giant Eagle
« Reply #5 on: October 30, 2012, 06:53:11 AM »
Powerful build itself specifies you get to keep it after growing.

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Re: Giant Eagle
« Reply #6 on: October 30, 2012, 09:21:29 PM »
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A Giant Eagle who has been chosen as the cohort of a rider (or vice versa) has a maximum level of one lower than the rider rather than two.

Does the bolded portion mean that a PC Eagle who takes a cohort also gets the lv -1 maximum?

If so, you might want to make it more explicit. If not... what does that portion mean?

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Re: Giant Eagle
« Reply #7 on: October 31, 2012, 12:59:33 AM »
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A Giant Eagle who has been chosen as the cohort of a rider (or vice versa) has a maximum level of one lower than the rider rather than two.

Does the bolded portion mean that a PC Eagle who takes a cohort also gets the lv -1 maximum?


Yes.