[PF] You are reincarnated as a black bear...

Tetsubo · October 25, 2010, 08:46:19 AM

Imagine that you are a 4th level Gnome Adept and while adventuring with a stalwart band of heroes you are killed. They can't Raise you but they can get you Reincarnated. You come back as a black bear. What would you do?

This would be a NPC and my first instinct is to make him a Barbarian. But that almost seems too obvious. Anyone have any thoughts?

Oddly, I just discovered that there is no black bear listing in the PFRD.

MonkeyWrench · October 25, 2010, 10:01:40 AM

I'd start taking levels in Druid. He's already an Adept so why not?

The Butcher · October 25, 2010, 10:30:05 AM

In a word?

Panserbjorn.

Abyssal Maw · October 25, 2010, 10:36:23 AM

If it's an NPC why not just let it be a bear?

Nightfall · October 26, 2010, 12:56:25 AM

Especially at 4th level. I mean just give him extra HD if you have to. But he's a freaking BEAR. I don't see the need to give him class levels especially if he was just a 4th level adept. (Which is a pretty sucky spellcasting class anyway.)

Bloody Stupid Johnson · October 26, 2010, 01:24:56 AM

Add your Bear HD to Adept HD, take Natural Spell* with your new feat, and keep being an adept (will be awhile until you see a new level, since your ECL is now ridiculous). Maybe go off and get bitten by a werebear and see if the transformation runs both ways.

*yes alright technically he needs wild shape...but he's a bear!

Nightfall · October 26, 2010, 01:34:09 AM

Or he can just be a bear.

Nicephorus · October 26, 2010, 09:06:14 AM

I'd just keep him as an adept and let him cast spells as is given that bear is now his natural form.

winkingbishop · October 26, 2010, 02:49:54 PM

I wouldn't care much about the class makeup. However, now that he's a bear, I would definitely start looking into ways to add cybernetics.

Bloody Stupid Johnson · October 26, 2010, 06:08:27 PM

Quote from: winkingbishop;412002I wouldn't care much about the class makeup. However, now that he's a bear, I would definitely start looking into ways to add cybernetics.

Of course, cybernetics! He was a gnome, perhaps the other gnomes can help with this.

And naturally, flight and eye lasers are the other obvious improvements that all bears should have.

Cole · October 26, 2010, 07:52:41 PM

My first instinct would be to trade his adept levels for Druid levels and start anew from there.

Narf the Mouse · October 26, 2010, 10:31:17 PM

A bear's skull can stop the average bullet. The average bullet doesn't do much against the average bear's hide, either.
A brown bear can go 40 mph; a black bear can likely go faster.
Bears can knock your head off with casual strength.

He can be a bear. That's all he needs.

Nightfall · October 27, 2010, 02:19:54 AM

Quote from: Bloody Stupid Johnson;412026And naturally, flight and eye lasers are the other obvious improvements that all bears should have.

Frickking lasers man!

Narf,

Thank you and again what I've been saying.

Abyssal Maw · October 27, 2010, 09:04:01 AM

Or like.. a talking bear.

Is this all just theoretical or is this from a real game?

Talking bear is fine, it's just an npc after all. It doesn't all have to match some kind of mathematical model of the universe.

Tetsubo · October 27, 2010, 09:18:06 AM

Quote from: Abyssal Maw;412108Or like.. a talking bear.

Is this all just theoretical or is this from a real game?

Talking bear is fine, it's just an npc after all. It doesn't all have to match some kind of mathematical model of the universe.

I'm going to be running a solo game for my wife. She will be playing an Oakling (think junior treant) Ranger. The Gnome Adept is going to be her sidekick.