
Non-awakened children wouldn't bother them as long as the children can play and grow normally for that type of animal. So an awakened animal wouldn't have any compunction about mating with a non-awakened animal, and might even view the non-awakened animal as superior if they are bigger or wiser or more respected among their kind. Once in a while it might help evade a predator or catch prey, but in general, being fast and strong and a good sniffer helps more. The ability to think and talk is a neat trick that really helps when interacting with humanoids and navigating their world. Animals don't "need" Intelligence and don't view it in a necessarily positive light the way humanoids do. After spending the casting time tracing magical pathways within a precious gemstone, you touch a huge or smaller beast or plant. They don't have prejudice towards non-awakened animals. Yes, they still think of themselves as animals. So I think it makes sense for the awakening to be permanent down to the genetic level.Ģ. He wanted to be able to cast poly at will, but I was like nope, that aint happening. DND is the middle ground between systems that are very loose with the rules (like Kids on Brooms) and systems that are more heavy on rules (Pathfinder).
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The problems being a PC monster race, and the limits of polymorph in 5e. DND 5e is good because its relatively simple And before people respond with the 'Um, actually's, please note the 'relatively' part of that. Signs of a twin flame runner starting to awaken can vary wildly.

It's also a setting where magical experiments can create things like owlbears and mongrelfolk. As of today, though, he wants to be the afore mentioned awakened polymorphed pseudodragon wizard. (Twin Flame Runner Awakening Stages Book 1) Kindle Edition. Sure, why not? This is a setting where you can cast speak with animals which acknowledeges that animals' thoughts are at least complex enough to translate into language, even if the animals themselves lack the power of speech. Obviously the spell specifies the creature must be beast or plant, probably to prevent PCs from raising their intelligence to 10 if its low. Next level, one of the characters is going to learn Awaken, and we talked about her awakening their Chimera ally. Moreover, if an awakened animal breeds with a non-awakened animal, the offspring would have an Intelligence somewhere in between the two, and be able to speak crudely. My 5e party raised and befriended a Chimera.
