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#1
banshee
Sep 28, 2003 10:11:42 I know that there are not supposed to be any lycanthropes in Dragonlance. However, I'm left wondering what Kitiara's companion in one of the novels was. It was the Prelude novel about Kitiara. She has a companion who is from, I think, Saifhum.......he had the natural ability to turn into a black panther at will.

What exactly was he? I've never seen this described in any Dragonlance gaming products, but it was a cool character, IIRC.

Banshee
#2
zombiegleemax
Sep 28, 2003 13:44:27 I haven't read the book, but I'm going to venture a guess.
Maybe it's a druid, using the wild shape ability?
#3
cam_banks
Sep 28, 2003 13:46:20
Originally posted by Banshee
I know that there are not supposed to be any lycanthropes in Dragonlance. However, I'm left wondering what Kitiara's companion in one of the novels was. It was the Prelude novel about Kitiara. She has a companion who is from, I think, Saifhum.......he had the natural ability to turn into a black panther at will.

What exactly was he? I've never seen this described in any Dragonlance gaming products, but it was a cool character, IIRC.

This creature was a Karnuthian, an example of a rare bloodline that runs through a family from the days of Ergoth's might. Another example shows up in the first of the Ergoth trilogy by Paul Thompson and Tonya Cook. Shapechangers like this are incredibly rare, and mentioned in Heroes of Defiance (a SAGA 5th Age product) as an example of how to incorporate ancestral secrets into a character's background. To represent this, you could use a lycanthrope template to model this bloodline, but remove any reference to lunar influences, disease, etc etc. Removing those drawbacks would kick up the template's level adjustment by about +1 or +2, though.

Cheers,
Cam
#4
banshee
Sep 28, 2003 22:16:29
Originally posted by Cam Banks
This creature was a Karnuthian, an example of a rare bloodline that runs through a family from the days of Ergoth's might. Another example shows up in the first of the Ergoth trilogy by Paul Thompson and Tonya Cook. Shapechangers like this are incredibly rare, and mentioned in Heroes of Defiance (a SAGA 5th Age product) as an example of how to incorporate ancestral secrets into a character's background. To represent this, you could use a lycanthrope template to model this bloodline, but remove any reference to lunar influences, disease, etc etc. Removing those drawbacks would kick up the template's level adjustment by about +1 or +2, though.

Cheers,
Cam

Any chance these will ever be dealt with in the gaming products?

I haven't read the Ergoth book, so I'm curious....do all these Karnuthians have one form each? Do they all turn into panthers? Or can they turn into whatever they want?

Banshee

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
#1 banshee Sep 28, 2003 10:11:42	I know that there are not supposed to be any lycanthropes in Dragonlance. However, I'm left wondering what Kitiara's companion in one of the novels was. It was the Prelude novel about Kitiara. She has a companion who is from, I think, Saifhum.......he had the natural ability to turn into a black panther at will. What exactly was he? I've never seen this described in any Dragonlance gaming products, but it was a cool character, IIRC. Banshee
#2 zombiegleemax Sep 28, 2003 13:44:27	I haven't read the book, but I'm going to venture a guess. Maybe it's a druid, using the wild shape ability?
#3 cam_banks Sep 28, 2003 13:46:20	Originally posted by Banshee I know that there are not supposed to be any lycanthropes in Dragonlance. However, I'm left wondering what Kitiara's companion in one of the novels was. It was the Prelude novel about Kitiara. She has a companion who is from, I think, Saifhum.......he had the natural ability to turn into a black panther at will. What exactly was he? I've never seen this described in any Dragonlance gaming products, but it was a cool character, IIRC. This creature was a Karnuthian, an example of a rare bloodline that runs through a family from the days of Ergoth's might. Another example shows up in the first of the Ergoth trilogy by Paul Thompson and Tonya Cook. Shapechangers like this are incredibly rare, and mentioned in Heroes of Defiance (a SAGA 5th Age product) as an example of how to incorporate ancestral secrets into a character's background. To represent this, you could use a lycanthrope template to model this bloodline, but remove any reference to lunar influences, disease, etc etc. Removing those drawbacks would kick up the template's level adjustment by about +1 or +2, though. Cheers, Cam
#4 banshee Sep 28, 2003 22:16:29	Originally posted by Cam Banks This creature was a Karnuthian, an example of a rare bloodline that runs through a family from the days of Ergoth's might. Another example shows up in the first of the Ergoth trilogy by Paul Thompson and Tonya Cook. Shapechangers like this are incredibly rare, and mentioned in Heroes of Defiance (a SAGA 5th Age product) as an example of how to incorporate ancestral secrets into a character's background. To represent this, you could use a lycanthrope template to model this bloodline, but remove any reference to lunar influences, disease, etc etc. Removing those drawbacks would kick up the template's level adjustment by about +1 or +2, though. Cheers, Cam Any chance these will ever be dealt with in the gaming products? I haven't read the Ergoth book, so I'm curious....do all these Karnuthians have one form each? Do they all turn into panthers? Or can they turn into whatever they want? Banshee