My character is a druid, and I rescued a person, who I've encouraged to act as a 'follower' for me, that I'm in the process of training.
What sort of stat block would be appropriate for a character like this? He's going to be a druid. Would it make sense to strip back most of the druid proficiencies and then slowly add them as he trains/levels up? As it stands he's pretty much a level 0. He's proficient in quarterstaffs and basic leather armour.
How would you roleplay this?
He's currently following me everywhere. Paranoid I'm going to get him killed. haha
The Druid NPC Stat block may be appropriate, but yes the Sidekick UA's Adept with the approriate character Race and a d8 or d6 Hit Die may also work. The Details of this should be something decided by your DM.
In this case I imagine a modified acolyte would be best, just swap religion for Nature, give it the druidic language, and change its cantrips and prepared spells to that of the druid (don't change its spell caster level).
In this case I imagine a modified acolyte would be best, just swap religion for Nature, give it the druidic language, and change its cantrips and prepared spells to that of the druid (don't change its spell caster level).
yeah... but the acolyte's had devoted their life to doing all that.
This guy, prior to the PC's involvement, wasn't exactly devoting his life to being a druid. So I personally, would agree more with the commoner block than the Acolyte block for those reasons i stated.
Yeah we're going off the UA Sidekick, as it fits the best (because he is essentially a PC).
He's going to level differently to me though (but not normal leveling).
He's started level 1, but won't hit level 2 until 900xp etc.
We're currently level 7, and if he was to only level when I do (as per sidekick), he'd be in very dangerous situations at a very low level.
Something I might consider if I were the DM, would be to let you spend downtime training him for a percentage of the difference in your experience. Something like (Your XP - His XP) × 1% per day.
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Hey guys,
My character is a druid, and I rescued a person, who I've encouraged to act as a 'follower' for me, that I'm in the process of training.
What sort of stat block would be appropriate for a character like this? He's going to be a druid. Would it make sense to strip back most of the druid proficiencies and then slowly add them as he trains/levels up? As it stands he's pretty much a level 0. He's proficient in quarterstaffs and basic leather armour.
How would you roleplay this?
He's currently following me everywhere. Paranoid I'm going to get him killed. haha
I'd suggest taking a look at the recent Sidekicks UA from WOTC.
The Druid NPC Stat block may be appropriate, but yes the Sidekick UA's Adept with the approriate character Race and a d8 or d6 Hit Die may also work. The Details of this should be something decided by your DM.
Followers usually use the commoner stat block, but a DM could choose to use any stat block they feel is appropriate.
For NPCs DMs either create a character sheet for them, use an existing NPC stat block (https://www.dndbeyond.com/monsters?filter-tags=52&filter-source=1&filter-source=15&sort=cr), or homebrew a new one.
In this case I imagine a modified acolyte would be best, just swap religion for Nature, give it the druidic language, and change its cantrips and prepared spells to that of the druid (don't change its spell caster level).
yeah... but the acolyte's had devoted their life to doing all that.
This guy, prior to the PC's involvement, wasn't exactly devoting his life to being a druid. So I personally, would agree more with the commoner block than the Acolyte block for those reasons i stated.
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It is. Maybe too good in some ways.
Yeah we're going off the UA Sidekick, as it fits the best (because he is essentially a PC).
He's going to level differently to me though (but not normal leveling).
He's started level 1, but won't hit level 2 until 900xp etc.
We're currently level 7, and if he was to only level when I do (as per sidekick), he'd be in very dangerous situations at a very low level.
Something I might consider if I were the DM, would be to let you spend downtime training him for a percentage of the difference in your experience. Something like (Your XP - His XP) × 1% per day.