Faldorn and Dread Wolves
elminster
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This discussion was created from comments split from: How can Aerie be a cleric/mage being an elf?.
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They do however get the same ring as undead that renders them immune to Sleep, Stun, Hold, Charm, level drain and a whole host of other things but they are technically classified as being a monster (lore wise as I understand it they should be undead but I'm not sure why they aren't considered it).
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I can add that cold damage (for example, from the Varscona or a Wand of Frost) doesn't work on Dread Wolves.
Now if Xzar could summon a Dread Wolf, that I could understand (though it would make him extremely overpowered at low level), but a druid doing it just seems wrong to me; there are so many other things it could have been in stead.
Turning Undead
No druid has the granted power to turn undead. Such creatures are not of the living world--the only world that concerns druids--so members of this class have no control over them.
A more common perversion of Nature is the undead. The fact that no druidic branch has the power to turn or control undead does not mean druids tolerate them. Rather, the druid's lack of power over the living dead reflects the absolute aversion this class has toward them. Things exist in a natural cycle: birth, growth, death, rebirth. The undead break this cycle--worse, they are the enemies of life.
Don't ever make a bet with a tiefling. - Planar proverb.
So you see the spirit animals as undead? I have to admit that's the first time I hear that. To me there's a world of difference between necromantic constructs and spirits, which I think are closer related to dryads and the like.
Also, why wouldn't a winter wolf make sense? Lorewise, I would have an easier time explaining that, than a dread wolf.
Don't ever make a bet with a tiefling. - Planar proverb.
I never said they could summon spirit animals in PnP.
Anyways, this discussion is getting off topic. So I think a new thread is in order if you want to discuss this further.
In BG2 Faldorn desecrates a druid grove by tying it directly to herself to increase her own power. This has the effect of directly harming the land. Something much worse than having an undead wolf as a pet.
I think her ability in BG1 just shows that she doesn't care about the sanctity of nature, and is willing to harm it to 'save' it. And by saving it, I mean increasing her own power so she can destroy her enemies.