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<blockquote data-quote="Xeviat" data-source="post: 6735082" data-attributes="member: 57494"><p>My bird is comparable to the pterodactyl, and it doesn't do comparable damage to the existing animals when the existing giant poisonous snake deals 17.5 potential damage.</p><p></p><p>At 5th level, a twfing beast master will have their main, an offhand bonus, and use their extra attack to make the pet attack; it's the same number of attacks a Hunter ranger twfing will have.</p><p></p><p>Bird beast master</p><p>2x 1d6+4 (short swords) and 1x 1d4+6 totals 22.5.</p><p></p><p>Hunter Beast Master</p><p>3x 1d6+4 (short swords) and 1d8 colossus slayer totals 27. Without colossus slayer, it's 22.5 also.</p><p></p><p>My changes both address mechanical weaknesses in the subclass and allows the companion to act more freely, which will make it feel more like a pet and not a Pokemon.</p><p></p><p>And nah, not a nit pick. The defenses of the bird in particular, fly by, helps it to avoid taking damage and robbing the beast master of their own bonus damage. It also means the bird is going to soak less hits for the ranger and their party, which is good since the bird has lower hp than the others (5 per level instead of 6 or 7).</p><p></p><p>It is a blatant power up compared to he phb version, but that's because it needs it. The pets need more AC, especially the low AC ones; 3 per level and they drop immediately in tough fights and the ranger goes to being hunter without subclass features.</p><p></p><p>Thanks for the post. I'd love to sell you on it and take input on the something something you think it needs. I am considering giving all ranger subclasses "domain spells" to help out their restrictive spells known.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Xeviat, post: 6735082, member: 57494"] My bird is comparable to the pterodactyl, and it doesn't do comparable damage to the existing animals when the existing giant poisonous snake deals 17.5 potential damage. At 5th level, a twfing beast master will have their main, an offhand bonus, and use their extra attack to make the pet attack; it's the same number of attacks a Hunter ranger twfing will have. Bird beast master 2x 1d6+4 (short swords) and 1x 1d4+6 totals 22.5. Hunter Beast Master 3x 1d6+4 (short swords) and 1d8 colossus slayer totals 27. Without colossus slayer, it's 22.5 also. My changes both address mechanical weaknesses in the subclass and allows the companion to act more freely, which will make it feel more like a pet and not a Pokemon. And nah, not a nit pick. The defenses of the bird in particular, fly by, helps it to avoid taking damage and robbing the beast master of their own bonus damage. It also means the bird is going to soak less hits for the ranger and their party, which is good since the bird has lower hp than the others (5 per level instead of 6 or 7). It is a blatant power up compared to he phb version, but that's because it needs it. The pets need more AC, especially the low AC ones; 3 per level and they drop immediately in tough fights and the ranger goes to being hunter without subclass features. Thanks for the post. I'd love to sell you on it and take input on the something something you think it needs. I am considering giving all ranger subclasses "domain spells" to help out their restrictive spells known. [/QUOTE]
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