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<blockquote data-quote="Lord Pendragon" data-source="post: 1874445" data-attributes="member: 707"><p>Here's the thing: an animal companion is a melee brute combat tool for the druid. Pure and simple. By choosing a tiny bug, your druid PC is hamstringing himself for as long as he has the thing. I play in a game with a 7th-level druid and her black bear companion. Trust me on this one: the potential strength in an AC, at least up to the mid-levels, is not to be ignored.</p><p></p><p>Now, that's not to say it wouldn't be fun, or possible, for your game's druid PC to have a tiny bug friend. I'd just go about it another way, so the PC can keep the effective strength of the AC, while getting his roleplaying goodness too.</p><p></p><p>Suggest to the player that he get a small or even medium-sized bug as his AC. This can serve as his melee brute. Then, allow him to train a bug friend as per the Handle Animal rules. Technically, Handle Animal doesn't work on bugs, but an exception can be made for your druid and his tiny friend. Now your druid has his tiny bug friend for roleplaying, and a larger bug companion to help kick arse when the party's in trouble.</p><p></p><p>Or that's how I'd do it. If the player is adamant on having the bug be his companion, I suppose at the end of the day I'd allow it. A player has a right to prioritize concept over efficiency. If he really wants his companion to be a tiny bug, sure thing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lord Pendragon, post: 1874445, member: 707"] Here's the thing: an animal companion is a melee brute combat tool for the druid. Pure and simple. By choosing a tiny bug, your druid PC is hamstringing himself for as long as he has the thing. I play in a game with a 7th-level druid and her black bear companion. Trust me on this one: the potential strength in an AC, at least up to the mid-levels, is not to be ignored. Now, that's not to say it wouldn't be fun, or possible, for your game's druid PC to have a tiny bug friend. I'd just go about it another way, so the PC can keep the effective strength of the AC, while getting his roleplaying goodness too. Suggest to the player that he get a small or even medium-sized bug as his AC. This can serve as his melee brute. Then, allow him to train a bug friend as per the Handle Animal rules. Technically, Handle Animal doesn't work on bugs, but an exception can be made for your druid and his tiny friend. Now your druid has his tiny bug friend for roleplaying, and a larger bug companion to help kick arse when the party's in trouble. Or that's how I'd do it. If the player is adamant on having the bug be his companion, I suppose at the end of the day I'd allow it. A player has a right to prioritize concept over efficiency. If he really wants his companion to be a tiny bug, sure thing. [/QUOTE]
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