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<blockquote data-quote="Olgar Shiverstone" data-source="post: 6371961" data-attributes="member: 5868"><p>I played a beastmaster ranger for a while in 4E and enjoyed the character and the concept. I agree with your points; the selling point for me was there were sufficient abilities that synergized with the concept of "beast and ranger act together" that they compensated well for the merged actions. The 5E version preserves the action economy but at the loss of some synergy. A feat, ability, or a couple more spells designed to enhance the team aspect of the concept would be an improvement.</p><p></p><p>For example, getting advantage on the ranger's attack when the beast is within 5' of the target (like the wolf's <em>pack tactics</em>, only applying to the ranger) would be a simple and effective addition. More ppowerful (but potentially more game breaking) might be to give the breastmaster a sneak-attack-like damage bonus when the ranger and beast both attack the same target.</p><p></p><p>*snip*</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Good concept, except for folks (like me) who would prefer that this bond isn't magical. Keep the idea, tweak the flavor text.</p><p></p><p>Without your life bond idea, I also like the idea above of 6x ranger level in hp vice 4 if the animal's CR doesn't scale.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Olgar Shiverstone, post: 6371961, member: 5868"] I played a beastmaster ranger for a while in 4E and enjoyed the character and the concept. I agree with your points; the selling point for me was there were sufficient abilities that synergized with the concept of "beast and ranger act together" that they compensated well for the merged actions. The 5E version preserves the action economy but at the loss of some synergy. A feat, ability, or a couple more spells designed to enhance the team aspect of the concept would be an improvement. For example, getting advantage on the ranger's attack when the beast is within 5' of the target (like the wolf's [I]pack tactics[/I], only applying to the ranger) would be a simple and effective addition. More ppowerful (but potentially more game breaking) might be to give the breastmaster a sneak-attack-like damage bonus when the ranger and beast both attack the same target. *snip* Good concept, except for folks (like me) who would prefer that this bond isn't magical. Keep the idea, tweak the flavor text. Without your life bond idea, I also like the idea above of 6x ranger level in hp vice 4 if the animal's CR doesn't scale. [/QUOTE]
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