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<blockquote data-quote="jkason" data-source="post: 5058310" data-attributes="member: 2710"><p>I probably won't have a book for a little while yet, but I had similar concerns. From what I could glean with my limited google-fu, it didn't seem like druids had animal companions, though Shaman's had a 'spirit animal companion.' It wasn't clear to me if that was a real animal or not. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I tend to agree. Shai isn't much of a caster, mostly casting now because of the rather nasty consequences of getting within melee range of a chaos beast. His relationship with Dyspeer is far more central to him as a character than being able to resist fey or cast barkskin or whatever. As his character fits a 'role,' at least in my limited understanding of them, he seems more Defender--or possibly Striker--than Controller (which is what Druids are classified as in 4e)</p><p></p><p>My only secondary concern is that I built what I thought was a fairly neat character / story arc in to account for Shai's wildshaping, though he's only really used it once. If I have to choose between keeping Dyseer and keeping wild shape, Dyspeer wins. And since I couched Shai's wildshaping in terms of 'beasts within,' and something that makes him more than a little uncomfortable with its implications for his humanity, I don't think it would be out of character to have the 'loss' of that ability work as a character choice.</p><p></p><p>Now, rangers are Martial instead of Primal, correct? We'd been talking about my picking up the PH2 for Druid stats, and even as I was researching and thought he might not mesh quite so well with Druid ni 4e, it seemed the Primal power source was--at least in name--probably the best suited to Shai. I'm not sure if there's a game effect as far as power source goes, but I suppose that's something else I should consider.</p><p></p><p>ETA: Looks like IG already covered the wildshaping while I was nattering around being slow. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jkason, post: 5058310, member: 2710"] I probably won't have a book for a little while yet, but I had similar concerns. From what I could glean with my limited google-fu, it didn't seem like druids had animal companions, though Shaman's had a 'spirit animal companion.' It wasn't clear to me if that was a real animal or not. I tend to agree. Shai isn't much of a caster, mostly casting now because of the rather nasty consequences of getting within melee range of a chaos beast. His relationship with Dyspeer is far more central to him as a character than being able to resist fey or cast barkskin or whatever. As his character fits a 'role,' at least in my limited understanding of them, he seems more Defender--or possibly Striker--than Controller (which is what Druids are classified as in 4e) My only secondary concern is that I built what I thought was a fairly neat character / story arc in to account for Shai's wildshaping, though he's only really used it once. If I have to choose between keeping Dyseer and keeping wild shape, Dyspeer wins. And since I couched Shai's wildshaping in terms of 'beasts within,' and something that makes him more than a little uncomfortable with its implications for his humanity, I don't think it would be out of character to have the 'loss' of that ability work as a character choice. Now, rangers are Martial instead of Primal, correct? We'd been talking about my picking up the PH2 for Druid stats, and even as I was researching and thought he might not mesh quite so well with Druid ni 4e, it seemed the Primal power source was--at least in name--probably the best suited to Shai. I'm not sure if there's a game effect as far as power source goes, but I suppose that's something else I should consider. ETA: Looks like IG already covered the wildshaping while I was nattering around being slow. :) [/QUOTE]
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