I'm not sure how a ranger beast is supposed to survive for more than 2-3 encounters a day. Is resurrecting the animal companion supposed to be a daily ritual?
Say as a DM I have 6 encounters planned for the day. First encounter, the beast companion takes some damage, and is bloodied. At the end of the encounter, after the short rest, it spends its two healing surges to be close to full. Second encounter, the beast takes some damage again, and is bloodied. At this point the beast has no healing surges left, the ranger decides he doesn't want his beast to die, so pulls him back. In the next 4 encounters the ranger is playing with only half his powers because if the beast is exposed to one or two stray AoE's it might die.
Is there something I'm missing here? Or is the ranger better off letting the beast die, and resurrecting it every few encounters.
Is the DM supposed to ignore the beast and attack the PC's so the beast can live?
Say as a DM I have 6 encounters planned for the day. First encounter, the beast companion takes some damage, and is bloodied. At the end of the encounter, after the short rest, it spends its two healing surges to be close to full. Second encounter, the beast takes some damage again, and is bloodied. At this point the beast has no healing surges left, the ranger decides he doesn't want his beast to die, so pulls him back. In the next 4 encounters the ranger is playing with only half his powers because if the beast is exposed to one or two stray AoE's it might die.
Is there something I'm missing here? Or is the ranger better off letting the beast die, and resurrecting it every few encounters.
Is the DM supposed to ignore the beast and attack the PC's so the beast can live?