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<blockquote data-quote="Neonchameleon" data-source="post: 6074285" data-attributes="member: 87792">On the underpowered side, combat's extremely boring.&nbsp; The beast companion falls behind in terms of damage fairly rapidly (not ranger animal companion fast but still fast enough).&nbsp; Which means you have one functional at will.&nbsp; You also have only one (repeated) encounter power (Druid swings and beast attacks).On the overpowered side, perception.&nbsp; The Druid is wisdom-primary, with perception on the druid's skill list.&nbsp; The beast companion's perception is equal to the druid's plus two.&nbsp; So for perception checks you're rolling once at very high for the druid (+10 or so at first level), and again at two higher.&nbsp; (I've once seen a first level druid with a perception of +14, and +16 for his wolf; wis 20 Elf with the Wasteland Wanderer feat).&nbsp; I don't mind any active skill being taken to stratospheric levels; it just gives the PCs more chances to get entertainingly in trouble.&nbsp; But passive defensive abilities through the roof cut a lot of tension.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Neonchameleon, post: 6074285, member: 87792"] On the underpowered side, combat's extremely boring. The beast companion falls behind in terms of damage fairly rapidly (not ranger animal companion fast but still fast enough). Which means you have one functional at will. You also have only one (repeated) encounter power (Druid swings and beast attacks). On the overpowered side, perception. The Druid is wisdom-primary, with perception on the druid's skill list. The beast companion's perception is equal to the druid's plus two. So for perception checks you're rolling once at very high for the druid (+10 or so at first level), and [I]again at two higher[/I]. (I've once seen a first level druid with a perception of +14, and +16 for his wolf; wis 20 Elf with the Wasteland Wanderer feat). I don't mind any active skill being taken to stratospheric levels; it just gives the PCs more chances to get entertainingly in trouble. But passive defensive abilities through the roof cut a lot of tension. [/QUOTE]

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