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Message: <blockquote data-quote="steeldragons" data-source="post: 5686648" data-attributes="member: 92511">I'm thinkin' take something like this...and a lil' dash of this...And refluff your Animal Companions that they are, actually, like famliars. They are separate, real creatures that are bonded through/with the druid's power and the two are connected.I guaranTEE you that the player's will start caring right quick when that "four-legged pile of hit points that aren't mine" begins shaving hit points from them at, say, a rate of 1/2 or 1/4 damage.Or, if that's too much math/calculating then yes, DEFinitely the hp damage and XP loss (I'd even go so far as the full wizard penalty) if the animal is killed, at least. Bet they're gonna love their animals to pieces if losing one means getting knocked back a level.And yes, the ritual to summon an "animal companion"/bond an animal to the druid is only possible once a year (iow, the druid must wait 12 months before being able to bond another one, not the same single night of the year) Now, this is all, obviously, if you want to (and it sounds like you do) "just make the conflict go away."Personally, I still say, throw the proverbial book at them (take away all of their powers) for being really really crappy Druid players.--SD</blockquote>