What rules or features of D&D have made you to consider burning your books?
In my group there is a clear consensus against animal companions and familiars. "Oh no, another ******* rat!" is perhaps the best way to summarize our sentiment. The enormous and unfun zoo directed by druids, rangers, sorcerers and wizards has been always been alien to us. Eventually I created a houserule for variant classes which have no critters and this houserule has been the most popular optional houserule I have ever created.
In my group there is a clear consensus against animal companions and familiars. "Oh no, another ******* rat!" is perhaps the best way to summarize our sentiment. The enormous and unfun zoo directed by druids, rangers, sorcerers and wizards has been always been alien to us. Eventually I created a houserule for variant classes which have no critters and this houserule has been the most popular optional houserule I have ever created.