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<blockquote data-quote="Lyxen" data-source="post: 8541880" data-attributes="member: 7032025">&quot;The beast obeys your commands as best as it can.&quot; This does not mean that it can constantly use the help action. Moreover, &quot;stand sentry&quot; does not mean &quot;help the ranger spot things&quot;. It just says that the wolf is using his own passive perception.Moreover, the Help action should not be overplayed, and if the player insists on RAW, tell him that RAW it's a combat action only: &quot;You can lend your aid to another creature in the completion of a task. When you take the Help action, the creature you aid gains <a href="https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/basic-rules/using-ability-scores#AdvantageandDisadvantage" target="_blank">advantage</a> on the next ability check it makes to perform the task you are helping with, provided that it makes the check before the start of your next turn.&quot; So it's not permanent, and even if you allow it outside of combat, it is bounded to one turn.After that, it's probably not overpowered, but it can become annoying in play if the ranger insists on it being active at all time, which is not the purpose of the help action. So it would be good to establish some boundaries.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lyxen, post: 8541880, member: 7032025"] "The beast obeys your commands as best as it can." This does not mean that it can constantly use the help action. Moreover, "stand sentry" does not mean "help the ranger spot things". It just says that the wolf is using his own passive perception. Moreover, the Help action should not be overplayed, and if the player insists on RAW, tell him that RAW it's a combat action only: "[B]You can lend your aid to another creature in the completion of a task. When you take the Help action, the creature you aid gains [URL='https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/basic-rules/using-ability-scores#AdvantageandDisadvantage']advantage[/URL] on the next ability check it makes to perform the task you are helping with, provided that it makes the check before the start of your next turn.[/B]" So it's not permanent, and even if you allow it outside of combat, it is bounded to one turn. After that, it's probably not overpowered, but it can become annoying in play if the ranger insists on it being active at all time, which is not the purpose of the help action. So it would be good to establish some boundaries. [/QUOTE]

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