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<blockquote data-quote="Ashrym" data-source="post: 6631502" data-attributes="member: 6750235">Train it to do more.&nbsp; Anything that an animal can be trained to do is reasonable to train the ranger's companion.&nbsp; For example, if a wolf was trained it could protect a patron on it's own action while the ranger is elsewhere.&nbsp; The action costs are for directly controlling the animal and the default is that it doesn't attack without that control but there's no reason it could not be trained like other war beasts.The action costs were also a deliberate backlash from too many actions getting out of hand as a powerful ability.&nbsp; I think the wolf makes a good pet for decent damage on 2 attacks, the pack attack deal where it attacks with advantage with an ally near it, proficiency in perception and stealth with some advantage in perception based on sound and smell, and free trip attacks.&nbsp; Giving up one attack for 4d4+12 damage and 2 free trip attacks isn't exactly bad, especially when they are at higher accuracy than you likely have unless you also have advantage.&nbsp; I think people underestimate the scaling.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ashrym, post: 6631502, member: 6750235"] Train it to do more. Anything that an animal can be trained to do is reasonable to train the ranger's companion. For example, if a wolf was trained it could protect a patron on it's own action while the ranger is elsewhere. The action costs are for directly controlling the animal and the default is that it doesn't attack without that control but there's no reason it could not be trained like other war beasts. The action costs were also a deliberate backlash from too many actions getting out of hand as a powerful ability. I think the wolf makes a good pet for decent damage on 2 attacks, the pack attack deal where it attacks with advantage with an ally near it, proficiency in perception and stealth with some advantage in perception based on sound and smell, and free trip attacks. Giving up one attack for 4d4+12 damage and 2 free trip attacks isn't exactly bad, especially when they are at higher accuracy than you likely have unless you also have advantage. I think people underestimate the scaling. [/QUOTE]

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