Druid trading Animal Companion for Ranger Combat Style?

[Slaved]

Would it be all right balance wise for a Druid to trade their Animal Companion for the Rangers Combat Style Feats?

If it is too big of a loss for the Druid what about the Ranger Combat Style Feats and 2 extra Skill Points each level?

 

[Pyrex]

Ranger Combat Style might be too large of a bonus.

Animal Companion is (effectively) Leadership.

 

[PoeticJustice]

I think it's a fair trade, even if it's only Leadership. One scaling feat for another.

Anyway, I happen to think a Druid's animal companion is a very desirable class feature, so I might be biased, but I think it's a fair trade.

 

[Jack Simth]

Would it be all right balance wise for a Druid to trade their Animal Companion for the Rangers Combat Style Feats?

If it is too big of a loss for the Druid what about the Ranger Combat Style Feats and 2 extra Skill Points each level?

The Druid's animal companion isn't that valuable.

Trade Wildshape in for the Ranger's Combat Style progression? Maybe. The animal companion? Not so much.

 

[Slaved]

Do people really feel that the Druids Animal Companion is very low in value? At First Level the Animal Companion can be a much larger threat than the Druid and at higher levels the Druid could have a crazy Huge Dire Lion!

I guess I rate the Druids Animal Companion a little bit higher than some.

 

[Nifft]

Leadership is ZOMG TEH BEST FEAT EVAR and thus giving something roughly equivalent up is giving up quite a lot.

I'd allow the Ranger Combat Style in place of Animal Companion, and frankly consider it a mild nerf. Druids aren't going to get nearly as much out of TWF or Archery as a Ranger would, since they have lower BAB, and since their time is usually better spent acting as a spellcasting Controller, or turning into a bear and eating people's faces.

Cheers, -- N