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<blockquote data-quote="I'm A Banana" data-source="post: 5355188" data-attributes="member: 2067">Problem with that is that the less the D&amp;D world resembles a sort of idealized fantasy version of the world, the less appealing it is to play in.The reason wolves are associated with Winter has a reason, and a deeply cool evocative style to it. Wolves are dangerous hunters who lurk on the fringes, only coming to the farm when the depths of winter hit to carry off the eldest and most infirm of the sheep. If you get rid of that, you either (a) are completely ignorant of it (forgivable, if silly), or (b) have a better idea (it can totally work, but it needs to be a GOOD idea!). If this is B, I haven't seen how this idea is better.My usual guess, given Occam's Razor, is A.For this specifically, I bet they came up with the idea of what animal companions to do first (based on what the iconic fantasy &quot;animal friends&quot; might be), and later came up with linking them to seasons, and didn't pay a whole lot of attention to if the seasons matched up to the critters very well.Which is fine, it's not a big deal, it doesn't detract from the awesomeness. To me, it is like seeing the words &quot;your annoying&quot; when you mean &quot;you're annoying,&quot; though. Kind of...just a silly whoops that I'm sure a little more thought and caution would've caught. HOWEVER, a druid with a &quot;big herbivore&quot; (a bull, a ram, an antelope, whatever) could preserve that spring feel, AND fill a key archetypal niche!I'd imagine the aura would push things around.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="I'm A Banana, post: 5355188, member: 2067"] Problem with that is that the less the D&D world resembles a sort of idealized fantasy version of the world, the less appealing it is to play in. The reason wolves are associated with Winter has a reason, and a deeply cool evocative style to it. Wolves are dangerous hunters who lurk on the fringes, only coming to the farm when the depths of winter hit to carry off the eldest and most infirm of the sheep. If you get rid of that, you either (a) are completely ignorant of it (forgivable, if silly), or (b) have a better idea (it can totally work, but it needs to be a GOOD idea!). If this is B, I haven't seen how this idea is better. My usual guess, given Occam's Razor, is A. For this specifically, I bet they came up with the idea of what animal companions to do first (based on what the iconic fantasy "animal friends" might be), and later came up with linking them to seasons, and didn't pay a whole lot of attention to if the seasons matched up to the critters very well. Which is fine, it's not a big deal, it doesn't detract from the awesomeness. To me, it is like seeing the words "your annoying" when you mean "you're annoying," though. Kind of...just a silly whoops that I'm sure a little more thought and caution would've caught. HOWEVER, a druid with a "big herbivore" (a bull, a ram, an antelope, whatever) could preserve that spring feel, AND fill a key archetypal niche! I'd imagine the aura would push things around. [/QUOTE]

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