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Message: <blockquote data-quote="useridunavailable" data-source="post: 4313156" data-attributes="member: 53676">There are no pets, per se, but it would be possible to treat a pet similarly to a Flaming Sphere or a Mordankeinen's Sword or something.  There is certainly no room for pets as they existed in 3.X, but the same applies to virtually every other aspect of the game.  It would be completely reasonable to scale them down to the point that they would fit perfectly into 4th Edition without disrupting game balance.4e seems to be stingy with flight as it pertains to combat and mass overland travel.  However, if one were to transform into a sparrow or a canary or something for a while, would that really break anything?  How much damage would a canary do?  Obviously none.  In order to participate in combat, the druid would have to revert to his or her normal form.  Such a form would only really be good for 2 things: delivering messages (duration permitting) and scouting (probably not very well without flying low to the ground).  Other forms of similar usefulness could include fox, mouse, ferret, and the like.  IMO, these wouldn't disrupt the spirit of the rules at all, and they'd add a cool, utilitarian, noncombat dynamic to the druid.  Why not?  More powerful forms of wild shape (even flying forms) could come in the form of daily powers at higher levels.</blockquote>