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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Henry" data-source="post: 55478" data-attributes="member: 158">Hi, Grandpa! (that sounds weird...) I'm blind-posting, so if some of these answers are repeating, please bear with me, and just consider it the weight of experience...First of all, most of these are not extrememly unbalancing. But if you want to keep a tight lid on it, here's my opinions...<ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"> rolled animal companion stats: I would say no, but it wouldn't be unreasonable to allow him a +2 in one stat if he's taking extra time to search for an animal with extra strength, dexterity, fortitude, perhaps acts smarter than the rest, etc. To allow multiple re-rolls violates the spirit of animal friendship (What's he going to do, befriend an endless stream of animals and then *dump* them - "Go away, you're too puny, you mongrel!" You could let him roll the animal stats, but only on the condition that he cannot "unbefriend" the animal until at least 6 months had passed - you have to take the good with the bad. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Animal companions raising levels - Look at the druid spell Awaken. There's a reason it's 5th level. I wouldn't do it unless he specifically paid or performed a favor to a higher druid to have it done to his animal. Otherwise, someone has just cast Awaken on your companion for free - and as we know, T.A.N.S.T.A.A.F. Lunch. This would be the ONLY one that could be extrememely unbalancing, in my opinion. It's like getting a cohort without the leadership feat, and below 6th level.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">I would say no, unless the rules specifically allowed it. Hide is hide, whether it is from a bear or a dragon. All he's trying to do here is get a better Armor class for free. There are always amulets, bracers, rings, spells, etc. that will do the same thing.  If he is really interested in this point, however, there probably wouldn't be any harm in allowing it.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">I would allow him weapons outside druid restrictions, but only if damage and crit ranges for said weapons fell inside the ranges for the already allowable druid weapons. When my Players of monks wanted monk weapons outside of those listed in the PHB, I allowed them any thing they wanted - as long as it did 1d6 dmg, had a 20/x2 crit range, and did one type of damage (bludgeon, slash, or pierce). [/list=1] In truth, the only way to gain knowledge of what breaks games and what doesn't is experience. If you do have a change that makes one character unduly powered over the others, talk with that player about it, and try to come to a reasonable compromise. Good luck, and I hope this helped in some way.</li> </ol></blockquote>

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