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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Asisreo" data-source="post: 8122271" data-attributes="member: 7019027">You still get to choose between making two attacks yourself or an attack with your beast and an attack with yourself. If you want your beast to not contribute in combat, you still get extra attack. Why is it that a fighter that decides to speck into dual-wielding daggers or a paladin going full ranged-combat are penalized for doing so? Why is a wizard that refuses to learn spells of their highest level hurt by their choices? Because they're purposefully choosing things outside of the optimal route. Sometimes a wizard wants to double back on a spell of a previous level because they just learned how good Shield is or the paladin wants to have been chosen to be a holy warrior with their bow. That's fine, but they're seriously undermining their combat capabilities. The same can be said for beastmaster's companions. You don't really think a player that takes a dog (mastiff) should really do as good as one that took a wolf, do you? Hyenas are scavengers. They'll fight and they can hold their own, but they don't prefer fighting unless they must, even in packs. Such an animal should be weaker in active combat than a wolf. And yeah, it has to do with balance, too. Gnolls frequently have hyenas as pets so they need to make sure hyenas aren't too strong when a party faces those hyenas with their gnoll masters.</blockquote>