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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mengu" data-source="post: 5227518" data-attributes="member: 65726">If you have a ranger (especially melee) and/or tempest fighter in your party, go panther, it's a no brainer. The extra damage from both the spirit, and powers like call to the savage elder can add up to +8 or +9 extra damage per attack. On an action point round, yields extra damage in the 30's. Once you bloody stuff, they go down real fast. This is good, because a lot of monsters get scarier when they are bloodied.The way I look at it, Protecting Strike and Spirit's Shield enforce defensive play and lengthen combat, Stalker's Strike and Spirit's Fang encourage offensive play and shorten combat. So I'd always go with the latter option. The Shaman in my game is getting around 2 Spirit's Fangs attacks an encounter because monsters just aren't going to bother with it for the most part, and that's very good for extra damage.He's got Vigorous Spirit and Strengthening Spirit, so the extra healing and THP options are there even with the panther shaman.The choice is probably more of a preference of style, but I personally prefer the panther over the bear, and am happy that's what my player went with.</blockquote>