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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Remathilis" data-source="post: 9023708" data-attributes="member: 7635">Of course, the problem is that most animals are designed to be challenges to PCs at a given level, not balanced to be equal to PCs across a career. The moon druid shows that perfectly; a CR 1 creature is simply more powerful than most level 2 PCs but drops off by mid levels unless the druid has a steady range of fantastical or megafauna to select from. Unless your goal is to spend one using the animal to soak monster attacks, the ranger and her pet wolf or the druid who turns into a bear becomes the ranger with her pet raptor and the druid who turns into a wooly mammoth. Personally, I'd like never to need to touch the MM to play my character. Not for summons, spells or class features. As a DM, I hate playing gatekeeper on what kind of creatures live in a place just to keep them in check. Players who pour though D&D Beyond asking for obscure fey to conjure or gazer familiars. They can use the Tasha summon spells and template pets and shapes.</blockquote>