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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 7598889" data-attributes="member: 29398">One solution that keeps pets in the fiction but keeps them out of the way of game play is to have pets be just that - pets.&nbsp; Ordinary (not fantastic!) animals that are either already tame e.g. dogs, cats, horses or have been tamed by the character e.g. a wolf or a pirate's parrot.&nbsp; If the pet dies, it dies, and the character then has to go and get a new one - it's not automatically replaced.And the pets are statted out as basic pets would be - meaning that to take one into the field adventuring is probably a death sentence for the poor thing.&nbsp; But it allows for meeting the NPC woodsman with his pet wolf.Obviously, things like trained warhorses are different; in that they would get extra attacks over and above those of the rider and also be reasonably tough.&nbsp; Those you'll just have to accept as a fact of life should a PC bring one along.Even just banning any fantastic creatures as pets probably goes a long way toward solving most of the headaches.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 7598889, member: 29398"] One solution that keeps pets in the fiction but keeps them out of the way of game play is to have pets be just that - pets. Ordinary (not fantastic!) animals that are either already tame e.g. dogs, cats, horses or have been tamed by the character e.g. a wolf or a pirate's parrot. If the pet dies, it dies, and the character then has to go and get a new one - it's not automatically replaced. And the pets are statted out as basic pets would be - meaning that to take one into the field adventuring is probably a death sentence for the poor thing. But it allows for meeting the NPC woodsman with his pet wolf. Obviously, things like trained warhorses are different; in that they would get extra attacks over and above those of the rider and also be reasonably tough. Those you'll just have to accept as a fact of life should a PC bring one along. Even just banning any fantastic creatures as pets probably goes a long way toward solving most of the headaches. [/QUOTE]

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