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Ranger Familiar?
- Thread starter Forgember
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Squire James
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There's no existing archetype that does this. However...
Ultimate Combat has a Falconer archetype, which is basically a ranger that concentrates on a bird of prey. He basically trades away his Wild Empathy in exchange for a bird companion at 1st level (and druid progression for it rather than ranger progression) and the fact it has half normal HP until the ranger gains the normal Hunter's Bond ability.
I could see a variation of this to gain a familiar instead of an animal companion - the two concepts are balanced. Perhaps give up Wild Empathy in exchange for a familiar, but he'll have to wait until level 4 to get the familiar-specific ability (i.e. the thing you get for choosing a cat, frog, etc.).
Ultimate Combat has a Falconer archetype, which is basically a ranger that concentrates on a bird of prey. He basically trades away his Wild Empathy in exchange for a bird companion at 1st level (and druid progression for it rather than ranger progression) and the fact it has half normal HP until the ranger gains the normal Hunter's Bond ability.
I could see a variation of this to gain a familiar instead of an animal companion - the two concepts are balanced. Perhaps give up Wild Empathy in exchange for a familiar, but he'll have to wait until level 4 to get the familiar-specific ability (i.e. the thing you get for choosing a cat, frog, etc.).
Forgember
Explorer
Yeah Falconer seemed cool till I got to where you give up your 6th level bonus feat which wouldn't be a big deal except I plan on going with a heavy crossbow at that point.
I already proposed swaping out Wild Empathy and Hunter's Bond in order to gain a familiar at 4th level (would work like ranger spells as a familiar of 3 levels lower than ranger level) to my DM and he basically gave me a angry face.
Was hoping there might be some actual rules for it somewhere sense it seems like a good fit for a ranger who prefers a less combat oriented companion.
Oh well, thanks for your input though.
I already proposed swaping out Wild Empathy and Hunter's Bond in order to gain a familiar at 4th level (would work like ranger spells as a familiar of 3 levels lower than ranger level) to my DM and he basically gave me a angry face.
Was hoping there might be some actual rules for it somewhere sense it seems like a good fit for a ranger who prefers a less combat oriented companion.
Oh well, thanks for your input though.
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