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<blockquote data-quote="Sword of Spirit" data-source="post: 6357076" data-attributes="member: 6677017">I don't have the PHB. Does it actually say anything to the effect of &quot;your animal companion does nothing unless you use your &lt;resource&gt; to direct it&quot;? Because if it doesn't I think it's an unwarranted leap to assume it can't act.If it does say that it is ridiculous. So I can tame an animal and have it follow me around making 2 or more attacks per round entirely on his own while I go about my business...but if I'm a ranger and decide to form an animal companion bond with it, it becomes a mindless automaton that can't act unless I'm specifically telling it what to do? Yeah, right.Now, it makes sense if you are summoning a creature and you have to exert your will to keep it under control that it might only be able to act as your direct it with your action (especially if the creature has a stronger combat presence than you do), but not for an animal companion.About rangers in general, I wouldn't consider DPR or combat presence as a sole indication of class balance. If it has more out of combat utility than a fighter, paladin, or barbarian (and again, I don't know if it does) it must have less of a combat presence in order to be balanced.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sword of Spirit, post: 6357076, member: 6677017"] I don't have the PHB. Does it actually say anything to the effect of "your animal companion does nothing unless you use your <resource> to direct it"? Because if it doesn't I think it's an unwarranted leap to assume it can't act. If it does say that it is ridiculous. So I can tame an animal and have it follow me around making 2 or more attacks per round entirely on his own while I go about my business...but if I'm a ranger and decide to form an animal companion bond with it, it becomes a mindless automaton that can't act unless I'm specifically telling it what to do? Yeah, right. Now, it makes sense if you are summoning a creature and you have to exert your will to keep it under control that it might only be able to act as your direct it with your action (especially if the creature has a stronger combat presence than you do), but not for an animal companion. About rangers in general, I wouldn't consider DPR or combat presence as a sole indication of class balance. If it has more out of combat utility than a fighter, paladin, or barbarian (and again, I don't know if it does) it [I]must[/I] have less of a combat presence in order to be balanced. [/QUOTE]

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