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<blockquote data-quote="Sword of Spirit" data-source="post: 6357810" data-attributes="member: 6677017">That...is absurd. I can't believe they dropped the ball that badly, especially in contrast the the later write up about what you can do with summoned creatures.Yes, exactly. An animal companion is an animal. If you can have a panther as a pet who is smart enough to act on its own, you can also have an animal companion who is smart enough to act on it's own. Houseruling it to say that if you use your action you can command your animal companion to take actions in addition to the normal actions it takes--kind of like a warlord.Class feature then becomes:1. You have a pet that is slightly more powerful than a normal animal, but more or less acts (and takes actions) like one.2. You can give up your action(s) to give it additional action(s).I'm not seeing a problem with that, unless the campaign assumes you can't have a pet without a class feature--which is silly. Same thing goes for any other class. Anyone can make friends with a pseudo-dragon, for instance.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sword of Spirit, post: 6357810, member: 6677017"] That...is absurd. I can't believe they dropped the ball that badly, especially in contrast the the later write up about what you can do with summoned creatures. Yes, exactly. An animal companion is an animal. If you can have a panther as a pet who is smart enough to act on its own, you can also have an animal companion who is smart enough to act on it's own. Houseruling it to say that if you use your action you can command your animal companion to take actions in addition to the normal actions it takes--kind of like a warlord. Class feature then becomes: 1. You have a pet that is slightly more powerful than a normal animal, but more or less acts (and takes actions) like one. 2. You can give up your action(s) to give it additional action(s). I'm not seeing a problem with that, unless the campaign assumes you can't have a pet without a class feature--which is silly. Same thing goes for any other class. Anyone can make friends with a pseudo-dragon, for instance. [/QUOTE]

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