Replacing the druid's animal companion ability with the Earth Domain: balanced?

[Argent Silvermage]

In MOtW. there are feats for Turning and rebucking Animals and Plants. You might want to think about taking them a feats with special prerequisites so that a normal druid could not have them. It starts out as the ability to turn with one feat and than another to rebuke. I like what it does with plant monsters.

 

[Pielorinho]

In MOtW. there are feats for Turning and rebucking Animals and Plants. You might want to think about taking them a feats with special prerequisites so that a normal druid could not have them. It starts out as the ability to turn with one feat and than another to rebuke. I like what it does with plant monsters.

True, and maybe this would be the best way to handle it: one feat to rebuke elementals (or earth-subtype critters), and another to command them. Truth be told, I don't much like the rules for turning/rebuking animals; there's too much overlap with a druid's other abilities. But it might be a good resolution in this case.

Daniel

 

[Argent Silvermage]

True, and maybe this would be the best way to handle it: one feat to rebuke elementals (or earth-subtype critters), and another to command them. Truth be told, I don't much like the rules for turning/rebuking animals; there's too much overlap with a druid's other abilities. But it might be a good resolution in this case.

Daniel

Just remember to keep it to a type of elemental. If it effected all elementals at once it would be way to powerful.

 

[DiFier]

I think that multiclassing into cleric would be the best way to do what you want.

 

[Plane Sailing]

I don't think it would be a fair swap, you would be getting far too much out of it.

Firstly, the ability to directly affect half of the basic elementals out there is huge (especially if you are still in the temple of elemental evil)

Secondly, the domain spells give a power boost at every level (because of the bonus spell)

I don't think this is in any way comparable with the animal companions, especially should the character reach high levels (after all, in Masters of the Wild they introduced the IMO cheesy "legendary" animals because it turned out that even dire animals weren't that useful once you got to 14th level+ battles)

Cheers

 

[Pielorinho]

I don't think it would be a fair swap, you would be getting far too much out of it.

Given the posts here, I'm inclined to agree.

Daniel

 

[Caliban]

Given how many he's managed to slip into assorted threads over the last couple of weeks, I'm sure it's exactly his intention.



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[AEtherfyre]

I'm going to agree with those who think that the entire domain is too much - but, as druids don't use their Cha stat for much, I don't think trading Animal Friendship for Rebuking Earth Elementals and Turning Air Elementals would be much of a problem.

This, of course, is dependent on just how frequently elementals are used in the campaign.

 

[Stalker0]

Seems like a good idea to me, I don't think its overpowered, and if it fits your character concept go for it!!

 

[Stalker0]

Seems like a good idea to me, I don't think its overpowered, and if it fits your character concept go for it!!