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<blockquote data-quote="Chaosmancer" data-source="post: 7477664" data-attributes="member: 6801228">No, because you already quoted the relevant flavor text Your animal companion is a friend, a companion. Your cantrip makes it easier to keep the companion alive, which if the point is to send them to the slaughter and then get a new one, wouldn't make any sense, because you wouldn't care enough to spend the bonus action to heal them back up. &nbsp;Interestingly enough, most of these don't use living beings, or beings who are permanently killed if they fall in battle. They also don't travel with these beings generally, but use magic to bring them forth when it is time to use them. All of this leads to a very different feel. It's the same reason &quot;conjure animals&quot; is different than using your companion, they don't &quot;die&quot; they vanish, because the bodies are not real, just given form by the magic.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Chaosmancer, post: 7477664, member: 6801228"] No, because you already quoted the relevant flavor text Your animal companion is a friend, a [I]companion[/I]. Your cantrip makes it easier to keep the companion alive, which if the point is to send them to the slaughter and then get a new one, wouldn't make any sense, because you wouldn't care enough to spend the bonus action to heal them back up. Interestingly enough, most of these don't use living beings, or beings who are permanently killed if they fall in battle. They also don't travel with these beings generally, but use magic to bring them forth when it is time to use them. All of this leads to a very different feel. It's the same reason "conjure animals" is different than using your companion, they don't "die" they vanish, because the bodies are not real, just given form by the magic. [/QUOTE]

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