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<blockquote data-quote="steeldragons" data-source="post: 7662377" data-attributes="member: 92511">You know...there is also the, granted fairly liberal, reading of the Beastmaster that states you have to use your action to direct the beast...and then could just leave it.That is, for one round, you [ranger] don't attack, but direct your beast to Attack. Done.Until you want it to move elsewhere, Dash, Disengage, Dodge or Help...the beast is &quot;in Attack mode&quot; [for lack of a better term]. When what you want the creature to do changes, then you need to use your action to change what the beast is doing...but until that time, the beast's rounds are &quot;Attack&quot; on your initiative.Not a strict reading of the rule...but if you squint a little and tilt your head just so...it's plausible.Also, to be fair, in a previous post I indicated that all (or most) beast companions could...and it seems that was an error.In a way, some do: big cats get to &quot;Pounce&quot; and on a failed save, knock prone and get to add their bite to their claw attacks.&nbsp; Mastiffs have a chance to knock prone. Wolves &amp; Hyenas have &quot;Pack Tactics&quot; so they have advantage, basically, all of the time presuming that the ranger or one of their allies is going to be close enough to trigger it most of the time. That's a fairly huge [unfortunate pun ahead] advantage, but not multiple attacks. Raptors, of course, have only their talon attack.So, I think for the &quot;Why can't I have a Bear&quot; complaint, may very be because bears do get Multiattack. As for why you can't have a horse/pony...that I don't really get...other than for flavor reasons they wanted the paladins to be the &quot;riding around on loyal steeds&quot; guys and not the rangers.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="steeldragons, post: 7662377, member: 92511"] You know...there is also the, granted fairly liberal, reading of the Beastmaster that states you have to use your action to direct the beast...and then could just leave it. That is, for one round, you [ranger] don't attack, but direct your beast to Attack. Done. Until you want it to move elsewhere, Dash, Disengage, Dodge or Help...the beast is "in Attack mode" [for lack of a better term]. When what you want the creature to do changes, then you need to use your action to change what the beast is doing...but until that time, the beast's rounds are "Attack" on your initiative. Not a[I] strict[/I] reading of the rule...but if you squint a little and tilt your head just so...it's plausible. Also, to be fair, in a previous post I indicated that all (or most) beast companions could...and it seems that was an error. In a way, some do: big cats get to "Pounce" and on a failed save, knock prone and get to add their bite to their claw attacks. Mastiffs have a chance to knock prone. Wolves & Hyenas have "Pack Tactics" so they have advantage, basically, all of the time presuming that the ranger or one of their allies is going to be close enough to trigger it most of the time. That's a fairly huge [unfortunate pun ahead] advantage, but not multiple attacks. Raptors, of course, have only their talon attack. So, I think for the "Why can't I have a Bear" complaint, may very be because bears [I]do[/I] get Multiattack. As for why you can't have a horse/pony...that I don't really get...other than for flavor reasons they wanted the paladins to be the "riding around on loyal steeds" guys and not the rangers. [/QUOTE]

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