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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MechaTarrasque" data-source="post: 7008875" data-attributes="member: 6801226"><p>Back in 4e I heard several times "why can't my pit fiend do what the pit fiend in the MM does?"  That is a pretty reasonable complaint, so I figure if you are going to go the route of PC specific companions, any summoned/wildshaped monster needs to be something that isn't in the MM, which works fine for a while:  angel of [insert domain name], infernal slave, fey servant, bound demon, manufactured ooze,.....then you get to beasts.  Somehow "my hound is totally different than the MM mastiff" just doesn't work for me.  For the ranger, there is a pretty easy workaround:  just like the conjure animals/conjure fey spell, the ranger's pet is just a fey spirit in the form of a critter that gets more fey as the ranger levels up.  I think the moon druid would need a pretty heavy workaround, probably in the nature of the 4e warden/druid:  I used to turn into an animal, now I turn into a primal spirit.  I would be cool with that, but I don't know if it would fly with the wider community.</p></blockquote><p></p>