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<blockquote data-quote="Marandahir" data-source="post: 9403098" data-attributes="member: 6803643">You could get Werebear and Unicorn and Gold Dragon followers in OD&amp;D, but the pet followers really emerged in 2e (though no Tigers for you because your campaign doesn't take place in a part of the world with Tigers, obviously! DM May I is rule of the game). Combine this with the animal handling skills and really it was a backdoor pet class starting at this point.But the Crystal Shard was a year earlier than 2e, hence why Salvatore uses a Figurine of Wondrous Power black panther to backstep into the role. I still think the 2e feature is more a natural evolution of the more creative followers in OD&amp;D and the slight lean toward nature in 1e. If we really want to be true to original dnd rangers they should function like Fighters with restrictions until 8th level and then get 1st-level cleric spells, and then at 9th level get 1st-level wizard spells, and vice versa each level on upward from there.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Marandahir, post: 9403098, member: 6803643"] You could get Werebear and Unicorn and Gold Dragon followers in OD&D, but the pet followers really emerged in 2e (though no Tigers for you because your campaign doesn't take place in a part of the world with Tigers, obviously! DM May I is rule of the game). Combine this with the animal handling skills and really it was a backdoor pet class starting at this point. But the Crystal Shard was a year earlier than 2e, hence why Salvatore uses a [I]Figurine of Wondrous Power [/I]black panther to backstep into the role. I still think the 2e feature is more a natural evolution of the more creative followers in OD&D and the slight lean toward nature in 1e. If we really want to be true to original dnd rangers they should function like Fighters with restrictions until 8th level and then get 1st-level cleric spells, and then at 9th level get 1st-level wizard spells, and vice versa each level on upward from there. [/QUOTE]

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