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Should ranger get a companion as its 'signature' feature?
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<blockquote data-quote="Minigiant" data-source="post: 9403104" data-attributes="member: 63508"><p>Outdoorsmanship.</p><p></p><p>One of the part people forget is most of these iconic rangers live in low magic worlds were a wolf or bear could fight all possible threat.</p><p></p><p>D&D is high magic</p><p></p><p>Once you have to deal with vampires, werewolves, liches, demons, and dragons, the idea of <strong>an@ unarmored unarmed wolf fighting a Greater Fiend or Adult Dragon without magical support is kinda stupid.</strong></p><p></p><p>Part of the ranger science is either teaching the companion to wear armor/weapon or casting spells on it.</p><p></p><p>This is also where the ranger pet class falls apart.</p><p></p><p>You need magic to keep your beast up to level.</p><p></p><p>But a ranger with good weapon use, skill use, spell use, and a <strong>whole</strong> companion is broken.</p><p></p><p></p><p>4e was right and<strong> made the shaman the pet class</strong> why cutting their weapons, skills, and offensive spells to boost the companion. The 4e beastmaster has to <strong>sacrifice their actions</strong> to the beast for it to act.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Minigiant, post: 9403104, member: 63508"] Outdoorsmanship. One of the part people forget is most of these iconic rangers live in low magic worlds were a wolf or bear could fight all possible threat. D&D is high magic Once you have to deal with vampires, werewolves, liches, demons, and dragons, the idea of [B]an@ unarmored unarmed wolf fighting a Greater Fiend or Adult Dragon without magical support is kinda stupid.[/B] Part of the ranger science is either teaching the companion to wear armor/weapon or casting spells on it. This is also where the ranger pet class falls apart. You need magic to keep your beast up to level. But a ranger with good weapon use, skill use, spell use, and a [B]whole[/B] companion is broken. 4e was right and[B] made the shaman the pet class[/B] why cutting their weapons, skills, and offensive spells to boost the companion. The 4e beastmaster has to [B]sacrifice their actions[/B] to the beast for it to act. [/QUOTE]
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