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Message: <blockquote data-quote="arwink" data-source="post: 424821" data-attributes="member: 2292">Okay.Right about now, that old rabbit phobia is going to start kicking in again.Well, the obvious mechanical reason for a druid not awakening everything in sight is the xp cost.  250 xp a hit may not seem much, but when to have to burn through 2000 xp to awaken an eight member wolf pack, you might think twice before going through the process.  The why's and ethics of awakening is probably pretty open to the DM to interpret.  There are a lot more druid codes out there in 3e, they arent the peaceful status-quo goes anymore.  I'd probably go for aging druids, at the end of their lifespans, awakening a few animals around them to keep their wilderness safe if they don't have successors.  I think a lot of druids are going to awaken their animal companions when faced with the option of sending them back into the wild or keeping them around.  Awakening animals and trees to guard a sacred site is probably acceptable, and I can see evil druids awakening various animals as more competent servants/underlings or as particularly innocent looking assasins.</blockquote>