trade off for animal companion

[Coredump]

I am currenlty running a party of 8. I may soon be seven (new job) but that is still puh-lenty.

Tonight I realized that between the druid, shaman, and ranger we could be adding 3 more via animal companions.

I would rather not have *more* characters for combats, etc.

So what would be some things I could offer as a replacement to restore the balance issues?

 

[ZuulMoG]

There's two threads in House Rules concerning this:
http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=133996
http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=136555

 

[philreed]

Maybe we need rules for eating animal companions in order to gain new abilities.

 

[Man-thing]

The Quint Druid II had 3 alternate progresses for Animal Companions for people who didn't want extra combatanrs. They were:

Counsellor Companion
Scout Companion
Mount Companion

As well as a number of feats for animal companions.

 

[Darkness]

Moved to House Rules.