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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 4715123" data-attributes="member: 4937">Well, I wouldn't allow druids at all, but...Assuming I was fine with the concept of a druid, having a swarm as an animal companion is very cool, very flavorful, and quite interesting.But its also completely overpowered for a first level character, and it represents a potentially significant upgrade in power.The biggest problems here is 'Immunity to Weapon Damage'.  This gives you virtual immunity to all low CR monsters.  At low levels, the animal companion is nearly invincible.I would allow it, but require two feats.'Vermin Friend', to let you have a vermin as your animal companion.  This would not represent a significant upgrade in power, and so would probably come with some other bonus, like for example the ability to treat vermin as animals for any power that specifically referenced 'animals'.  So you could use 'animal handling' on vermin, and cast 'animal messenger' on a tiny vermin.  The only prerequisite would be 'Aminal Companion'.'Swarm Companion', to let you take a swarm as an animal companion.  This represents a pretty big boost in power at low levels, but much less so at high levels.  I think it stands faily well on its own, although perhaps it would come to a save bonus to avoid being nausaeted within a swarm as well (to make up for some of the power drop off at higher levels).  The prerequisites would be animal companion and the ability to cast 'summon swarm'.  This would mean that 3rd level would normally be the first time you could take a swarm as animal companion, which would reduce the abusiability of this at low levels of play.</blockquote>

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