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<blockquote data-quote="The Grassy Gnoll" data-source="post: 6556103" data-attributes="member: 6788652">One of my players, a Ranger, had just levelled up to Level 3 and was due a Companion. He chose a wolf, but as I wanted the beast to come to him in a meaningful way rather than just *poof* appear at the bottom of the bed, I planned to have them encounter the wolf as they journeyed - perhaps find it trapped and free it, kind of thing. So, I decided to have him be driven by visions of a wolf and the player decided to set out across country to Thundertree rather than follow the roads, as he was sure he would locate the wolf who seemed to be 'calling' to him in his dreams if he went off road. As it turned out, they rolled a random encounter of an owlbear that first night, which proceeded to wipe out (drop to 0) the Druid, and despite taking max damage twice inna face from the 18 STR barbarian's warhammer, took him out too, leaving the ranger knock kneed and desperately firing arrows (badly) at the seemingly unkillable crazy monster... and just then, I ruled that from out of the woods comes a snarling ball of lupine fury who got surprise on the 'owlbastard' as the players have now dubbed it - and happened to roll a natural 20, killing the monster, saving the rangers life and becoming his BFF all at once. That's what I call a special bond.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="The Grassy Gnoll, post: 6556103, member: 6788652"] One of my players, a Ranger, had just levelled up to Level 3 and was due a Companion. He chose a wolf, but as I wanted the beast to come to him in a meaningful way rather than just *poof* appear at the bottom of the bed, I planned to have them encounter the wolf as they journeyed - perhaps find it trapped and free it, kind of thing. So, I decided to have him be driven by visions of a wolf and the player decided to set out across country to Thundertree rather than follow the roads, as he was sure he would locate the wolf who seemed to be 'calling' to him in his dreams if he went off road. As it turned out, they rolled a random encounter of an owlbear that first night, which proceeded to wipe out (drop to 0) the Druid, and despite taking max damage twice inna face from the 18 STR barbarian's warhammer, took him out too, leaving the ranger knock kneed and desperately firing arrows (badly) at the seemingly unkillable crazy monster... and just then, I ruled that from out of the woods comes a snarling ball of lupine fury who got surprise on the 'owlbastard' as the players have now dubbed it - and happened to roll a natural 20, killing the monster, saving the rangers life and becoming his BFF all at once. That's what I call a special bond. [/QUOTE]

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