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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Minigiant" data-source="post: 8710572" data-attributes="member: 63508">When it comes to pets, I think multiple classes should have a sidekick option.Beastmster RangerSwarmkeeper RangerChain pact WarlockAnimal Lord DruidKnight and Squire FighterBattlesmith ArtificerOath of the Rider PaladinThen there would be a full on new class for the PC that has "75% of the power in the pet". Previous editions had rules too rigid for such a class. And the current edition just doesn't do new classes.But for the D&D ranger, the animal companion was always just a chasis to hold your buff spells. Especially since unlike the druid, magic wasn't the core to the ranger's combat ability. It was always just a bonus. So the ranger could freely see buff and transmute their beast buddy as they only needed 20-33% of their spell slots for combat.In the movies, the tracker doesn't kill the target with their dog. The dog sniffs the target out because they have better senses. The tracker shots the quarry with a gun or stabs them it a pointed object.</blockquote>