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<blockquote data-quote="Bill Zebub" data-source="post: 8416169" data-attributes="member: 7031982">I was thinking about some similar things.&nbsp; My version would probably look like:&nbsp;- Base class can &quot;calm&quot; beasts, in the sense of turning hostile creatures non-hostile, but they still wouldn't be allies.&nbsp; I.e., you could persuade a guard dog to let you past, but not to fight for you.&nbsp;- Once calmed, also some kind of Insight skill with beasts, where you can glean information by studying them.&nbsp; I.e., you make a roll, and if successful you get to ask the DM some questions, and the DM adjudicates whether or not answers are available.&nbsp; E.g, &quot;Is the animal's master at home?&quot;&nbsp; Or, &quot;Has the squirrel seen any orcs pass this way?&quot;&nbsp; Etc.&nbsp; &nbsp;- Base class could also tame a single 1 HP beast as a pet, basically like a familiar.&nbsp;- A pet subclass would let you tame more powerful beasts as pets&nbsp;- I like your idea of expanding it to monstrosities at higher levels, but for demons (or dragons?) I think I'd put those in specific sub-classes.&nbsp; It doesn't make sense to me that every ranger would have influence over demons, but that's just my own aesthetic preference.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bill Zebub, post: 8416169, member: 7031982"] I was thinking about some similar things. My version would probably look like: - Base class can "calm" beasts, in the sense of turning hostile creatures non-hostile, but they still wouldn't be allies. I.e., you could persuade a guard dog to let you past, but not to fight for you. - Once calmed, also some kind of Insight skill with beasts, where you can glean information by studying them. I.e., you make a roll, and if successful you get to ask the DM some questions, and the DM adjudicates whether or not answers are available. E.g, "Is the animal's master at home?" Or, "Has the squirrel seen any orcs pass this way?" Etc. - Base class could also tame a single 1 HP beast as a pet, basically like a familiar. - A pet subclass would let you tame more powerful beasts as pets - I like your idea of expanding it to monstrosities at higher levels, but for demons (or dragons?) I think I'd put those in specific sub-classes. It doesn't make sense to me that every ranger would have influence over demons, but that's just my own aesthetic preference. [/QUOTE]

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