jgsugden
Legend
Why would you have a bunny rabbit at level 15 with normal leadership? At level 15, you'd probably have a very powerful animal as a cohort via leadership. Any DM with 1/2 a brain could figure out what are appropriate animals for a cohort at any given level. Most of them could figure out ways to advance them too to keep them appropriately powered in comparison to the PC.DevoutlyApathetic said:Because at level 15 a cute little bunny rabbit is only useful as dinner. With this feat you can get a normal animal that has a chance of surviving and being mildly useful. All in all, the feat looks fine in both concept and execution. I'd use it if I wasn't on a severe 'less is more' kick when it comes to the number of people/creatures in a party.
The 3.5 core books was the place for revision, not for original material. I'm betting that there will be a good amount of new stuff in the Dragon Book and in the Complete Warrior.DevoutlyApathetic said:Why don't they write some feats that aren't +2 to x and y? Wotc has been scared about being creative for awhile now. I think MotW signalled the end of that, but apparently not.
Of course, I think they should have delayed these products by three months so that they could properly fix 3.5 before building things on such a flawed foundation. Heck, one week of compilation, contemplation and conversation would be enough for them to provide a set of errata that hit all the major areas that have been the subject of a few thousand threads, email complaints and general disgust.
This feat isn't a horrible idea. I have no idea if it is balanced, but it is a fine idea. I just think it is mostly redundant with Animal Companions and the Leadership feat. Why are they focusing on redundant ideas instead of fixing a faulty foundation?