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Of course, this is all up to DMвЂ™s discretion as to whether or not the party has a close enough bond with the animal to forgo a check. I think itвЂ™s fair to say that Burt the brown bear would have to seriously think about staying with the party if they just fought a slew of kuo-toa. The party should make a check whenever there is a serious change to the DC of the Animal Handling check, maybe there was a lot of combat that day that stressed the creature out, theyвЂ™ve been traveling for weeks in the desert and the penguin wants to go back to glaciers or the party is fighting weird creepy things too often. How often does the party need to make a check to see if the animal will continue to travel with the party and what things would have an effect on the creatureвЂ™s willingness to stick around. Intelligence was discussed as the modifier, but since these are mostly animals we are talking about, we thought it more important for the creature to be swayed by how they felt about the party (insight), versus the creatureвЂ™s investigatory ability (Investigation). The DC is adjusted based on the beastвЂ™s Wisdom score, so our camel would be a DC 9 and our eagle would be more difficult at a DC 12. But a DC 10 didnвЂ™t seem right for a camel on one hand and an eagle on the other. So how do we determine the DC of the animal the party is trying to befriend? A DC 10 animal handling check seemed like the right place to start. Multiple party member can make animal handling checks, but if 2 or more characters fail their checks, the animal will leave. If they fail the check by 10 or more, the animal will leave. If they fall the check by 5 or less, the animal is wary of staying and will follow the party at a distance. The DM would call for an animal handling check by the party. IвЂ™ve consulted with the best DM ever, Stephen, and this is what weвЂ™ve come up with to get us our friend, Burt, to hang out with us.ДЇirst, we are looking at this from a party standpoint, not as an individual character. Now just because we want a furry friend doesnвЂ™t mean we just get one. Our Druid, seeing an opportunity to make an animal friend, asks the DM if they can work with our buddy Burt. He knows if he attacks the rogue, the party will kill him, so he stares longingly at the pouch holding the honey. Even though Burt is just a brown bear, heвЂ™s not an idiot.

With its Keen Smell ability, it senses the jar of honey that the rogue stole for no other reason than heвЂ™s a rogue. ItвЂ™s lonely and confused and looks at you with more curiosity than hate. Now this beast, Burt the brown bear, has lost his way and ends up near the outskirts of the city you are in. If your party comes upon a beast that it doesnвЂ™t attack - I know, fat chance that happens, but letвЂ™s pretend. So letвЂ™s take a look at how the animal companion works. This animal companion is under no such obligation to do so.

The Ranger beastmaster archetype gets a beast companion that bonds with you and wonвЂ™t abandon you. I was inspired by Good Omens) is such an example. The worg that travels with us, Worg (yes I named the worg Worg.

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An animal companion is a creature that travels with you of its own free will. This week IвЂ™m going to look at animal companions and what makes them unique.ДЇor those that donвЂ™t want my thought process behind Animal Companions:ДЇor best results in GM Binder, use a Chrome BrowserД¬ompanions are different than pets. I have broken down this discussion into three parts animal companions, familiars & mounts and pets. There are different types of animal friends that someone can have in D&D. I donвЂ™t need a pet in the fantasy game I play in. We have two dogs, two cats and as Stephen would say, my two kids fall in this category.

ItвЂ™s an animal friend that happens to live and hang out with me. Instead of setting it free - it had been the mount for some goblins we had fought - I took her with me. Of course, Stephen then set it up that my Half-Orc Samurai would find a worg.

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Then we have the Warforged Cleric, who went full Tin Man on us and found a little baby chick to care for - he literally keeps it in his chest piece where a personвЂ™s heart would be.ДЄs I said in a recent episode of our podcast, I did not want a pet. Our Bard, apparently not satisfied with having fuck buddies all throughout the city, needed to adopt a cat to fill that emotional void inside her. Our Atavist has an undead bat as a familiar (please donвЂ™t even get me started on this, just go with it). This makes sense since sheвЂ™s a Druid, but why itвЂ™s a trash panda I have no idea. Our DruidвЂ™s best friend is a raccoon named Dash.

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