Cieyrin
2011-10-06, 01:45 PM
Q 583: Is Animal Control (Masters of the Wild) still a viable feat for D&D 3.5? One of its prerequisites is the animal friendship spell, which is no longer necessary in 3.5 and thus doesn't exist. The Ring of Animal Friendship still exists and uses Charm Animal, so would that be a suitable substitute or is this a RAI/RAW argument at this point?
Masters of the Wild is a 3.0 supplement; and while a lot of 3.0 was updated and reprinted in the 3.5 Complete Series, this particular spell/feat were left out.
I would say it isn't viable for a strictly 3.5 game (mainly because neither the spell nor the feat exist there). And since it doesn't exist in 3.5 supplements, it's not really a matter of RAW. :smalleek:
While you can easily draw the parallel with Charm Animal, its still left up to the DM (as he is the final arbiter of which sourcebooks to allow and which prereq's can be substituted for others).
But if your game already uses a blend of 3.0 and 3.5 then you can take the feat as easily as you can take the spell. :smallbiggrin:
As was suggested to me in D&D 3.5 Q&A, I'd like to open this up to the forumites. I know the general rule with 3.0 in 3.5 is if it's unupdated, it's grandfathered in, it's just that the feat would generally work except for the Animal Friendship prerequisite. So, what does the forum think in regards to this? Ye Olde Animal Friendship in this case works with the feat as other Rebuke abilities tend to that are already part of 3.5, so that's not an issue.
Masters of the Wild is a 3.0 supplement; and while a lot of 3.0 was updated and reprinted in the 3.5 Complete Series, this particular spell/feat were left out.
I would say it isn't viable for a strictly 3.5 game (mainly because neither the spell nor the feat exist there). And since it doesn't exist in 3.5 supplements, it's not really a matter of RAW. :smalleek:
While you can easily draw the parallel with Charm Animal, its still left up to the DM (as he is the final arbiter of which sourcebooks to allow and which prereq's can be substituted for others).
But if your game already uses a blend of 3.0 and 3.5 then you can take the feat as easily as you can take the spell. :smallbiggrin:
As was suggested to me in D&D 3.5 Q&A, I'd like to open this up to the forumites. I know the general rule with 3.0 in 3.5 is if it's unupdated, it's grandfathered in, it's just that the feat would generally work except for the Animal Friendship prerequisite. So, what does the forum think in regards to this? Ye Olde Animal Friendship in this case works with the feat as other Rebuke abilities tend to that are already part of 3.5, so that's not an issue.