Beast Master Pet Question

[SMac8988]

So I was reading on a couple other locations and couldn't find an answer, so figured i would bring it to the giants!

So my question is; the beast master states that at level 3 you get a beast of cr 1/4. Which is good by me, I still don't see why everyone complains about the class. But it says that if your pet dies you must bond with a new beast that is friendly with you, but does not mention the cr limit at this point. Is it implied it is still a cr 1/4 by raw or is it open to what you can find in game; due to having to build a bond with a beast and possibly rp it out?

[famousringo]

Yeah, it's assumed that any pet will be CR 1/4 or less. As fun as it would be to try to domesticate a triceratops...

[SMac8988]

I just was thinking as a way to "fix" what everyone bitches about. Honestly in my game I have offered my ranger to run it almost as a take a pet for the location. More or less he can tame an animal per story arc and use it. So wolf is great in like the wood, but maybe a giant spider in a cave. But He Looked At What People Said Online and went hunter for the increased dps....

[R.Shackleford]

I just was thinking as a way to "fix" what everyone bitches about. Honestly in my game I have offered my ranger to run it almost as a take a pet for the location. More or less he can tame an animal per story arc and use it. So wolf is great in like the wood, but maybe a giant spider in a cave. But He Looked At What People Said Online and went hunter for the increased dps....

For a lot of people it isn't even the DPS that is the main problem.

The main problem is that it doesn't act like an animal companion at all, it acts like a robot. Actually it acts worse than that.

[RickAllison]

Yeah, it's assumed that any pet will be CR 1/4 or less. As fun as it would be to try to domesticate a triceratops...

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