Pennydude wrote:
I'm curious as to why purchasable exotic animals are still allowed such as a tiger. My thought is that you can only have a combat animal if it's 1) used as a mount or 2) a class feature.
Being able to just outright buy a tiger at level 5, to me, ruins the specialty of classes that get an animal companion.
Animal companion classes still get to handle animal as a free action or push as a move... Any bought pet does not have that advantage, does not get any class-related bonuses, and can never progress just being that static statblock of a pet. Most characters without animal companions also typically have to struggle to raise their handle animal.
I honestly feel the new change of pet CR = character level - 1 is absolutely spot on.