I wanted to ask, is there anyone else out there that doesn't like the animal companion rules for druids and rangers? To me it seems like a character can now have a second character to play with. Granted there is the chance that the companion won't do whats asked of it when "pushed", but I have rarely seen that happen.
In our gaming group of four PCs, one of the characters has an animal companion. In combat everyone gets to do their thing with the one character they have, but one player gets to go twice in the round.
I also think the companions are way over powered over time.
For the GMs out there. Do you see your players using their companions as a crutch. Letting the animal take feats and skills so that the PC can accomplish more.
Lastly. When an animal gets an ability increase in INT from 2 to 3, I've heard of players putting ranks in linguistics for the companion so it can speak. Does anyone else find this to be silly.
Is it just me, or does anyone else feel the same way.
