Ranger animal companions.

[Chaosthecold]

Are any of the additional resource animal companions available for Rangers(Non Archetyped)? Or are we still stuck with the short list?

I REALLLLY want my Halfling Ranger to ride a giant gecko....

Thanks

[BigNorseWolf]

I believe (but am not entirely positive) if you really want it its legal to dip into druid to expand your list.

[Mathwei ap Niall]

Or take the beastmaster archetype and that gives you access to everything on the Druid list.

[Chaosthecold]

Chaosthecold wrote:

Are any of the additional resource animal companions available for Rangers(Non Archetyped)? Or are we still stuck with the short list?

I REALLLLY want my Halfling Ranger to ride a giant gecko....

Thanks

After digging through these forums it appears the answer to my question is no. Granted the last ruling was made two years ago..Perhaps this could be revisted. I understand the want to have the less combat oriented animals on the ranger list...So perhaps open the less combat oriented ones to the Rangers. As a Ranger I can still have a wolf, which would tear the crap out of a Giant gecko any day :)

[LazarX]

Given that the guide was just updated. And the question was asked and answered several times in the last couple of months. It's pretty much no.

I think the very creation of the Beastmaster archetype has sealed the issue for good since one of that archetype's main schticks is the opening up an expanded list for animal companions.

So unless you're a Beastmaster it's no, for the forseeable future.

[Seraphimpunk]

pretty much what lazar said.
unless you get special access from a chronicle, you won't be going gecko riding, unless you're

at least one level of druid
some combo of beastmaster ranger
7+ levels cavalier (beast rider) possibly? though medium sized creatures get MANY more options for mounts with that class.