Rylden wrote:
As the title reads, my character was recently in a game where a family of dire bears was killed, and found a cub near all the stuff in the cave. Hes a level 2 ranger, and attempted to subdue the parents, which were killed by the rest of the party. Being able to save the cub Im curious, is it possible for a ranger to get a bear/dire bear cub as an animal companion? It doesnt fall as a listed animal at level 4 for the hunters bond but it is on the list of Animal Choices
The 'Beastmaster' ranger archetype is what you're looking for - this will allow you a bear companion, as per a druid; no dire bear though - you could just flavour the ordinary bear companion as dire bear cub and the later advanced companion as dire bear, whilst keeping it as an actual bear. You might also need to rebuild the character a little at level 2 as class skills are a little different.
Alternatively, your ranger could just train the bear using animal handling, no particular class feature needed.
