Beast Master as "Monster Catcher"

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supreme_slayer

Feb 23, 2015 16:56:28

So, I because my current campaign is kind of a flop at the moment, I decided to try and start up a casual sort of "monster of the week" style campaign for my players which they agreed to. One of the changes I was considering making, since this is a more casual game, was turning Beast Masters into "Monster Catchers", Mostly meaning that they can pick creatures of another Type besides Beast to have tamed or taken as allies in combat. I looked through the options for Medium or smaller creatures of 1/4 CR, and excluding Humanoids for obvious reasons, and things like the Violet Fungus for being too difficult top manage due to speed or other factors, I came up with a list.

 

The rule would basically be that the creature if not Beast would have to be of a Type of one of your Favored Enemies, and it is only proficient with weapons or armor that are not in its stat block of it uses any (such as in the case of Sprites or Modrons). They also cannot attune to magic items.

 

Here is the list, which I think is in correct types.

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(Aberration)
Flumph
Slaad Tadpole

 

(Construct)
Monodrone
Duodrone
Flying Sword
Homunculus

 

(Dragon)
Pseudodragon

 

(Elemental)
Mud Mephit
Smoke Mephit
Steam Mephit

 

(Fey)
Blink Dog
Sprite

Pixie

 

(Fiend)
Dretch
Manes
Lemure

 

(Plant)
Needle Blight
Twig Blight
Myconid Sprout

 

(Undead)
Skeleton
Zombie