The most popular choices (from a damage output perspective, mechanically speaking) for beast companions (giant poisonous snake, flying snake, wolf, fastieth) SHOULDbe CR 1/2. At least according to the rules for creating and modifying monsters starting on page number 273 in the DMG.
Dungeon Masters, bump your ranger's beast companion's primary attacking stat up two points to get it in the +3 modifier range.
The most popular choices (from a damage output perspective, mechanically speaking) for beast companions (giant poisonous snake, flying snake, wolf, fastieth) SHOULD be CR 1/2. At least according to the rules for creating and modifying monsters starting on page number 273 in the DMG.
Dungeon Masters, bump your ranger's beast companion's primary attacking stat up two points to get it in the +3 modifier range.
I think asking the DM to bump up the PHB Beast Master companions is not a hot take at all.
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LOL! You’re correct
I guess the hot take was meant to be more of the miscalculated CR rating for a few beast stat blocks.
And black bears should be legal because they drop to CR 1/4 if you remove their multiattack; which they can't use until 11th-level anyway.
YES! 100%