((of course when I say, "Chat" I mean I was typing stream of conscious and Pony and Gluggle just sporatically chimed in. ))
Krivoklat(Kodiak/Zokaan):
Regarding spell duration of summons... hey.. how about animal handling... 1 round per level... if I invest skills to befriend a dangerous critter... there is no time to do any RP before it turns aggressive and tries to eat me and my party-mates.
Example: The alpha den pack leader wolf along the river on the east bank almost to the sea... at best all can really do is make sure it doesn't attack.. give us time to loot the area, then tell it to stay as we exit. There isn't anything meaningful that I can do (RP-Wise)
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Ponyrealms:
honestly critters going hostile on failed rolls seems the worst part tbh
like the species thatd never be aggressive
Glugglebog:
Poor LW's druid really got mauled by that bear
In front of the whole server.
Krivoklat(Kodiak/Zokaan):
I wish there was a way that... say... a group of hostile creatures that are sufficiently lower HD than my character, I could make non-aggressive so they didn't all have to lose their lives just so I could pass by them would make awesome RP.
Ideally I wish I could befriend ONE.. and then any number of other similar animals nearby become non-hostile.. maybe a number of others equal to the amount my roll surpasses the DC up to.. say... My level in ranger/druid levels.. so a 1st level ranger/druid can dominate 1 creature and make 1 nearby non-aggressive as opposed to a 7th level ranger that can dominate 1 animal and make 7 nearby non-aggressive.
Or even being able to befriend a hostile creature.. then release is ... and it does not go hostile, but remains non-aggressive (blue) ... so I could work my way through a pack one animal at a time even.
[sarcasm]
Now.. my party mates... they should have to make a will save vs the DC to tame the creature to not be afraid when a DIRE animal's timer is up... Critical failed will means they auto attack the creature out of fear ... at -5 to hit. ... and creature get's assassin death attack to stun them.
...or a 'puddle' placeable gets auto created where the PC stands to represent.. you know.. peeing themselves.
[/sarcasm]