Blood Lust 15 New feat option (including bonus feat): Blood Lust (Ranger 15, Con 15)
-Blade thirst grants additional vampiric regeneration equal to a ranger's HARD constitution modifier.
- Awaken grants their animal companion regeneration equal to a ranger's HARD constitution modifier.
Call of the Wild 23 New feat option (including bonus feat): Call of the Wild (Ranger 23, Con 15)
- Awaken grants a ranger's animal companion bonus AC equal to the ranger's constitution modifier. It also grants the animal companion spell resistance equal to 15 + (ranger level / 2).
I haven't really messed with Druid since the last round of updates, but I was shocked to find these feats now implemented for Druids as well as Rangers. It now requires two feats to make a Druid's companion do what they did prior to this update.
Mysteriously, the new mechanic is tied to hard constitution score, which seems to further reward the already favorable EDR builds.
Even more mysteriously, it is given free to Totem Druids who will have an across the board -4 to CON, making it nigh impossible for it to actually do anything.
My feedback: Chuck this mechanic!