The Charm may eventually wear off even if the ranger stays close by. I haven't had that happen but usually the creature ends up taking the brunt of the melee attacks so doesn't really last that long. I did feel bad about that, being a good ranger and all. But I found that if I didn't give them something to do they would wander away then come back and attack me.
I don't charm one then drag it around looking for a battle but definitey if one is handy when a fight somes up I'll use them. One situation I've run into a few times is a particular ambush between areas. There is a hostile Ogre mage with some minions and a very large, neutral bear. You can usually reach the bear before the bad guys see you. So there you can charm the bear and get a very strong ally in an ambush situation.
My ranger is the main character so I find the heal light wound abilities you get at the end of the chapters a great plus. But you get those whatever your class is. I didn't realize that at first though.
I'll probably begin to use stealth more now that I am beginning to acquire magical armor. Some studded leather +3 could come pretty close to Anhkeg. She's strong enough to carry around both, swapping them as the situations changed.
Right now I'm only 4th level with the ranger but I am looking forward the the cleric spells that come at upper levels. A nice Entangle followed by a volley of +2 arrows, could just about win a fight alone.
Oh yeah, I'm pretty sure the charm will work on anything that doesn't sucessfully make a Save v. Breath Weapon
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