Editing Beast Tamers

There are several [[Classes]] that deal with taming, training or handling animals and monsters. Prominent and basic among those is the '''[Beast Tamer]''': That class is gained when a person mets the condition of having tamed an animal/monster. In some cases, just the beginnings of taming the animal/monster is sufficient to gain the class. Compared to Beast Tamers, whose animal (companions) often have enhanced intelligence through skills to be more than basic livestock, the [Rancher] and [Breeder] classes are more focused on livestock and animal breeding and herding.

As the class is more of a utility class that is either combined with other classes or pushed towards a specialization, it should be no surprise that there are almost no [Beast Tamers] above Level 40.<ref name="6.08" /> Exceptions include Zinni who is over level 50 as an example.<ref name=":0">{{VERef|10.38 E}}</ref>

== Background ==
[Beast Tamers] and similar classes (like [Beast ''Trainers'']) can improve an animal. Dogs can grow beyond their natural size, or run faster, become tougher—it applies to all animals. All can learn some intelligence, if you have the right Skills. If the owner and the animal trust one another, a bond will form. Once the tamer receives [Lesser Bond] or something similar the animal will obey most things. 

=== Cats and other "normal" animals ===
Dogs are apparently easy to tame and train. Even the accomplished [Beast Trainer] [[Elirr]] has problems with cats, who are more intelligent.

=== Insects ===
There are limitations as to which beasts can be tamed. Insects, for instance, may be too foreign for some training, or too shortlived. Although there are reports of some [[Lizardfolk]] who keep ants as snacks and entertainment; and of [[Dullahans]] keeping particularly armored beetles as prestige animals.<ref name="6.08"/> 

[[Zinni]], a [Rancher], keeps different kinds of insects primarily aphids, but also flying stink beetles. From aphids she has managed to breed a more wooly kind for use in textile production and Leaphids that [[Fraerlings|Fraelings]] or people of similar size can ride. Ranchers do not bond with their animals like Beast Tamers do. Ranchers animals are more livestock than companion.<ref name=":0" />

[[Lyonette du Marquin|Lyonette]] was able to bond with the [[Ashfire Bees|Ashfire Bee]] [[Apista]].

=== Crelers ===
[[Crelers]] are an unnatural monster species that has so far never been successfully tamed, and there is no case of an established bond reported. It has been tried, but the first [Beast Tamer] was found after two months in his home, half devoured by his creler (in the other part it lay eggs).<ref name="6.08" />

A gnollish [Beast Master] also attempted to handle the monsters. She discovered that they were simply too instinctual, too predatory; at most she could direct them like a weapon. As they gew older their destructive instincts only increased. From the adult she sensed a dark intelligence that was ''too'' intelligent. The Beast Master suspected it was gaining too much from her Skills and had it destroyed at once.<ref name="6.08">[https://wanderinginn.com/2019/04/16/6-08/ Chapter 6.08]</ref>

=== Related and advanced Classes ===
* [Beastmasters] are a more advanced variant of the Tamer. They can handle even monsters, like [[Shield Spiders]]<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2016/12/04/1-29/ Chapter 1.29]</ref><ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2018/07/07/4-49/ Chapter 4.49]</ref> and Giant Snakes<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2019/05/28/6-20-d/ Chapter 6.20]</ref>
** [Saboteur Beastmaster]
* [Beast Trainers] are an advanced variant of the Tamer that are used to train animals or monsters for others, either as a service or to sell them.
* [Beast Hunter] can reffer to one who hunts with the aid of a trained animal.
* Specialists that only work with a specific species<ref name="6.08" />
**[Falconer]
**[Hawkmaster]
**[Horsemaster]
**[Hound Master]
**[Kennel Master]
**[Magical Horsetamer]
**[Pestilential Beast Tamer]
**[Slime Tamer]
***[Slime Master]
* [Animal Handlers]<ref name="ILFL"/> work more with larger groups of civilian animals and/or beasts of burden.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2019/05/25/6-19-h/ Chapter 6.19]</ref> Related classes:
**[Animal Feeder]
**[Animal Friend]
**[Animalfriend Exile]
**[Breeder]
***[Horse Breeder]
***[Livestock Breeder]
**[Chickencoop Beast Raider]
**[Chieftain of Herds]
**[Cooper]
**[Cowfriend Milker]
**[Dairy Farmer]
**[Handler]
***[Horse Handler]
****[Hustling Horse Handler]
**[Herder]
**[Hostler]
**[Horsefriend]
**[Matriarch of Herds]
**[Pig Farmer]
**[Rancher]
***[Cattle Rancher]
***[Head Rancher]
**[Ranchhand]
**[Shepherd] / [Shepherdess]
***[Master Shepherd]
**[Stablehand]
**[Stablemaster] / [Stable Mistress]
* [Riders]<ref name="ILFL">[https://wanderinginn.com/2018/08/04/interlude-flos/ Interlude Flos]</ref> ride their animals, but don't necessary rear or train them. In the military, horse riders often specialize due to their function in combat. However, if the mounts are some kind of monster, it is more likely for the rider to be a [Beast Tamer] or [Beastmaster], as has been seen with the various instances of riders of [[Carn Wolves]], [[Mossbears]] and [[Griffins]]. [Beast Masters] need years to train horses.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2019/06/22/6-27-m/ 6.27 M]</ref>
** [All-Terrain Rider]
**[Bicorn Rider]
***[Bicorn Charger]
**[Bow Rider]
**[Camel Knight]
**[Captain of the Horse] / [Horse Captain]
**[Cataphract]
**[Cavalry] / [Cavalryman] / [Cavalrywoman]
***[Armored Cavalry]
***[Cavalry Lieutenant]
***[Cavalry Lord]
**[Dragonrider]
**[Dragoon]
**[Elephant Rider]
**[Griffin Rider]
***[Griffin Raider]
**[Hill Rider]
**[Horse Archer]
**[Hydra Rider]
**[Jockey]
**[Lancer]
***[Lance Leader]
***[Lancelord of a Thousand Victories]
***[Lancer of the Ages]
***[Peerless Lance]
** [Mounted Archer]
**[Mounted Slinger]
**[Noble Rider]
**[Outrider]
**[Pegasus Rider]
***[Pegasus Flier]
**[Raider Rider]
***[Insect Raidrider]
**[Ride Commander]
**[Sky Rider]
**[Slime Rider]
**[Swift Rider]
**[Terror Rider]
**[Trick Rider]
**[Unicorn Knight]
**[Vanguard Rider]
**[Wolf Rider]
**[Wyvern Rider]
*[Pet Owners] take care of docile animals, and it is a basic entry class. 
**[Pet Carer]
**[Pet Raiser]
**[Pet Trainer]
*Some magical classes like [Druids] bond and work with animals.
**[Beekeeper Shaman]
**[Crow Witch]
**[Druid]
***[Angry Druid]
***[Boneweaver Druid]
***[Druid of the Lucky World, Child of Omens; Ember of the Eternal Solstice]
***[Druid of the Old Ways]
***[Sea Druid]
***[Spiderweb Druid]
***[Vinetender Druid]
**[Swarm Mage]
*Royalty and nobility related
**[Beastlord]
**[Dog Lord]
**[Hawk Lady]
**[Empress of Beasts]
*Insect and Arthropod related
**[Ant Farmer]
**[Beekeeper]
**[Bug Collector]
**[Insect Feeder]
**[Insect Raidrider]
**[Shrimp Farmer]
**[Swarmlord]
***[Heretical Swarmlord Alchemist]
*Wildlife related
**[Wildfriend]
**[Wild General]

== Trivia ==

* Animals of sufficient intelligence and with relation to a <Tamer> class have their souls admitted into Innworld's afterlives.<ref>{{VERef|10.34 MGF}}</ref>

== References==
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[[Category:Classes]]
[[Category:Beast Tamers]]
[[Category:Beast Masters]]
[[Category:Beast Trainers]]