Baldur's Gate 3 has a bunch of adorable animal companions that you can bring back to your camp to liven the place up. You have the bestest boy in the world in Scratch, the Owlbear Cub from Act 1, and the lovable and rugged Halsin, who can be saved from the Goblin Camp. He can turn into a bear, it totally counts.
Larian has added Arcane Archer to the game instead of several much better Fighter subclasses.
Unfortunately, there are a lot more lovely animal friends that you can meet (and possibly speak with) on your travels that you can't bring back to your camp, and it can be painful to just leave them behind. One such example is the Hyena that you can meet in the Shadow-Cursed Lands in Act 2, who is on the verge of being used as an experiment by a nasty little goblin called Gronag to see whether the shadow curse is as dangerous as the tales.
After dealing with Gronag, you can then talk to the Hyena if you have Speak with Animals, and subsequently find out that his goblin owners regularly abuse him. You can try and convince him to run away,...
