@JeremyECrawford re: phb errata. Does a ranger being dead count as "absent"? What does a Beastmaster's pet do when its master dies?

— Yatagarasu (@eightspancrow) June 16, 2015

Being dead is as absent as it gets. https://t.co/2ogBgsyL75

— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) June 16, 2015