NalimX • 2 yr. If a barbarian falls unconscious, her rage immediately ends, placing her in peril of death. Am I missing something stupid (some weird item/Azata/friendship thing)?Starting my second playthrough and would like to play a melee character with animal companion. ago. An. I know from past experience that Mad Dog Amiri with a Mastodon is fun. At any time you can have six characters in your party, including the protagonist. If you aleardy have the bug you might have to load a previous save and then do as solution says (I had to do that, not sure if there's a workaround using Toybox, but heard it might help on. Unlike normal animals of its kind, an animal companion's Hit Dice, abilities, skills, and feats advance as the druid advances in level. 2, which will be available on November 21. With death door, (portrait in red) no problem with the pet having another name. That said, gear will count. I thought the rules say that 'resurrect' and others can be applied on animal companions. These can be removed through 2 castings of restoration. 1K. Any creature struck by a critical hit from this scimitar or its wielder's natural attack becomes the target of lightning, as per call lightning storm spell (5d6 damage, 24 DC Reflex half). With the exception of the Old Sycamore, which has a lot of cheap-armor-wearing kobolds and mites, there isn't a map you can't just loot in one pass if you have two animal companions on the team. Wolf was at 2hp. Monster Tac gets a domain so can take animal domain and get a pet on top of his summons and gives his summons teamwork feats. Animal companions obviously do, but as far as familiars are concerned its uncertain. The games are similar to classic RPG games such as Baldur's Gate and Neverwinter Nights. I guess I'll. I wish I could just copy a build which includes both an animal companion and some conversation skills (think Fallout's "speech"). Nul landed every hit and wolf is at -62hp. WIS-based builds have a lot more options: hunter, ranger, druid, Wildland Shaman*, Animal domain <cleric|Inquisitor>. A ranger who selects an animal companion can choose from the list on this page. cant go another area too. It seems that for rest to work, all my animal companions have to be alive. Get app Get the. 5 Ruleset of Dungeons and Dragons. And well divine cleric spells buffs/heal. Notes on some auto-leveled companions (for party building reference) Customizing companions can be a bit of a hassle, so here are notes on my favorite companions after deciding to simply go with whatever auto-level gave me (valid up to level 7). However a bunch of different classes offer animal companions in Kingmaker including ranger, druid, cleric, inquisitor, barbarian (mad dog), and sorcerer (sylvan). Seelah->Paladin mount she never rides because it is more useful trampling trash under its hooves of death on its own. The games are similar to classic RPG games such as Baldur's Gate and Neverwinter Nights. Pathfinder: Kingmaker. Pathfinder Kingmaker Companion Guide is also available as: A 128-page PDF (includes single-file and file-per-chapter versions) The Kingmaker Companion Guide is sanctioned for use in Pathfinder Society Organized Play. Maybe in a mod, tho. Originally posted by Myrryr: Go to your inventory, you should be able to see your whole party, select the dead guy, and then right click and use the scroll on them. Game Start - One Hit death - Difficulty Normal. r/Pathfinder_Kingmaker •The animal domain gives access to the nature's ally spells and an animal companion. At 4th level you get an animal companion. Next fight, he dissapeared forever. The damage you suffer from enemies and traps is reduced by 80%. After testing what I deemed as all the possibly strong and unique pet options via the fandom wiki, these are my current findings about the number of attacks they get at certain levels and with skald rage powers: . Their base attack is 0. Capital Throne Room. Switching Jaethal over to a towershield specialist/other tanking class. Death's Door (but it's not enabled), then immediate death after combat. If you really want to make your animal companion higher level there is a setting in toybox under party->pets->allow levels past 20, but it really isn't needed. It says the creature will become one size larger at level 7, so is that at my class level 7 (which I will never reach) or the creature's level 7?. For example, the Animal Companion rules on page 214 of the Core Rulebook say, "If your companion dies, you can spend a week of downtime to replace it at no cost. SageTegan • Mystic Theurge • 1 yr. (He's also oddly more willing to entertain questions than the rules guys. The animal companion sometime seem to fail to appear, especially for Amiri. JAGamerGirl Sep 1, 2018 @ 12:41pm. Arcane Trickster, however, doesn't say "you need 3 levels of Rogue", it says "2d6 sneak attack damage", which presumes three levels in a class that grants sneak attacks, but in Pathfinder, there's a little feat called Accomplished Sneak Attacker that adds +1d6. a variety of classes have a variation that gets an animal companion. Agree to investigate to begin the companion quest. Druid with Boar. . A Companion died and I cant work out how to revive them, Sorry if Im dumb! So the title says it all, sorry if this has been answered but Im kinda at a loss, one of my companions died and their portrait is completly greyed out now, I cant seem to find anything to revive her past the scales you get from the dragons, which Ive already used. 7k is here! We've fixed Ageing and the Flying Time Undertow effect for the commander and their companions, Icy Prison spell got its name back, important keys no longer disappear, and much more. If you want an INT-based melee/caster with an animal companion, I think Arcane Rider is your only option. Animal domain gives a pet at class level 4 with a -3 level penalty, so you need to take Boon Companion to scale it up to its full potential. During the Everblooming Flower battle her boar went down. That will make it's Dexerity 25 by the end (21 now, +2 from leveling and +2 from the ring). In all seriousness PnP Pathfinder 1E Animals are "close to IRL", What would you rather fight to the death: a Giant, 6ft poisonous, Centipede (and thats your "best" option to win the fight lol) a Monitor "Komodo Dragon" Lizard, with a sweeping tail, also poisonous. Speed. It seems because all the companion not togather. This time around,. Water elementals / dread cyclops - there is AoE arcane level 5-6 spell called cirocco - great, traps elementals and cyclops, knocks them down, and burns them with fire. Lann->Druid. - medium spellcasting class, +15/+10/+5 attack bonus. You can drop charisma to 7 for pretty much free because it's pretty much useless on him. Either a full AB class with high Strength or an accomplished sneak attacker. Pathfinder: CRPG - Kingmaker & WotR. Like the title say, this behavior is working as intended? My boar "dies" every time it receives a crippling/near death wound. Unlike many other damaging spells, it doesn't have a caster level cap for it's damage, so at level 20 with the cloak and spell specialization it would deal 240 damage, as much as maximized level 20 Disintegrate but without eating a 9th level slot and. Cavalier is pretty big on mounted. ago. Oh yeah, and a full scaling animal companion. Greater Rage (Ex) At 11th level, when a barbarian enters rage, the morale bonus to her. 83K Members. Next fight, he dissapeared forever. With lvl-3 and one non-druid level, thats exactly your character level. Pathfinder: Kingmaker > General Discussions > Topic Details. The percentage values were estimated from the [mm] values but should almost exactly match the actual footprint. Toss an Animal Growth or better yet, Legendary Proportions onto a Mastodon animal companion and watch as it keeps essentially everything. A subreddit for all things involving Pathfinder CRPG series made by Owlcat Games. I had a "death's door" message once about my animal companion. Respec your toon about half-a-dozen times (or just follow this build). r/Pathfinder_Kingmaker. I still struggle with not recruiting or killing companions, but if I already know their Story anyway and either really don't like them or feel like it wouldn't make RP sense for my character to let them live, I'm able to dispatch them now. 83K Members. Luckily I had a backup character ready. Fire: A good one for extra offensive spells and fire spec druid. You’ll need to travel to the Old Sycamore with Jaethal. The Rhino is a really nice mount if you want to get into melee. 50 ft. Animal companions only progress with (effective) druid levels. 1 person marked this as a favorite. You have initially four, eventually as many as. It simple don't get up anymore and stay where it died. 5 Ruleset of Dungeons and Dragons. Last edited by Ventus ; Sep 30, 2018 @ 4:12pm. Ranged fighter: specialises in killing enemies from a distance. The raise animal companion spell will cost a total of 1,450 gp to have cast on your animal companion. Probably dead on the ground somewhere and I didn't notice. Resting is enough for them to be resurrected (if they. (Whereas if you switch from druid to, say, fighter your pet would stop improving while you gain fighter levels. Net result full monk Flurry attack BAB (you get the same BAB as a pure monk with +18/+18/+13/+13/+8/+3 attacks per round. Hex: Onii-Chan Sep 27, 2018 @ 7:35pm. Kingmaker: Mechanic. Replaced Power(s): Speak with animals. 21. He was way better than the horse and centipede. 1. CHA-based: paladin, Bloodrider, Sylvan sorcerer, Oracle with. 1. Especially at low levels. But a fully buffed hunter’s animal companion should be the strongest due to the free teamwork feats. i. The plot of Pathfinder Kingmaker plays out over several in-game years. Right click the dead chars portrait, then open char screen, after you open char screen right click the same portrait to open inventory. GreenBob Oct 19, 2018 @ 1:34am. A new companion exclusive of the Devil Path kinda like Aivu but Lawful Evil and romanceable. Death's door is that affliction that comes when a character dies in combat. #7. 2)Amiri. That feature is sacred huntsmaster , only. Him reading it is basically just allowing anyone to use scrolls when at camp etc. The leopard has been one of the best animal companions since the release of Pathfinder: Kingmaker and it's not hard to see why. Leopard has the edge in AC and comes with Trip, but only goes up to Medium-size so their trip isn't as good as Dog/Wolf. ) Only avaliable if you go from Azata to Devil. Just finished fighting nulkineth. A bard is great since you don't get any bard companion. 217. What is displayed as levels for animal companions isnt really a level but the Hitdie amount they have. They start at level 2 when their owner is level 1, then normally gain levels along with the character, but stagnate at levels 3, 6, 9, 12, and 15. Had our last session of this arch before I take over GM for a bit. Anyway you can take a. To give an example, a leopard has +3 natural armor compared to what it'd have in tabletop and at level 7 it gets free dex to damage (tooltip stat mod is wrong, it gives +4 str -2 dex +4 con like it would in. This is the way. companion hunter primal transformation duration is permanent and these evolutions can not be applied to hunter upon animal companion. In Wrath are Animal Companions ridiculously powerful and not using them is basically a self-nerf. Linzi: Completed "A Bard's Calling". com 21 I recently found myself in a situation where my PHB Beastmaster's animal companion was killed. Pathfinder: CRPG - Kingmaker & WotR. It’ll clear anything including death for the whole party. Smite Evil (2/day) (Su) +3 to hit, +6 to damage, +3 deflection bonus to AC when used. )everything in the tomb, including the boss, can be solved with low-level druid spell entangle/throrns, positioning, and flanking rogue. 1)Linzi. The games are similar to classic RPG games such as Baldur's Gate and Neverwinter Nights. Join. 5 times their Strength score on damage rolls with that weapon. Animal companions are a key component of druids and rangers, and through archetypes can be components of other classes. Ranger is a full martial class that gets higher chances to hit because it has full BAB (IE every level is a +1 to hit). I'm thinking I will not penalize a Druid for the death of his animal companion. Wolf and Dog have the trip for great cc. Ranger: - AnC gets favoured enemy + favoured terrain bonuses. Human base Fighter class is relatively straightforward martial depending on the type of weapon you want to use, and feels pretty good. The following classes get domains: Cleric, Inquisitor, Druid (only with Nature Bond at level 4), Hellknight (only with Pentamic Faith Discipline at level 3, 6, or 9), and Hunter (Divine Hunter archetype). 1. Slow, GLitterdust are superb crowd control spells. That, and dog has 2 more STR. Ranged fighter: specialises in killing enemies from a distance. 8. Damage from spells is silimar, animal is much more useful both in early game and late game. Check out our patch notes here! Image via Owlcat Games. Easier to use as they are smaller so its not so crowded. Magical fangs / acid maw / enlarge animals. For leopards I take the feats in the following order: Weapon Finesse, Fury's Fall, Weapon Focus (Bite), Outflank, Dazzling Display, Shatter Defenses, Piranha Strike, Dodge, Tandem Trip (if there is another trip user in the party), Shake it off. It’s pretty thematic for the setting, to boot. Sep 30, 2018 @ 9:52pm Some Animal companions aren't showing up I gave every member of my party (of 4) a leopard, but there are only 2 showing up. Races Unleashed - more player races. I have read a lot of discussions about animal companion and their relative power, but none really mentionned the Elk. And at level 5, boon companion feat (only if animal domain) and at level 7 nature's spell. Earth: very weak domain, avoid. Between animal companion and domain, choose domain and the Animal domain. Nope. Smilodon has 5 attacks and pounce. In the case of the horse, to use the support action it must, for instance actually move, breaking the standard rule. The chest is protected by a finger of death trap: one shot all characters excet Jaethal because ♥♥♥♥ you. With the right choices, your animal companion can be a scout, a striker, a defender, or. Says it has the option to always show pet in party bar. Yes, with respec mod you can change his pet. Pathfinder: Kingmaker. Instead, they'll fall unconscious until the end of the combat. EmptyJackfruit9353 • 2 mo. Ranger, Fighter, Slayer. Defender of the True World: - at Level 3, 8, 13, 18, both the Defender and her Animal Companion get +1 Attack / Damage against Fey (can confirm) Mad Dog: - Level 2, Pack Tactics: +2 Attack when Flanking (not listed as an AnC Feat, may be bugged) - Level 5, Ferocious Fetch: Improved Trip; be careful as some. In Kingmaker, animal companions cannot use equipment and they instead rely on having high stats and natural armor increases every other level to survive. -----Animal Companion CR – Griffon (Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Inner Sea Combat) LG Large magical beast 1) Should be able to rename animal companions. ago. Sorcerer with Sabertooth. But it's still an animal companion, and a martial character, which means a full caster of any kind can completely shut it down in the mid to high levels. Special Class Selections. Can't heal him. Glaive, Fauchard, Bardiche and. Pathfinder: Kingmaker > General Discussions > Topic Details. . Second, the two most recommended choices are a smilodon (5 attacks and pounce) or a leopard (3 attacks, trip attempt on a bite, and the highest of any animal companion). Literally every single guide, build post etc I've seen recommends Erastil as your animal domain deity choice over Gozreh. Pathfinder is a tabletop RPG based off of the 3. Companions Animal Won't Wake up. 75 of their level, rounded down. my sorcerer's animal companion died in the cave. So humans can ride him. For the companions from the sequel, see Companions (WotR). , a Mad Dog 16 / Thug 4 who takes Boon Companion feat would have a pet equivalent to Mad Dog 20. 5 Ruleset of Dungeons and Dragons. NagiandKato. - Pick the animal domain, which allows you to get an animal companion at level 4. Then there is a room with 3 bandits. Animate dead is a 4th level wizard/sorc spell and can be learned at level 8. Just take a rest and it will revive. Wolf was at 2hp. 1) As far as I know, there are only 2 Reach weapons currently in-game, Glaive and Fauchard. This combination will be tricky if you. Early game smilodon smashes, the ability to charge +5 attacks is really good. Some of the Bloodrager powers are awesome. But starting midgame it can no longer hit much of anything and the dog, with the ability to charge trip, becomes a very good arrow. Ekun is a serious and brooding man, who takes naturally to his role as a ranger, having grown a personal hatred for all manner of beasts due to his family's fate. Animal domain gives a pet at class level 4 with a -3 level penalty, so you need to take Boon Companion to scale it up to its full potential. Meaning, the druid is questing and the BBEG happens to crit the animal companion and kill it or the companion was performing a reasonable command and ended up dying. Once you helped the worg at the old sycamore you can find the chest in the NW edge of the map under a tree (my char had 12 in perception to spot it) south of the camp (athletic DC 16 to dig). With the exception of the Old Sycamore, which has a lot of cheap-armor-wearing kobolds and mites, there isn't a map you can't just loot in one pass if you have two animal companions on the team. Not everything, BAB and extra attacks continue to increase, but beyond that most things cap. Is that true? She's quite pivotal in my party, I. So no matter what you're after, you're covered. Their animal companions are MIA - never have shown up. I like Paladin too because of the cha, if you want to stay lawful good. Fire spells, but mostly force of habit: I came over to Pathfinder via Neverwinter Nights and there it's just "red Dragon Disciple. So you can run Amiri as e. However I am only going to take 4 levels in it. 7b)Animal Companion (Ex): This opens up the full animal companion list for rangers, which is nice since they get a fairly limited list by default. The choices and decisions during the quests usually affect only the item/buff quest rewards. Boon Companion feat is what you want to get. No "bard" or support/buff class is going to be one of the strongest options. Like say in the early game, a group might be more 75% "defense" 25% "offense", then slowly more 50/50 in the mid game and maybe more like 25/75 in the late game. Hi everyone, I started a new run-through and am playing as a druid with a bear animal companion. #3. Hunters are a hybrid of Druid and Ranger. Your 12 companions have quests of varying length and complexity. The second option is to form a close bond with an animal companion. If you want to focus on enchantment, Charm is good. - has dodge feat, +1 AC. Animal companions have shitty Will saves, for example. (For the purposes of below, 'AC' = 'Animal. Their base attack is 0. Bear is good with the Thundering Claw of the Bear God scimitar that adds 1d10 damage to each animal companion attack. There are many deities that give the conjuration spells, so just pick one of them you like. r/Pathfinder_Kingmaker. Animal companions don't get Feats, at least not in Kingmaker, I don't know what they get in paper and pencil Pathfinder games, and that would most likely vary by which rules set you're using, DM fiat, etc anyway. An added bonus is that they get an animal companion as well as a variety of buffs used for long term and burst damage. You should see a health bar you can click on to expand out the companion (of course NOT in overland travel mode). Soon you can afford masterwork studded leather barding (200g) for another +1 AC. r/Pathfinder_Kingmaker. You need to take the feat boon companion otherwise your animal companion will lag behind other options. ago Uh, what, really? Weird. but can not move to. #4. Each Animal Companion have their own stats, attacks, and bonuses. An animal companion's class skills are: Athletics, Mobility, Stealth, and Perception. A player had to choose what companion/familiar was present. Once per day on command, this pearl enables the possessor to recall any one spell that they had prepared and then cast that day. Clerics and Inquisitors with the Animal domain. Animal Companions. The two biggest decision points for the Druid are Nature Bond (Animal Companion vs. I had my companion (Linzi) take inquisitor classes and gain an animal. After leaving her homeland Jaethal was. Happy birthday, Kingmaker!boon companion seems to fix the level issue as if you had started with it at level 1 for a single class MT. ago. The selection is limited by class and by the selected deity. Level 2: Glitterdust, Mirror Image, Bulls Strength, Cats Grace (both for animal companion) Level 3: Stinking Cloud, Heroism, Haste, Displacement Level 4: Summon Monster, Controlled Fireballr/Pathfinder_Kingmaker. In the House, Octavia sacrificed him to escape. 3) Shared spells would be nice, but I can live without them. My new favorite addition to solving the cleric problem has been the Warpriest. If you have a Wildlands shaman (a battle spirit shaman with a pet, orc exclusive) and a Brown Fur transmuter (you give them the dinosaur bismark you can get in Drezen) with slightly annoying management of gear (since their is a ton of overlap) you’ll be A-Okay animal companions have pretty solid AC when buffed correctly and in general can work. For a support cleric, I recommend an Ecclesitheurge of Erastil with the Animal and Community domains. I've heard advice before to not go crusader and the general opinion is it's not worth losing the 1 spell per level and 1 domain, in order to gain 5 bonus feats. Maximize nature's lore to reduce hunting time while camping. 2 Update, along with The Lord of Nothing DLC. Horses are lame. Just trying to understand why people seem to say that animal companions suck at high levels. I get that having the longbow as a favored weapons would be beneficial to some classes over a trident but when it comes to melee players wanting to play as evil with an animal companion I don't see any other choice besides Gozreh. Edstyles Oct 7, 2018 @ 2:07pm. Rangers don't get access to the whole list of animal companions. Druid Domain) and Wild Shape. NagiandKato. They start at level 2 when their owner is level 1, then normally gain levels along with the character, but stagnate at levels 3, 6, 9, 12, and 15. my main was a Halfling Barbarian 6 (Mad Dog) / Druid 10 / Rogue 4 (for Finesse Training) :D Animal companion was L20 due to taking a Feat for it. On March 7, you'll have the chance to meet Ulbrig, the new companion from The Last Sarkorians DLC! And now — enjoy his musical theme, energetic and heroic as Ulbrig himself! 178. Air: Give you access to chain lightning and have good synergy with druid. How do I see my Animal Companions Health without scrolling past to the right in the companion tabs? That is annoying to do in the middle of the…. Your own cleric rasing dead I beleive in release will still cost a 1000 gold each time. Animal companions don't count against your party size limit so six PCs + six pets is certainly doable. #5. They biggest issue is that the main animal companion buff is str based and you have to take the size change to medium which is +str -dex. Completing them (and, indeed, completing them in certain ways) is required for the best outcomes both for them and you. Nothing really enhances your companion. 4) find the raise/resurrect scroll that you want to. 1. You can get their AC into the high 80, give them a lot of attack boosts, and invaluable trips that keep landing into the lategame. And you might think of it as your group evolving over time to become more offensively oriented, as you get more tools to work with. Seems like the armor is really only good up to medium, and then only if you're not doing things that. This leads to some rather unintuitive side-effects: to use your example, a level 2 character with 1 Mad Dog/1 Ranger actually would have a level 2 pet, because 1 level in a pet class actually gives your pet 2 HD according to the 'Druid. I had two leopards, one from my main char and one from eky in my last game. [TBH some of the smaller maps feel like they weren't designed for a party of 6. Hello, crusaders! A new update 2. She's a fantastic tank because as an undead she ignores all of the worst things in the game (poison, disease, bleed, level drain, paralysis, fatigue, stunning and death in general). If you go this route, your animal companion will also gain two permanent negative levels, as explained in the raise dead spell. This animal is a loyal companion that accompanies the ranger on his adventures as appropriate for its kind. Beast tamer gets free summoning feats and a special song to buff summons. Animal companions also get the Enhanced Attacks ability, which gives them a +1 enhancement bonus on attack rolls and damage and a +1 resistance bonus to saving throws every third. Selecting your animal companion is an important choice, and can have major effects on how your character functions on the table. Since he hadn't died before he picked up the "On Death's Door" condition. It seems that deactivating all companion abilities (like power attack) and saving the game (no need to reload) brings all missing abilities back. In this game they just get bonuses that unlock for them automatically as you level up. Animal companions are extremely good. Neervosh • 3 yr. There are definitely some growing pains for Amiri, and we’ll do our best to mimic our backrow DPS mercenary build, which is a simple enough goal, but not as straightforward as you might expect. A Touch Of Magic - arcane archer and deadeye devotee prestige classes. can't heal him and he won't respawn Just finished fighting nulkineth. She'll go along with your decision on it. For sure: Jubilost, Ekundayo, Linzi. And that a player couldn't have more than one companion present during a battle. A followup question asks about, instead, simply releasing a animal companion. She pauses the entire turn as if the game is waiting. Sporeking97 • 2 yr. Pet resurrect on rest when they die (or if you resurrect them with a spell, or the spell-like abilities you get with some classes. With how Leading Strikes and Outflank work in RTWP it's the best companion when it. A dog or wolf gets 3 attacks eventually. Coming back from the dead is an ordeal. - Smilodon has the best damage output, but i would still recommend to take Leopard instead. But unfortunately the mod seems to be out of date. Dead: The character’s hit points are reduced to a negative amount equal to his Constitution score, his Constitution drops to 0, or he is killed outright by a spell or effect. At the 5th level choose the feat boon companion so your companion will be as strong as if you chose companion from start, but. A subreddit for all things involving Pathfinder CRPG series made by Owlcat Games. Edit: So small update on the animal companion death. No. Starting a game with an animal companion gives a controllable animal, but they don't show up in the character portraits, you can't activate a character sheet for them (or level them up, leaving them at 1 hp). Per page: 15 30 50. Pet Help8) Warpiest (Call of the Wild mod). it's showing full health but nothing will get it yo stand up. It adds +4 effective level to your companion. r/Pathfinder_Kingmaker. Share Spells with Companion (Ex) Can cast spells with a target of "you" on animal companion, as touch spells. The reason it's called Ranger Bond is because, like the Wizard's Arcane Bond or the Paladin's Divine Bond, you have the option of either getting a companion or some other bonus. I played a bit a Druid with a smilodon, and it is indeed a mauling machine, but I was forced to restart due to bugs ruining my saves. The second option is to form a close bond with an animal companion. 0 update. Ekundayo is a companion in Pathfinder: Kingmaker. Pick at least 3inqui huntmaster to have a pure pet based class. Selecting your animal companion is an important choice, and can have major effects on how your character functions on the table. There are a few classes that add teamwork feats that can be shared with pets, or have bonus feats that can be used on mounted combat stuff. It's a description of its natural attacks. Should combo nicely with other ability-damaging spells from divine/arcane casters. fandom. Enneo claims he found the dagger in a dead boar near the Old Sycamore. When you are a monster tactician with nature domain, your animal companion does not gain teamwork feats. ago. Do not forget longspear. I picked animal domain this time. usually due to damage mitigation however, they generally get knocked out when brought to 0 hp, however during this they can be recupperated with a healing. A Small Cat (like a cheetah or leopard) is a great tank and damage dealer/tripper. I am going to go back into the cave to save animal. Animal: A good compromise to get access to 1 extra spell par spell level and a animal companion with -3. Pathfinder: CRPG - Kingmaker & WotR. In 19. Pathfinder is a tabletop RPG based off of the 3. Changed the thread title to one more likely to generate answers to the questions contained herein. Animal Companions work alongside certain Classes, such as Druid, and help them while exploring and fighting.