Size Large; AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d8), 2 claws (2d4), or spikes (ranged 1d6, 24 per 24 hours); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex -2, Con +4. It also requires a necklace slot for the dex to damage. Animal Companions are usually cost a penalty somewhere else to offset the power they have. Companion quests are inlined in the main walkthrough. If you buff the pet correctly it will do a shit load of damage and be very tanky. Kingmaker: Mechanic. a variety of classes have a variation that gets an animal companion. Say Fire for early game swarms and area damage throughout the mid game. Madness for a debuff focusing inquisitor and liberation and community are all good. Ranger with Wolf (has the pet feat to give it full level) Barb with Mamoth. The raise animal companion spell will cost a total of 1,450 gp to have cast on your animal companion. You can make minor tweeks to it and get by alright. Sebastian Hirsch Venture-Captain, Germany—Bavaria. Official PF2 Rules. Class Skills: Athletics, Knowledge (Arcana), Knowledge (World), Lore (Nature), Perception. Pros: Animal companions no longer have arrested progression: whenever their owner gains a new level in a class that grants. Players can set up a camp to regain strength and well-being of themselves and their companions. But unfortunately the mod seems to be out of date. Hello, Pathfinders! We are delighted to announce that the Assassin class has been redesigned and upgraded in update 2. Because there's a lot going on in this class, it helps immensely to start from the beginning. Archived post. . benjaminloh82. Pathfinder: CRPG - Kingmaker & WotR. glenn4moose Alchemist • 4 yr. Hi everyone, I started a new run-through and am playing as a druid with a bear animal companion. 2. The Warpriest makes a great tank-cleric because of the crazy amount of fighter bonus feats in the class. 217. A semi-circular health bar will appear above the companion. Says it has the option to always show pet in party bar. Find out more pathfinder kingmaker stuff on my YouTube, I also twitch. Barbarian is mad dog, and you use feats for boon companion (5 total) giving you a maxed level animal companion. Triceratops S: 2d6 gore with Powerful Charge, dinosaurs are cool. Everything caps at 20 with legend path, unfortunately you can't have 2 animal companions if i'm correct. For example Main Character Harrim the 1 Cleric/X monster tactician Linzi the 1 Bard/X Sylvan Sorc Valerie the 1 Fighter/X Mad Dog BarbarianShould have a bard for good hope (+2 to almost anything). A potent aid for all spell-casting heroes! Hey, so I restat'd Amiri as a cross between a ranger and a fighter, basically a mix I found online after she kept getting slaughtered. I was tempted to take one level of a class with an animal companion just to reduce to carry weight. +4 Natural Armor. A lost animal companion, cohort, familiar, or follower can be raised or resurrected with spells such as raise dead, resurrection, or true resurrection. 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. Immortal Tanks - while the death of a humanoid companion is a serious issue, animal companions are virtually immortal. Like, case in point, Camellia has about 0 redeeming features and would be nothing. 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. Jaethal found her old dagger in Enneo’s shop (Jaethal’s Old Dagger), and she thinks he’s responsible for her death. Ranger with Wolf (has the pet feat to give it full level) Barb with Mamoth. Once per day on command, this pearl enables the possessor to recall any one spell that they had prepared and then cast that day. Animal Companion stacking. Your animal companion also gains the benefits of rage though you must spend 1 additional round of rage per round if companion begins or ends its turn adjacent to you, and 2 additional rounds of rage per round if not. 75x the character's level)+1, capped to the character's level. Kingmaker is notorious for having DC's and AC's way outside normal range of Table Top. My first playthrough on Kingmaker was animal companion heavy. Resurrection is a spell in Pathfinder: Kingmaker. With how Leading Strikes and Outflank work in RTWP it's the best companion when it. A ranger who selects an animal companion can choose one from the list of available creatures. Him reading it is basically just allowing anyone to use scrolls when at camp etc. You gain the service of an unusually intelligent, strong, and loyal mount. Both Kingmaker and Wrath have about the same ratio of companions I like, roughly half for each game. Corrupted Galfrey. yeah you have to leave the city. Jaethal found her old dagger in Enneo’s shop (Jaethal’s Old Dagger), and she thinks he’s responsible for her death. With the right choices, your animal companion can be a scout, a striker, a defender, or a mount. Hello, Pathfinders! We are delighted to announce that the Assassin class has been redesigned and upgraded in update 2. As i am aware large will be enough to use this companion as mount from the ruleset. *cough* next. I would avoid it. 0 update. Animal Fury, Beast Totem (Lesser), Beast Totem, Beast Totem, (Greater), Fearless Rage, Lethal Accuracy, Increased Damage Reduction x2. In particular, they gain levels about 3/4 as fast as their master, so there will be occasions when you level but your pet does not. 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 level. Animal Companions advance levels according to their master. G. benjaminloh82. At 4th level you get an animal companion. It's such a life-saver. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. 5 Ruleset of Dungeons and Dragons. This GM would urge the other PCs to keep the animal companion or familiar safe while they go about getting their friend brought back from the dead. Azata mythic path gives you a dragon as an additional animal companion. The AC is not super high but humongous lifesteal and hp pool can keep you alive through almost anything. Companion Builds for Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous features the suggested builds for all possible companions in Pathfinder: WoTR. I was worried because I was playing with death's door on, and my skeletal champion died. Say Fire for early game swarms and area damage throughout the mid game. 3. Love Wilson, though. ) Ah. I think the reason the domain option didn't work is that animal domain gives you the companion at level 1 of the class that gives you the domain, and Skald doesn't get a domain. The Druid has the following characteristics: Primary attribute: Wisdom. Pro: - Knockdown (Trip) of foes, mainly with low Fortitude (casters, very noticeable) - Animal Companions natural attacks are treated as light weapons and use DEX for attack. Valerie: "I've been taught if someone annoys you, you either pray or polish your armor. 6 HP per level. Their base attack is 0. You’ll need to travel to the Old Sycamore with Jaethal. You can raise a creature that has been dead for no longer than 1 day per caster level. Confronted Octavia's mum and the only survivor of Rerongar's tribe. Smilodon S: 1 1d6 bite with 4 1d4 claws, pounce W: Low natural armor. Right from the start of level 1 it will have 19 AC (10 + 5 dex + 1 natural armor + 1 small size + 2 armor bonus leather barding). • 15 days ago. This open so much more possibilities knowing this! kklawm • 3 yr. Bear is good with the Thundering Claw of the Bear God scimitar that adds 1d10 damage to each animal companion attack. Use the Bag of Tricks mod from the Nexus. You restore life to a deceased animal companion, familiar, or paladin's bonded mount. Either a full AB class with high Strength or an accomplished sneak attacker. The Crusader may cast one fewer spell of each level than a Cleric. Carefully planning your companions' level progress to turn them into powerful allies in your adventure. Leopard is absurd because it gets free trip on bite and can qualify for fury's fall at level 1 as a bully which makes it's trip bonus absurd. Selecting your animal companion is an important choice, and can have major effects on how your character functions on the table. They are not that vulnerable, especially if the party has some healing spells, but alas, it seems likely that if the unique companion dies, you need to consider getting it resurrected. 2 extra STR is also negligible, especially if you make. There are no major fights involving mounted opponents and almost no emphasis on them whatsoever. 2) WTF is with the idle animation spam loop for animal companions (sometimes indefiniate). An undead lord is a cleric focused on using necromancy to control undead. However a bunch of different classes offer animal companions in Kingmaker including ranger, druid, cleric, inquisitor, barbarian (mad dog), and sorcerer (sylvan). Pets level slower then the companions in this game. Animal Choices in Pathfinder Kingmaker. They can, both active skill checks and passive ones like perception to notice that Arue is the one true. ]Level 11 character, boon companion, 8 levels of animal companion class. There is good stuff in the chest you can only access when walking over lava and also in the north cave. It simple don't get up anymore and stay where it died. monitor lizards are better than both because it can trip AND poison. Arcane - For a new player, I would go with Arcane. I can't recall how this interaction worked in Pathfinder: Kingmaker, I'm unsure if this is a bug or not. Nope. 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. Inquisitor, Sorcerer, or Barbarian seemed to make no difference to animal stats other than shared teamwork feats. And animal companions have pretty monstrous Strength values. Various classes and archetypes are able to acquire an animal companion, an additional companion who will increase in power as the character takes additional levels in classes that have access to animal companions. The games are similar to classic RPG games such as Baldur's Gate and Neverwinter Nights. The games are similar to classic RPG games such as Baldur's Gate and Neverwinter Nights. Neoseeker build will work fine. JAGamerGirl Sep 1, 2018 @ 12:41pm. Pathfinder is a tabletop RPG based off of the 3. Trample is so good in this game. r/Pathfinder_Kingmaker • 19 days ago. Early game smilodon smashes, the ability to charge +5 attacks is really good. 5 Ruleset of Dungeons and Dragons. Just finished fighting nulkineth. 1) Should be able to rename animal companions. At level 3, Divine Hunter gets Otherworldly Companion which gives some DR and Smite Evil. Knife Master 2 - Two Weapon fighting. Seelah's horse is named after the horse that carried (literally and figuratively) my party through our IRL Kingmaker game, Magnus The Wonderhorse. , the Standard Bearer Cavalier gets a horse animal companion. He had to keep up the charade. Fighter doesn't come close to Slayer. 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 Fireball Level 5: Animal Growth (only if you don't have the leopard as your animlal companion), Summon Monster, Cloud Kill, Constricting CoilsThose 2 are adjustable by editing a json file for the mod; however imo significant changes like these should come as optional unless specified (ala nearly all Baldurs Gate tweak mods) rather than the other way around, i. • 5 yr. My sacred huntsman has a Smilodon animal companion and at some point it had a near death experience and is now red with a warning if it drops low again it'll die for good. I respeced Harrim into a Warpriest (base class) and then into a Sacred Fist (cleric-monk) hybrid. Maybe in a mod, tho. If you go 1 level of Fighter and 1 level of Druid, your animal companion will be level 1, if you go 5 levels of. Linzi: Completed "A Bard's Calling". Or why anyone would ever play a character without an animal. 1. Yes, with respec mod you can change his pet. 1 person marked this as a favorite. #4. Inq with Leopard. Easier to use as they are smaller so its not so crowded. The higher your Strength is, the more carry weight each additional point adds to the limit. I tried 'Inspiring recovery' but my ranger does not want to cast it on its companion. So, 10 base + 35 dodge + 17 natural + 4 deflection + 4 Shield + 8 bracers + 4 vestments = 82 - 2 size = 80. Jam03t • 9 mo. The domain however gives you a domain spell slot so you can cast an extra spell per level, but only the domain spell. There's a CN moral choice if you want. For a cohort or follower with character levels, these kinds of spells give the character one or more negative levels—a price worth paying if the alternative is death. Other suggested mods: Turn-Based mod. 1K. A dog or wolf gets 3 attacks eventually. If for example, Class A gives you a bird companion and Class B gives you a horse then you have both a horse and a bird. #2. If you don't have at least 16 levels in Druid (provided that you have Boon Companion feat), your animal companion will be stuck at level 1 the entire game, which will make it completely useless after the prologue. They were on the floor and their turns were skipped. I had a "death's door" message once about my animal companion. A sylvan sorcerer gains most of the features of a sorcerer with the Fey Bloodline. A potent aid for all spell-casting heroes!Hey, so I restat'd Amiri as a cross between a ranger and a fighter, basically a mix I found online after she kept getting slaughtered. 99. So you can run Amiri as e. The animal companions are nuts if you buff them (seriously you can't make a melee PC with anything near those stats). The spells you get have. One time her animal companion gets hit down to "death's door" and now, even after resting at the capitol it's not removed. look at the bottom of the owning companion portrait. The Bag of Tricks mod lets you rename all party members including animal companions. 2) you can summon more than 1 creature. Gemeciusz. It's not as tanky as the boar, but it's actually one of the tankier animal. WIS is your primary stat because it will give you more spells per day, after that. Melee Skald Build For Daeran. If you want to be a blaster, the elemental Domains are good. The Boon Companion feat makes the game calculate the companion level as if your companion granting class was four levels higher, which allows Rangers to access fully leveled companions and some minor multiclassing without losing companion levels. 248. 3 All other domains. An animal companion's class skills are: Athletics, Mobility, Stealth, and Perception. They also take permanent negative levels. Ex. Kingmaker: Mechanic. Imagine if they invested the time they put into this into polishing the game for launch. Animal companions with multiple starting attacks, like the Bear's two claws, or the Smilodon's 5 attacks do not get more attacks as their Base Attack rises. e. • 5 yr. The animal companion sometime seem to fail to appear, especially for Amiri. Use bow or xbow. monitor lizards are better than both because it can trip AND poison. How do you spent the last 5 character levels is up to you. Animals, whether they are pets or service animals, often seem to better understand you than anyone else. I always have Ekundayo in my party, his wolf is awesome. The composition of tanks, DPS, ranged/support, and skill check specialists. In Kingmaker, animal companions cannot use equipment and they instead rely on having high stats and natural armor increases every other level to survive. 1. This curious artifact, Pearl of Power, will appear in the 2. Summons vs Animal Companion. Merc Mad Dog Barbarian - Wolf Animal Companion. I'd recommend the dog or the wolf because they have trip on their bite attack. <insert "Kung-fu Panda" joke here> But you need DEX 13 to take Dodge and INT 3 to take Improved Unarmed Strike. Vivisectionist is another option but it's inferior to Slayer. Edit: So small update on the animal companion death. . r/Pathfinder. But. Sylvan Sorcerer is an Archetype of the Sorcerer class in Pathfinder: Kingmaker. Pages:Hi, it's relatively hard to have information about your animal companion during the combat. Once per day on command, this pearl enables the possessor to recall any one spell that they had prepared and then cast that day. Only clerics are main healers, since no semi-caster gets the important spells restoration, heal and mass heal. Raise dead also removes the death's door condition. 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. Inq with Leopard. And this applies to all buffs, including personal buffs like Shield or False Life. Right click the dead chars portrait, then open char screen, after you open char screen right click the same portrait to open inventory. Agree to investigate to begin the companion quest. I use Legendary Proportions on my mounts, and Enlarge Person/Frightening Aspect on the riders. If you go this route, your animal companion will also gain two permanent negative levels, as explained in the raise dead spell. The second option is to form a close bond with an animal companion. Ranger 7 with Boon Companion = Animal at level 7. Mad Dog 2 - Pack tactics (outflank now gives +6 to attack/trip attempts for you and your pet, lol) Gendarme - Cockatrice banner improved two weapon. beyond that make sure to get transformation (for full bab) ice/fiery body for immunities, genie kind (all 4 elements at once) for ele barrage mythic feat, haste, lich's buff spells (like the one that heals on damage, which is NUTS at endgame,) and anything else obvious and powerful. monk sensei, Cleric ECC Erastil (animal/community), Alchemist Viv, Sorcerer Slyvan, Ranger, Inquisitor Sacred Huntsmaster Erastil(community). May cast divine spells up to 9th-level. Wolf is a character in Pathfinder: Kingmaker. If you want to learn about the game, do what you want :) I'll mention a couple of the paths because they have animal companions: Lich: they immediately get a Skeletal Champion. This class has a lot of choices. In Kingmaker I like Octavia and Reg, Jaethal, Jubilost, Linzy and the twins. So far on super hard fights the boar is always the last standing. This results in the animal finishing at level 16 when the master is 20. Heck, even Sun for Faerie Fire would be an improvement as it would give you an option for dealing with Concealment. In addition, the subject's soul must be free and willing to return. Go Defender of the True World because the hardest enemies in this game are Fey and it's the anti-Fey kit (no reason to play literally anything else). Not to mention that if you have several time the same kind of animal there is no way to differenciate them on the map. First off, the feat Boon Companion will raise an Animal Companion up to four levels (up to a maximum of your character level), so you’ll probably want to take that. You restore 1d10 Hit Points to your animal companion. Animate dead is a 4th level wizard/sorc spell and can be learned at level 8. The feat works once per round, and it automatically tries to negate the first attack they get targeted with. It makes alchemists god-tier buffers, really. We sometime need to rest or travel for the animal to appear. A Big Hairy Monster Oct 3, 2018 @ 1:05pm. Her flock is the walking dead and her choir the keening spirits of the damned. Sacred Huntermaster potentially unlocks another domain/deity to use, but since as an inquisitor you don't get spells from domains, animal domain is the best anyway. Both make great tanks. Instead of the Fey Bloodline Arcana and. Pathfinder is a tabletop RPG based off of the 3. Alignment must be within one place of Neutral. It also gets the two summoning-buff feats free. Camping Special Role Wilderness Survival: Ekundayo gathers mushrooms,. Have an animal companion, make its dex/ AC really high. remember, in kingmaker you can't equip. Slowest pet. This will leave you with an underlevelled wolf for a good while. 2 Update, along with The Lord of Nothing DLC. For example: Sorcerer->Arcane Rider->Sorcerer. 1. 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 believe it's best to raise their mobility (because it has small combat applications), and/or their perception (to help roll for hidden objects). Fey Stalker - at level 3, animal companion and any creatures she summons with summon nature’s ally gain a +1 morale bonus on attack and damage rolls against fey creatures. 1 Animal domain only. For level one, yes, but there's other methods to pick them up at level 4 and to end up with the Animal's level being = to your class level. Use resist fire for both. To get the maneuver, you will need to reuse animal form; Fixed the ability to kill Sithhud the Reborn in The Lord of Nothing DLC before time. - Smilodon has the best damage output, but i would still recommend to take Leopard instead. I would think the druid is not performing in. If the subject's soul is not willing to return, the spell does not work. Having just finished Baldurs Gate 3, I now turn my attention to Kingmaker. The cleric, ranger and alchemist used longbows to good effect. When they are no longer present in your life, you may experience grief. This represents that it is a mystical or spiritual creature that comes back to find you. I think it is pet gets 3 levels for every 4 levels thier master gains. r/Pathfinder_Kingmaker. That, and dog has 2 more STR. Pet are extremely strong in this game. :) Of course she will always be a level behind but I think that's a small price. [TBH some of the smaller maps feel like they weren't designed for a party of 6. In actual Pathfinder you can pick up an owlbear (or other atypical creatures) as a companion via a handful of different feat options. However, the Mastodon is the best pet by a pretty large margin. " (p. Just take a rest and it will revive. Now after killing him the cutscene appear and the party will not be stuck at the arena; A blizzard elemental (Druid Winter Child companion) now resurrects after resting. A Monster Tactician gets boosted summons and can still take animal domain for a pet. While playing, my animal companion died during battle, but once battle was over he did not get back up. 6 HP per level. Additionally, an animal companion with only one natural attack receives iterative attacks at higher BAB, unlike with most natural attacks. Animal Companion permadeath? Okay, so, is there any way to replace a dead animal companion, or do i have to reload / revive if they die? < >. Any help would be appreciated thanks! You should be able to buy a scroll of. 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…. That meant no cavalier, or paladin mounts, or other classes that keyed on 'riding' companions. ) Only avaliable if you go from Azata to Devil. Yes, taking the animal domain requires the feat boon companion, but beyond that its basically a free spell slot per level. An animal companion with only one natural attack add 1. You restore the life to a deceased party member. The entire animal companion thing should have never even been an option. As for companion power, it depends on what you want. ReplyAnimal companion's death. Apr 5, 2021, 12:28 pm. If it is, I'd rather not be abusing it. Probably dead on the ground somewhere and I didn't notice. 10 Animal. - at level 7 also uses DEX for damage. cant go another area too. You might think druid was the obvious test, but somehow i missed it. The questions could be useful to people new to animal companions, so I recommend using wording that would be less confusing to other members of the community (for instance, not referring to the animal companion as. Complete all her quests: "Prove Your Worth", "Pariah", "Blood Calling" and "Reforged Blade". Wolf with bite. I was under the impression that core difficulty has perma death which has to be countered with expensive resurrection?Except now instead of being lvl 5 (character lvl 8) they're lvl 4. 1)Linzi. 556 Location A Farmland hex of the GM's choice. A ranger who selects an animal companion can choose from the list on this page. I am not sure if this is a bug or working as intended. It is from the Size increase, as you. In Kingmaker, animal companions cannot use equipment and they instead rely on having high stats and natural armor increases every other level to survive. Ranger get is pet at lvl 4. If Core Classes are the only ones allowed, then the best class for an animal companion is Druid. Ranged fighter: specialises in killing enemies from a distance. In the House, Octavia sacrificed him to escape. if you dip you might have to get boon companion to get the one last level (i think). Gore is simply the "weapon" the Boar uses. Not wizard familiar. In the specific case I'm talking about, Daeran is a level 7 Oracle and his pet is level 2. An animal companion that doesn't have a trip tied to its natural attack does not automatically trip with its attack. Monks get 5 total bonus feats by 17 btw, which makes up for taking them. My current play through I'm playing a Ranger and just got a bear as an animal companion. My Ranger ended up dying in the last dungeon. The classes that have pets that have the same level, like druids etc, can select the feat to give them 4 levels to multi class with if they wish. Ranger is just 'ok' by comparison, although the animal companion, if you get it, evens it out a bit. Your own cleric rasing dead I beleive in release will still cost a 1000 gold each time. It introduces new classes: Hunter with following archetypes: Divine Hunter, Forester, Primal Companion Hunter, Feral Hunter, Totem-Bonded and Feykiller,. If mods aren't an option, remember that the Boon Companion feat compensates for up to 4 non-pet levels. 1. It was fun. Skald especially would buff your pet by giving it beast totem/guarded stance AC if needed. Pathfinder is a tabletop RPG based off of the 3. , a Mad Dog 16 / Thug 4 who takes Boon Companion feat would have a pet equivalent to Mad Dog 20. Velociraptor S: 1d4 bite with two 1d6 claws, pounce, fastest pet, is a dinosaur W: Small to medium so only tiny boost and kinda terrible stats (15 STR 15 dex), poor natural. There are twelve companions in Pathfinder: Kingmaker. What is displayed as levels for animal companions isnt really a level but the Hitdie amount they have. My frontline was the 4 animal companions and the sensei, with the inquisitor striking around and over them with a fauchard when he could elbow in range with 4 smilodon clogging things up.