Mryoto wrote:Can anyone tell me the rules on animal companions and how they work in this game?
Or where I could find rules for it, one of my players asked about it, and I didn't have an actual answer for them. Any help you guys can give is appreciated.
Greetings and Salutations. Since this is the PF forum, I'll respond using only PF books. The first place to look is the Familiar Link spell. This is found on page 206 of the PF2 main book.
For animal selections, I recommend looking at the Monsters & Animals book. They'll have stats for a variety of animal types in there.
There's also the Beast Master O.C.C. from Yin-Sloth Jungles. This is a 1st Edition book, so you'd need conversions to use it in 2nd Edition. If you don't mind fan versions, this is a fan made update to 2nd Edition by Reagren Wright:
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Knights, Palladins, and Squires all start off with horses that they likely raised themselves. These horses could be friends/companions, but there are no special bonuses beyond perhaps some loyalty and kinship (this last sentence not mentioned in any book, just me talking).
The Sensitive Psionic power of Commune with Animals could help out on a limited basis (see the psionic for details).
There's also a 6th level invocation called Control the Beasts on page 198. Probably even less what you're looking for than Commune with Animals, but just trying to provide a wide variety of options.
If you were including Rifts, I think there's the Shifter O.C.C. and I believe one of the Rifters has a few added critters.
That's all I can think of. For the most part, this is not something there's a lot of within PF. Anything else is up to the G.M. The G.M. might rule that an animal is friendly and/or helps out, but in general there's no special bonuses, communication, or anything like that. Hope some of that helps. Thank you for your time and patience, please have a nice day. Farewell and safe journeys for now.
