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Saxmilian
Learned Scribe
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 Posted - 12 Mar 2012 : 17:54:33
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Do Animal Companions (or familairs for that matter) gain Feats based on incresed Hit Dice or only the abilities gained from being Familairs and Animal Companions?
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Fellfire
Master of Realmslore
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Posted - 12 Mar 2012 : 20:09:10
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You know,it's funny. I just had this discussion with my DM. I believe that they do based on what is says in the back of the Monster Manual, but he did not see things my way.
If you are playing Pathfinder, there is a chart in the Core book that shows exactly how many feats you're animal companion recieves based on extra HD.
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Misanthorpe
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Edited by - Fellfire on 15 Mar 2012 04:50:41 |
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Kilvan
Senior Scribe
Canada
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Posted - 21 Mar 2012 : 16:21:47
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| You might have found your answer by now, but they do. Animals, or any creatures, is allowed a feat for HD increase. This applies to animal companions as well. |
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Fellfire
Master of Realmslore
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Posted - 21 Mar 2012 : 18:18:47
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| Kilvan, can you tell me how exactly that breaks down and where? Both the entry under Druid:Animal Companion and the back pages of the MM seem a little open to interpretation. |
Misanthorpe
Love is a lie. Only hate endures. Light is blinding. Only in darkness do we see clearly.
"Oh, you think darkness is your ally? You merely adopted the dark. I was born in it, molded by it. I didn't see the light until I was already a man, by then it was nothing to me but.. blinding. The shadows betray you because they belong to me." - Bane The Dark Knight Rises
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Kilvan
Senior Scribe
Canada
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Posted - 21 Mar 2012 : 20:29:24
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Of course. Animals gets a feat just for being alive (1 HD or less), and an additional feat at HD 3, 6, 9 and so on. For example an elephant (11 HD) has 4 feats while a lion (5 HD) gets only 2. Since the Animal Companion class ability grants additional HD to the base creature, it is allowed to grant feats when the creature's HD reaches a level where a PC would get a feat.
I suspect some animals may have bonus feats, but not that I know of. I could be wrong, but animals might also be illegible to the +1 attribute bonus every 4 HDs.
I'm not sure about the source for any of this, I'll let you know once I gain access to my books later.
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Kilvan
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Canada
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Posted - 22 Mar 2012 : 04:10:05
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| Ok got it, Monster Manual 1, p.7, under Feat. It pretty much sums up what I've said before. |
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Fellfire
Master of Realmslore
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Posted - 22 Mar 2012 : 05:27:55
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| Perfect, Kilvan. Unassailable black and white. Thanks. |
Misanthorpe
Love is a lie. Only hate endures. Light is blinding. Only in darkness do we see clearly.
"Oh, you think darkness is your ally? You merely adopted the dark. I was born in it, molded by it. I didn't see the light until I was already a man, by then it was nothing to me but.. blinding. The shadows betray you because they belong to me." - Bane The Dark Knight Rises
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