Ancestral Ally Boon, Boon Companion and Huntmaster Feats


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The Boon Companion feat allows a character to add 4 to his level for a class that has an animal companion but only up to his total class level.

The Ancestral Ally Boon can provide the 1 level bonus (depending on PP/how it is used) but with a maximum of total class plus one.

The Huntmaster feat does the same but for some animals only but without maximum.

How do they combine? Is the maximum the lowest one, or can they be applied in any order?

For example, a 5th level hunter with huntmaster and ancestral ally, does the AC has the stats of a 7th level AC?

For a Hunter 1/Fighter 4 with huntermaster, boon companion and ancestral ally, is the AC the one of 5th level hunter, or a 7th one?

Liberty's Edge 5/5

You'll need to post the wording of the Ancestral Ally boon.

Dark Archive 5/5

Benefit: The abilities of your animal companion or familiar are calculated as though your class were 4 levels higher, to a maximum effective druid level equal to your character level.

Special: You may select this feat more than once. The effects do not stack. Each time you take the feat, it applies to a different animal companion or familiar.

it will never go higher than your character lvl...

Paizo Employee 4/5 Developer

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The Ancestral Ally boon only contributes so long as the final total is no more than your character level +1. If you apply Ancestral Ally second, it wouldn't even trigger. If you applies Ancestral Ally first, it would grant its bonus until you did something to increase your effective druid level above level+1, at which point the boon would cease to grant that bonus.

The intention is to grant a boost to what might be uncommon or overlooked animal companion choices without opening the door to making those choices super-powered.

Liberty's Edge 5/5

wellsmv wrote:

Benefit: The abilities of your animal companion or familiar are calculated as though your class were 4 levels higher, to a maximum effective druid level equal to your character level.

Special: You may select this feat more than once. The effects do not stack. Each time you take the feat, it applies to a different animal companion or familiar.

it will never go higher than your character lvl...

That's boon companion right?

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Boon Companion:

Prerequisites: Animal companion or familiar class feature.

Benefit: The abilities of your animal companion or familiar are calculated as though your class were 4 levels higher, to a maximum effective druid level equal to your character level. If you have more than one animal companion or familiar, choose one to receive this benefit. If you lose or dismiss an animal companion or familiar that has received this benefit, you may apply this feat to the replacement creature.

Special: You may select this feat more than once. The effects do not stack. Each time you take the feat, it applies to a different animal companion or familiar.

Ancestral Ally boon:

Golarion’s many cultures have traditions of animal husbandry and cooperation that date back millennia, and you have embraced one of your people’s favored companion creatures. If you have the divine bond or mount class feature, instead of choosing an animal companion from the list provided in the class description, you may instead call a mount from the list below so long as you are a member of the corresponding race. If the animal companion statistics for your race’s mount are found in a source beyond the Core Assumption, the source is listed below. You must bring a copy of the listed book to all games in which you use the selected animal companion as though access to the animal companion came from the Additional Resources list.

If an asterisk follows an animal companion option listed below, the animal already appears on the list provided by your class description, and you are at least 4th-level, you may spend 5 Prestige Points to strengthen your bond with that type of animal. This increases your effective druid level as one higher when determining the animal companion’s bonus HD, natural armor bonus, Strength and Dexterity bonuses, bonus tricks, and special abilities. This boon cannot increase your effective druid level more than one level above your actual character level.

Dwarf : badger*, boar
Elf : bird*, elk (Pathfinder RPG Bestiary 3)
Gnome: badger*, giant weasel (Pathfinder RPG Bestiary 4)
Half ling: dog*, ram (Pathfinder RPG Bestiary 2)
Half-Elf : A half-elf may choose from the elf and human lists.
Half-Orc: camel*, bear; a half-orc may also choose from the human list.
Human: bird*, horse*

Huntmaster:

You are an expert trainer of horses, hounds, falcons, or hunting cats.

Prerequisites: Handle Animal 1 rank; either the animal companion, divine bond (mount), or mount class feature; human.

Benefit: If you have the animal companion class feature, pick one of the following types of animal companions that this feat affects: bird, dog, small cat, or horse. If you have the divine bond (mount) or mount class feature, this feat always affects horses.

You gain a +2 bonus on Handle Animal and Knowledge (nature) checks with creatures of that type of animal. Furthermore, you are treated as one level higher when determining the abilities of your animal companion or mount, as long as it is of the chosen type.

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