Can a Vanity Follower be an animal?

[XainMexi]

If an animal can learn a skill that replicates the benefit/role described by the vanity, (especially, if the [PFS] PC has the Handle Animal skill) can you choose to gain an Animal when purchasing the follower vanity?

Since the other option is to buy a combat trained animal, teach them the trick, and use the animal to attack and/or the benefit each round, instead of the usual "Once per session" rule for vanities, I would think it would be significantly less OP to allow Animals as vanity followers when an appropriate trait/skill/trick is possible.

[Starglim]

I believe you can describe your follower how you like, providing you don't annoy other players. It doesn't gain any stats or the ability to perform any other game effects than listed in the sourcebook as a result. It doesn't require Handle Animal.

[Paz]

Just make sure it's not a pig... or a dog.

[Flutter]

I have a knowledge Arcana scholar that's a little bluebird: an apprentice druid that sits on my shoulder, and my knowledge dungeoneering scholar is a baby carnivorous crystal I met after talking it's mom and the party out of fighting.

[XainMexi]

Paz wrote:

Just make sure it's not a pig... or a dog.

Actually... The reason for the question is the goal to get a pig as a follower... XD

[Jeff Merola]

XainMexi wrote:

Paz wrote:

Just make sure it's not a pig... or a dog.

Actually... The reason for the question is the goal to get a pig as a follower... XD

That's a reference to a rather famous board argument, about whether a cavalier could reflavor their dog mount as a pig.

[XainMexi]

Jeff Merola wrote:

XainMexi wrote:

Paz wrote:

Just make sure it's not a pig... or a dog.

Actually... The reason for the question is the goal to get a pig as a follower... XD

That's a reference to a rather famous board argument, about whether a cavalier could reflavor their dog mount as a pig.

It started with me just wanting the flavor of having a named pig as a vanity follower. It's so enticing, I'm just hoping to get a confirmation on if appropriately trainable animals can be vanity followers, or if I have to train a pig to do the same thing. Training a pig would result in a shift from the 1/day limit on most vanity followers to 1/round plus an extra bite attack.

There's also a small hope to kick off more discussions about vanity clarification, since the forums are scarce on the subject