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So, the Wild Hunter archetype from Ranger gets the Animal Focus ability as follows:
Animal Focus (Su): At 1st level, as a swift action a wild hunter can take on the aspect of an animal, gaining a bonus or special ability based on the type of animal emulated. This functions as the hunter’s animal focus class feature (see page 27), though this only applies to the wild hunter and not an animal companion (see shared focus, below). The wild hunter can use this ability for 1 minute per day per ranger level. This duration does not need to be consecutive, but it must be spent in 1-minute increments. He can only emulate one animal at a time. This ability replaces all instances of the favored enemy class ability.
Now, this specifically calls out how it works and that your animal companion doesn't benefit from Animal Focus until you get the Shared Focus Ability. What it doesn't call out is the third paragraph of Animal Focus from hunter which reads
If the hunter’s animal companion is dead, the hunter can apply her companion’s animal focus to herself instead of her animal companion. This is in addition to the normal one she can choose, and (as with a companion’s focus) remains in effect until the hunter changes it instead of counting against her minutes per day.
Does the Wild Hunter archetype also get this part of the ability since it specifically states it functions as the the hunters' Animal Focus class feature and says where it differs?
Thoughts?
So, the Wild Hunter archetype from Ranger gets the Animal Focus ability as follows:
Animal Focus (Su): At 1st level, as a swift action a wild hunter can take on the aspect of an animal, gaining a bonus or special ability based on the type of animal emulated. This functions as the hunter’s animal focus class feature (see page 27), though this only applies to the wild hunter and not an animal companion (see shared focus, below). The wild hunter can use this ability for 1 minute per day per ranger level. This duration does not need to be consecutive, but it must be spent in 1-minute increments. He can only emulate one animal at a time. This ability replaces all instances of the favored enemy class ability.Now, this specifically calls out how it works and that your animal companion doesn't benefit from Animal Focus until you get the Shared Focus Ability. What it doesn't call out is the third paragraph of Animal Focus from hunter which reads
If the hunter’s animal companion is dead, the hunter can apply her companion’s animal focus to herself instead of her animal companion. This is in addition to the normal one she can choose, and (as with a companion’s focus) remains in effect until the hunter changes it instead of counting against her minutes per day.Does the Wild Hunter archetype also get this part of the ability since it specifically states it functions as the the hunters' Animal Focus class feature and says where it differs?
Thoughts?
Yes, the hunter gains the Companion's animal focus which is 0, so the hunter gains 0.