Rules Question: Animal Companion Starting HP

[Fynnzle Wyddlebower]

For animal companions is their starting HP 16+CON since they start with 2HD?

Or is it 8+5+CON?

[Sir Belmont the Valiant]

Fynnzle Wyddlebower wrote:

For animal companions is their starting HP 16+CON since they start with 2HD?

Or is it 8+5+CON?

Animal Companions start at 2HD, per the info in the Druid section of the Core Rule Book, page 51 (?). PFS rules say 4.5 HP per level, round down, so 9+CON.

[Nefreet]

Their HP progression would be 4+5+4+5+4+5+etc. plus Con.

You can also Retrain hit points, adding one at a time for 3 Prestige plus X gold.

[Tim Emrick]

From the PFS FAQ:

Quote:

How do I determine hit points for my animal companion, eidolon or other companion creature with a listed number of Hit Dice?

Companion creatures receive the average result on each Hit Dice. For example, animal companions have d8 Hit Dice, which has an average of 4.5. Multiply 4.5 by the number of Hit Dice your animal companion has and round down to determine how many hit points it receives from its Hit Dice. Next, add in appropriate bonuses from its Constitution modifier, feats, and so on.

[SCPRedMage]

Further, the CRB says this:

Getting Started wrote:

Hit Points (hp): Hit points are an abstraction signifying how robust and healthy a creature is at the current moment. To determine a creature's hit points, roll the dice indicated by its Hit Dice. A creature gains maximum hit points if its first Hit Die roll is for a character class level. Creatures whose first Hit Die comes from an NPC class or from his race roll their first Hit Die normally.

An animal companion's hit dice are all considered racial, so the first one is never maximized, anyways.

[Belafon]

I'm sure this is what everyone meant, but just to be explicit it is:

9 + 2x(Con Modifier)

since they start with two HD.

[Sir Belmont the Valiant]

Kevin Willis wrote:

I'm sure this is what everyone meant, but just to be explicit it is:

9 + 2x(Con Modifier)

since they start with two HD.

Yeah, I left out the 2x on the CON part. Sorry!