help with my animal companion feats


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so druid/monk, want an animal companion.

i was thinking gorilla. but what feats?

i want the bodyguard archetype i know that.

at levels 7 and 11 im taking outflank and lookout (since level 3 they can act on a surprise round).

Toughness probably, and yes im raising INT to 3 at level 4.

i was also thinking dragon/dragon ferocity but im not sure how to work that in, what do i need to do for it to be legal?

any help is appreciated.

Silver Crusade

You get a very limited number of feet's. Your animal companion gets feet's at druid level 1,2,5,8,10,13,16,18.
If you want them to live at higher level keep evasion. Due to there lower HP. With there limited HD it makes it tougher to keep them alive when the AoE start going off.

Feet's Suggestions in on order at all. Armor Proficiency (light, medium), Power Attack, Toughness, Weapon Focus, Narrow Frame, Lithe Attacker, and Jumper.

Narrow Frame, and Lithe Attacker are for large animal companions. They really make them useful in more places. With out them your better off getting a small animal companion. So with there size increases there medium. They fit in to so many more places, and cost less to out fit with armorer due to size.


+1 to the list by calagnar, though I'd put Toughess first.
Is Armor Prof (medium) worth it? Maybe get Imp. Nat. Attack (claw) instead.

Ruyan.


Mithral chainshirt barding and no armor prof. neccessary.

Silver Crusade

I fined the only time improved natural attack is worth the feet. Is when you have a starting damage dice of 1D8 = 2D6, or 1D10 = 2D8. Other then that your just getting one extra point of average damage a hit.
Medium Armor is when you plan for it. Mithral Breast Plate Barding is the best armor you can get for most animal companions. As it allows for there higher Dex and to keep evasion. With it you can achieve some really high AC for your animal companion. When combined with a rod of extend and bard skin you can push the high 20 AC by level 6.

For example my druids animal companion is a bear. I was level 7 when my druid was demoted and the party killed him to save them self's from the bear.
Mithral Breast Plate Barding +1
Armor 7 + Natural Armor 6 + Dex Mod 2 + Barkskin 3 = AC 28


Think carefully about armor proficiency -- unless you're planning to sink a lot of effort into that, just have your friend the wizard cast mage armor on the thing.

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