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Effective
Druid Level Effective
Cohort Level
7 4
8 5
9 6
10 6
11 6
12 7
13 8
14 9
15 9
16 9
17 10
18 11
19 11
20 12

How do you pick up the more powerful monstrous companions, such as a Dragon Horse, which has an Effective Cohort Level of 16, (and kirin shedu, slepnir....), when a level 20 Druid caps out at an Effective Cohort Level of 12?

what am i missing (or what is missing from eat description? dou you ad some modifiers to your druid level, wisdom or charisma like for leadership?)

Does dragons breath cartidge
http://www.d20pfsrd.com/equipment---final/weapons/weapon-descriptions/ammun ition/alchemical-cartridges/dragon-s-breath-cartridge

get dex mod bonus to dmg from

Pistol Training (Ex)

Starting at 5th level, a pistolero increases her skill with one-handed firearms. She gains a bonus on damage rolls equal to her Dexterity modifier
http://www.d20pfsrd.com/classes/base-classes/gunslinger/archetypes/paizo--- gunslinger-archetypes/pistolero

Would druid using a wildshape to polymorph into a primate be able to pick up and use weapons?

if yes would he have a penalty to attack for unusual arms/hands (if the weapon was of the right size and the druid was proficioent with it)

i know there are several topics where it is discussed but so far i havent been able to find any official answers

edit:
from Animal Archive about awakened animals
section primates:

'The weapons primates wield also run the gamut. A gorilla might choose an enormous club, a chimpanzee a two-handed sword that lets him take advantage of his tremendous strength, and a monkey a hand crossbow or blunderbuss.'

so in the Pathfinder primates are phisycali able to use weapons and form a grip

the question is are their limbs to different from humans so that druid polymorphed into one couldnt or would have a penalty to the attack using manufactured weapons while wildshaped into a primate

on the same note, can he use tools and skills that requirethem (such as disable device)

Does tripping with a trip weapon provoke attack of oportunity?
by raw i woud say yes, but there are a few things unclear, and official standings on trip weapons have changed somewhat* it seems so i was interested was there any official word on this that i missed

*- http://paizo.com/threads/rzs2kkp5&page=3?Official-answers#123
(which says you can only use trip weapons to trip)
- http://paizo.com/paizo/blog/v5748dyo5lcom?Combat-Maneuvers-and-Weapon-Speci al-Features
(which says yo ucan trip,disarm and sunder with any weapon)

pros of non provoking:
1) "If you do not have the Improved Trip feat, or a similar ability, initiating a trip provokes an attack of opportunity from the target of your maneuver."
-does trip weapon quality qualify as 'similar ability'

2)general pro logic on the boards seems to be:
unarmed strikes= provokes attack of opportunity, unarmed trip=provokes attack of opportunity, attack with a weapon= doesnt provoke --->> trip with a weapon doesnt provoke

now although james jacobs has pointed out the flaw of that logic the question he was replying to didnt mention provoking AOOs so his reply didnt mention it either
http://paizo.com/threads/rzs2kkp5&page=4?Official-answers#162

3) (Arg 136, kobold tail attachments,sweeper)
Sweeper: When properly used, this sharply curved piece
of metal can knock opponents off their feet. Unlike most
trip weapons, you cannot drop it if you are tripped during
your own trip attempt.

now if you can trip using any (ie not 'trip' weapons) and sweeper has trip property but cannot be dropped what does trip property do then?

....)
(3.5 Player's Handbook pg. 159, last sub-heading of Trip:
"Tripping with a Weapon: Some weapons, including the spiked chain, dire flail, heavy flail, light flail, guisarme, halberd, and whip, can be used to make trip attacks. In this case, you make a melee touch attack with the weapon instead of an unarmed melee touch attack, and you don’t provoke an attack of opportunity. If you are tripped during your own trip attempt, you can drop the weapon to avoid being tripped.")

cons:
1)it isnt directly stated anywhere
2)for a few gp you avoid taking 2 feats

Not sure if this is the right subforum for this question
Spinosaurus animal companion doesn't get scent and low light as well as hold breath special abilities, although base animal from bestiary has them. I have noticed that some other dinosaurs (triceratops, Pachycephalosaurus, Iguanadon, Dimetrodon) that have scent and low light vision as animals don't get them as animal companions, but all other animals do. I haven't been able to find a pattern so i hope somebody could explain it