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Played a summoner last night and had a lot of fun with it! I found my 4th-level summoner and eidolon to be fun and interesting without being over-powered. My eidolon was still missing plenty in combat, though I suspect that will change when he becomes large at 6th-level. Anyway, there were two elements of eidolon creation/usage that I thought were a little unclear. Maybe I missed something, or maybe these are covered by general rules for familiars/animal companions/pets, but these are just my impressions.
1) Does the eidolon have language? I assume it does because it has a high enough Intelligence score (ie. above a 2), but it doesn't mention automatic languages, and it doesn't have a high enough Intelligence score for bonus languages. Can it speak? Do you have to put ranks in linguistics? How does this work?
2) Does it have its own initiative? Does it use the summoner's initiative? This is probably covered by animal companions/familiars, but I wasn't sure. Is this just up to however the DM wants to play it?
Inquiring minds...
1) Does the eidolon have language? I assume it does because it has a high enough Intelligence score (ie. above a 2), but it doesn't mention automatic languages, and it doesn't have a high enough Intelligence score for bonus languages. Can it speak? Do you have to put ranks in linguistics? How does this work?
This one was answered by Jason in the Round 2 Rules Questions thread. An Eidolon can speak (and by extension understand) any languages its summoner knows.
2) Does it have its own initiative? Does it use the summoner's initiative? This is probably covered by animal companions/familiars, but I wasn't sure. Is this just up to however the DM wants to play it?
Up to the DM. We usually have ACs act on their master's initiative, but technically they do have their own initiative score and thus technically should act on their place in the initiative order.