So from the players handbook, the rangers hunters bond 2nd choice says:
The second option is to form a close bond with an animal companion. A ranger who selects an animal companion can choose from the following list: badger, bird, camel, cat (small), dire rat, dog, horse, pony, snake (viper or constrictor), or wolf. If the campaign takes place wholly or partly in an aquatic environment, the ranger may choose a shark instead. This animal is a loyal companion that accompanies the ranger on his adventures as appropriate for its kind. A ranger's animal companion shares his favored enemy and favored terrain bonuses.
This ability functions like the druid animal companion ability (which is part of the Nature Bond class feature), except that the ranger's effective druid level is equal to his ranger level – 3.
Now on page 48 on of the Pathfinder Chronicles: campaign setting the variant says:
Enhanced Compainion(Ex): Upon gaining an animal companion at 4th level the ranger must choose a single type of animal. the ranger cannot call a differnt animal compainion. The ranger's effective druid level is equal to the ranger's level -2 (instead of the normal 1/2) for that type of animal. This animal must be on the basic list of companions that can be chosen at 4th level and canot be changed.
So , lets clear this up - in the players handbook it says the pet acts as druid level , -3, yet the campaign setting says it is "normal 1/2" ?
*scratches head*
I'm inclined to go with the players handbook since its, well, the core rules. So, that basically makes the ranger variant almost completely useless. Or am I just misreading something?
The campaign setting is 3.5, so ignore it. Think of it as an earlier version of the pathfinder one.
The campaign setting is 3.5, so ignore it. Think of it as an earlier version of the pathfinder one.
AH well that makes sense... thanks
...soooooo can we get an errata for the campaign setting to have an updated variant? ;)
They are releasing an updated setting book this year, it's bigger but will have no class variants inside as what they are updating will be in the AGP.
They are releasing an updated setting book this year, it's bigger but will have no class variants inside as what they are updating will be in the AGP.
Aw damn! I just bought the campaign setting book about 2 weeks ago! Oh well , its great reading material in the mean time (my group is about to start the kingmaker campaign so I wanted to get familiar with the setting since we're drifting away from forgotten realms and making the full switch to pathfinder)
I got mine 2 days before they announced the new one. But was money well spent honestly. I don't run in save for a legacy of fire game but a damned good read with many interesting takes on old classics
This one is out of print, and as it was 3.5 and needed reworked anyhow, they went the revised route in place of just a reprint. Product is here it will be 320 pages, so bigger and all nations will get the nice 4 page spread some of em got.
All in all I think I'll have to pick it up even though I already own it. It's not a must have and can wait however as I own the 3.5 one.
Actually, the revised Campaign Setting is pushed to early 2011, so you don't have to feel that bad about buying the 3.5 one :)
Nope September of 2010 says the product page.
Ah ok, cool. Means I get more use out of my book maybe :)