So according to the book, I get access to a domain. So I chose Animal Domain so I can talk to animals.
At level 4 do I get a second animal companion?
You get an animal companion or a domain. If you take the animal domain, you only get an animal companion at level 4 and it advances per your druid level minus 3.
So according to the book, I get access to a domain. So I chose Animal Domain so I can talk to animals.
At level 4 do I get a second animal companion?
You only gain access to either a domain or an animal companion. Taking any domain other than animal means you don't have any companion. Taking animal domain means you get one but at -3 level. Taking the full companion means you don't get any domain.
Ah okay. Darn :(
If your DM will let you, have a look at the Boon Companion feat. It increases your effective druid level for determining animal companion by 4, to a maximum of your HD.
Well I've been using the animal companion and haven't used anything yet from the domain.. so if i drop that everything will be fine.
I'll just have to train some dogs to create my pack.
If having multiple creatures act on your turn won't infuriate the DM and other players there are a couple of options which might be more effective than trained dogs (who would likely get blown to bits the first time a bad guy cast Fireball).
#1 - Leadership feat - With the DM's permission and the group's sufferance, the Leadership feat could give you a canine buddy of some sort, maybe even a hound archon who digs hanging out in dog form. You'd also get a bunch of 1st level followers. Usually they'd be from PC races, but since they're mostly useless I could see a generous DM letting them be dogs.
#2 - Wolf Shaman (from APG) - You wouldn't exactly get a pack of dogs/wolves from this, but you'd be able to summon some as a standard action, and you could apply templates to make them better. If you're going this route then Augment Summoning seems like a good idea.
Well I'll see if he will let me do the leadership route, cause he isn't letting me use the APG. (Otherwise I would totally be a wolf shaman.)
Unfortunately everyone at our table is pretty new, so he wants to make sure we go through the core before we go advance.
I have been doing everything I can to proclaim my characters love of all things canine.. Including attempting to punt cats out of my way, and digging holes without the use of a shovel.
A quick question regarding Dire Bat animal companions: Are Dire Bats nocturnal only, or can a druid have one active during the day as well?
Its been bugging me for a while now, and I cannot decide one way or the other.