Custom tricks with Handle Animal?


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I'm curious whether other GMs would allow PCs to train animals with tricks outside of those explicitly listed under the Handle Animal skill. It notes that the list is not meant to be exhaustive.

I'm thinking of giving my cleric an ape animal companion with the Throw Anything feat and a supply of barrels...

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hogarth wrote:

I'm curious whether other GMs would allow PCs to train animals with tricks outside of those explicitly listed under the Handle Animal skill. It notes that the list is not meant to be exhaustive.

I'm thinking of giving my cleric an ape animal companion with the Throw Anything feat and a supply of barrels...

Not at a PFS table, no.

My suggestion is to wild shape into an ape and use your character's throw anything feat. That or just suck up the improvised weapon penalty in favor of flavor. Who knows, a good GM might even apply some bonuses for creativity. ;-)


Kyle Baird wrote:
My suggestion is to wild shape into an ape and use your character's throw anything feat.

Sweet! I'll just let my GM know that Kyle said it was okay for clerics to use Wild Shape. ;-)

Personally, I wouldn't object if someone wanted to teach an ape the "Throw" trick, but YMMV, of course.

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hogarth wrote:
Kyle Baird wrote:
My suggestion is to wild shape into an ape and use your character's throw anything feat.

Sweet! I'll just let my GM know that Kyle said it was okay for clerics to use Wild Shape. ;-)

Personally, I wouldn't object if someone wanted to teach an ape the "Throw" trick, but YMMV, of course.

I honestly hope they expand the list of teachable tricks.

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hogarth wrote:
Personally, I wouldn't object if someone wanted to teach an ape the "Throw" trick, but YMMV, of course.

Unfortunately this could cause issues for the player at a future table if they got a GM that didn't agree with this ruling.

A GM like DougDoug would probably rip up their character sheet, punch the player in the face, and report their character as dead. Or so I've heard.

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AFAIK, Kyle is pretty good at teaching his dog tricks using peanut butter...

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