Does a Badger animal companion's rage progress?

[sixstringssamurai]

I have a question about a Druid in one of my games. The Badger animal companion has the rage special attack:

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rage (as a barbarian, 6 rounds per day)

The badger animal companion in the book has a constitution modifier of +2, and the barbarian starting with 4 rounds of rage per day which totals 6.

When stating that it has rage "as a barbarian", does this mean that increasing its constitution modifier to +3 allows 7 rounds per day of the rage ability? And if it has the rage ability as a barbarian, does it progress with an additional 2 rounds per level (or HD)?

[Bardic Dave]

As far as I can tell, no. However, you can always take the Extra Rage feat if you first bump your Badger to at least 3 intelligence.

Also, a house rule that their rage DOES progress is certainly not an unreasonable one.

[HaraldKlak]

sixstringssamurai wrote:

The badger animal companion in the book has a constitution modifier of +2, and the barbarian starting with 4 rounds of rage per day which totals 6.

When stating that it has rage "as a barbarian", does this mean that increasing its constitution modifier to +3 allows 7 rounds per day of the rage ability? And if it has the rage ability as a barbarian, does it progress with an additional 2 rounds per level (or HD)?

The calculation does not follow the barbarian. Given that animal companions starts at 2 HD, following the barbarian amount of rage turns would set it to 8 turns.

But as Bardic Dave states, allowing a progression doesn't seem problematic.