Feather Subdomain Question

[GoldEdition42]

So if you get an animal companion at 4th level your effective Druid level is -3 whatever your current level is. Level.

I assume this means that the animal companion's level advancement will be somewhat hindered as they don't go up by XP themselves but by their owner's level advancement.

As I get level 5 they become level 2. At level 6 they become level 3 and so on.

Is this wrong? Also, if you type the word Level enough times it loses all meaning.

Thanks.

[submit2me]

No, it is not wrong.

Yes, it does. =)

[GoldEdition42]

Thanks. Oh, level.

[mplindustries]

If you take the Boon Companion feat at level 5, your animal companion will be level 5 as well.

[ecw1701]

mplindustries wrote:

If you take the Boon Companion feat at level 5, your animal companion will be level 5 as well.

+1

Unless you multiclass, this feat will keep your companion at the appropriate power level.

[GoldEdition42]

Boon Companion. Never thought of that.

[Secane]

ecw1701 wrote:

mplindustries wrote:

If you take the Boon Companion feat at level 5, your animal companion will be level 5 as well.

+1

Unless you multiclass, this feat will keep your companion at the appropriate power level.

The nice thing about Boon Companion is that it treats your class level as 4 levels higher. This means you can multi-class a level into another class and still get a full level pet.

[ecw1701]

Yes, but the Animal Domain gives you a pet at -3 levels, so I suppose you could afford to take a 1 level dip without shooting yourself in the foot.
Anything more than 2, and the companion starts to become an exercise in futility.

So if you plan on multi-classing, or going into a PrC, Animal/Feather might not be the best choice.

[Benly]

ecw1701 wrote:

Yes, but the Animal Domain gives you a pet at -3 levels, so I suppose you could afford to take a 1 level dip without shooting yourself in the foot.

Anything more than 2, and the companion starts to become an exercise in futility.

So if you plan on multi-classing, or going into a PrC, Animal/Feather might not be the best choice.

It could still be pretty decent if you use it for a mount, since even a low-to-mid-level animal companion is going to be sturdier than a standard horse would be. Not the best possible option, but not terrible.