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I am just laughing that one of the Paizo developers could honestly believe that a Stegosaurus could ever have a dexterity of 18. My seven-year-old dinosaur scholar self would be mortified at such a blunder.
A stegosaurus is a spiky cow. The energy that isn't devoted to keeping it's enormous bone-armoured bulk standing, or it's stomach system digesting prehistoric conifers got burnt up swinging that one tail back and forth if a predator appeared within 10 metres. This is like writing that a Fresian is capable of the Acrobatics skill.
I smell a clear error right there.
The well-read student of Archaeology, I must chime in with the statement that perhaps you should look into some of the more current work on Stegosaurus.
But perhaps we should go back to discussing creatures where we have a better understanding of how they work, like a Unicorn.
;)
Paleontology. Archaeology is the study of human activity in the past.
I was the "offending" Sylvan Sorcerer and I would be more than happy to explain why her stegosaurus did what it did. (Also if you look up at my slightly fancy title you can see i am from Baltimore.)
My character is a Half Orc Oracle of Nature 1/Sylvan sorcerer 8. I specifically went into this character build understanding the dinosaur would be the star of the show. The sorcerer is more the ring girl with buffing abilities. She has magic missile as her one and only damaging spell in case of emergencies. (Well two damaging spells if you count her CL 1 Cure Light Wounds that she gets for being an Oracle.)
How Earthbreaker the Stegosaurus became a star:
PC Feats dedicated to the Animal Companion:
1. Boon Companion (So his Animal Companion level is 9 instead of 6)
2. Extra Revelation (Boon Companion- So he is smarter and a mount)
3. Beast Rider (The feat and not the archetype. He is large enough to be her mount and so gets the General Combat Purpose for free.)
4. Eldritch Heritage...
Amanda, I just wanted to say I love this build. I can picture this little mongoose running into the middle of a room and erupting into a tail thrashing stegosaurus. Much credit to you for finding a way to put your stegosaurus into a satchel or pack for easy travel in more limiting environments.
One note: Above where it says Extra Revelation I believe you meant to put Bonded Mount in parenthesis after it instead of Boon Companion.
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I was the "offending" Sylvan Sorcerer and I would be more than happy to explain why her stegosaurus did what it did. (Also if you look up at my slightly fancy title you can see i am from Baltimore.)
My character is a Half Orc Oracle of Nature 1/Sylvan sorcerer 8. I specifically went into this character build understanding the dinosaur would be the star of the show. The sorcerer is more the ring girl with buffing abilities. She has magic missile as her one and only damaging spell in case of emergencies. (Well two damaging spells if you count her CL 1 Cure Light Wounds that she gets for being an Oracle.)
How Earthbreaker the Stegosaurus became a star:
PC Feats dedicated to the Animal Companion:
1. Boon Companion (So his Animal Companion level is 9 instead of 6)
2. Extra Revelation (Boon Companion- So he is smarter and a mount)
3. Beast Rider (The feat and not the archetype. He is large enough to be her mount and so gets the General Combat Purpose for free.)
4. Eldritch Heritage...Amanda, I just wanted to say I love this build. I can picture this little mongoose running into the middle of a room and erupting into a tail thrashing stegosaurus. Much credit to you for finding a way to put your stegosaurus into a satchel or pack for easy travel in more limiting environments.
One note: Above where it says Extra Revelation I believe you meant to put Bonded Mount in parenthesis after it instead of Boon Companion.
Thank you for the compliment. I did indeed mean to say Bonded Mount. I've just gotten far past the point where I can edit it. :D
Can we get the thread title changed?
"Guide for Animal Companions in PFS" is a bit too official sounding. Wouldn't want anyone thinking this mess has any sort of official bearing on the campaign.
I second this. I'm planning on building my first animal companion character for PFS and had hoped this forum would contain some helpful information I might have overlooked. It does not. A more appropriate title for this forum would be along the lines of "Are animal companions overpowered in PFS?"
