Few questions regarding animal companions

[Duncan888]

I been kicking around a beastmaster character.

I kinda want to create a character that his pets do everything for him.

Does inspire courage bard ability work with pets?

Does flagbearer work with pets? Does it matter if your pet had a 3 or so int?

The banner of ancient kings adds to lvl for inspire courage so I wonder if inspire courage works then so should the banner.

Would bless or prayer help animal companions?

[Black Feather]

1) Yes. It's a competence bonus and they're considered allies
2) Yes. It's a morale bonus and it works for the whole party
3) Yes. The banner buffs your Flagbearer morale bonus to +2, and you're treated as a bard 4 levels higher than you are.

Bless is a morale bonus. It doesn't stack with Flagbearer. Prayer, however, is a luck bonus, so it does.
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There are a few ways to make a character like that. If everything is available, the Leadership feat is probably the easiest way to go. You can make your cohort the ultimate buffer while making yourself a master summoner or necromancer (summons and minions also count as allies).

Many people disallow the Leadership feat because it's so easy to abuse. A cleric of an ideal with Feather and Saurian gets a pet from each subdomain but needs to spend a couple feats at least to keep them relevant. A shaman druid can use standard-action summoning limited to having his totem. A master summoner can summon as a standard action as well -- the eidolon he has is kind of weak for a combatant but can be designed as a buffer so his stuff crushes his enemies. Depending on your campaign, you might be given opportunity to make (or enslave) undead -- cleric was the traditional way to do this in D&D.

[Duncan888]

I'm kinda thinking a pack lord/sea singer now. It's for skulls and shackles.

[Duncan888]

So this is what I'm thinking it's not really optimized for self combat he more likely will sit back and let companions attack.

Str. 10
Dex. 11+1@12
Con. 14
Cha. 15 +1@4
Int. 10
Wis. 17 +1@8

Traits eye for talent, magical knack, peg leg

Lvl 7 sea singer parrot familiar
Lvl 8 pack lord divide animal companions probably 1 lvl 8 1 lvl 7

Feats
1 skill focus perform oratory
3 boon companion
5 flag bearer
7 boon companion
9 eldritch heritage imperious
11 improved eldritch heritage imperious
13 lingering performance
15 ??

Favored class bonus- 7 lvl bard - +3 skills, +4 spells

Spells
Bard
Cast 5/4/2 known 6/9/4/2

1 alarm, cure light, detect secret doors, expeditious retreat, remove fear, moment of greatness, feather fall, grease
2 mirror image, cats grace, rage, heroism
3 haste, purging finale

Druid
Lvl 2 barkskin x 2 bulls str x2
3 greater magic fang x2 communal resist energy, wind wall
4 strong jaw x2, freedom of movement

Useing banner of ancient kings and flag bearer

+2 moral bonus to strike/damage, saves vs charm and fear
Heroic echo +1

Bard song +3 inspire courage
Heroic echo +1

Add some buffs for ac's