So im trying to figure something out and need some help.

[Mr. Jonny Cage]

I am playing in a game and I will be playing a Lv 8 Slayer (ACG).

the game is a homebrew and in the setting elves are a little different (more like a savage race with a for the horde mentality)(I am an outcast my flavor is as a bounty hounter). I am playing one my character build is as follows:

STR 16
DEX 20
CON 10
INT 10
WIS 10
CHA 10

Skills: (total)
Acrobatics 11
Bluff 10
Disable Device 10
Disguise 10
Escape artist 10
Handle Animal 6
Knowledge (dung) 5
knowledge (geo) 5
knowledge (local) 5
Perception 10
Sense motive 10
Sleight of Hand 10
Stealth 10
Survival 11

Feats:
Dodge, Mobility, Combat Reflexes, Combat Patrol, Improved Unarmed Strike*, Power Attack*, Agile Maneuvers*.
(feats marked with * are gained through Slayer talents.)

weapon is a +1 hooked lance

so you maybe seeing where this is going (combat patrol with 15ft threat range so i can move before AoO to gain flanking and use sneak attack)
(pole dancer)

So anyway my party is not the best. we have a useless Oracle, a gunslinger and a armored hulk barb.

so I want to buy a Guard Dog (or a Riding Dog)
my question is does it gain levels and stuff like an animal companion or is it base stat dog or what? (keep in mind I am lv 8 so a lv 1 Dog is very useless.)

[Arachnofiend]

Yeah, unless you have the pet as a class feature it doesn't scale with level. If you really want an animal companion as a Slayer, you need to go through the Nature Soul -> Animal Ally -> Boon Companion feat chain. This is not recommended and you should probably just play a Hunter.

As a note... for your stats, you should really drop your dexterity some and boost wisdom and constitution. You're going to be in medium armor, you don't need your dex that high; you will, however, need a higher will save and HP.

[Rynjin]

Nope. Base stat dog.

They only scale if you have a class feature that makes them scale.

[blahpers]

You could pick up Leadership or something and ask the GM for some outsider or awakened dog that can gain class levels or something as a monstrous cohort. Alternately, there's the Animal Ally feat chain; I believe dog is on the list of allowed companions.

[Mr. Jonny Cage]

the high dex boosts my ac due to some very expensive armor (its +2 Masterwork Mithral Mountain Pattern armor. armor bonus +6, enhancement bonus +2, max dex +5, armor check pen 0)
I also have Ring of Pro +2, Amm of nat armor +2 so with dodge my AC is 28

but yeah my saves are kinda lacking.

[Mr. Jonny Cage]

saves are Fort +6, Ref + 13, Will +2.

[Arachnofiend]

Yeah, missing a will save is going to kill you (or your teammates) much faster than having low AC. Why do you even have that armor? It sounds like the campaign is starting at level 8 so it wouldn't have dropped for you... I think that money could go to much more useful endeavors.

[Mr. Jonny Cage]

DM told me to go by Wealth by Lv nothing more than 1/3 of level gold so i went for high AC because I have 64hp (dm said take max hp)

[Mr. Jonny Cage]

also forgot save are +8, +15, +4 (cloak of res +2)

[Mr. Jonny Cage]

considered dropping agile maneuvers for Iron will

[n o 417]

Mr. Jonny Cage wrote:

I am playing in a game and I will be playing a Lv 8 Slayer (ACG).

So anyway my party is not the best. we have a useless Oracle, a gunslinger and a armored hulk barb.

Sounds like a balanced party, although a bit low on magic. And I don't believe the statement about the Oracle. Maybe you don't like the player ?

[Mr. Jonny Cage]

no more like the oracle sits and does nothing each combat (he dosent even heal people). he sits and sits and sits and dosent take his turn in combat. Yes I will admit I am not the biggest fan of the player, but my reason is because he dosent contribute to the group.

[Mr. Jonny Cage]

I'm not saying bar him from the game, I'm just saying I wish he'd do more as a player.

[Mr. Jonny Cage]

The reason I'm making this slayer Is because I was playing as a bard (because the group needed an arcane caster and arcane casters are rare in the setting and I took EVERY cure or healing spell I had access to because the group needed a healer because the oracle was doing nothing)and the guy just let me die out of spite he dident try to heal me once after I was charged by an enemy and unable to escape he just stood there and did nothing at the end of combat I was dead, the Barb was at less than 50% and the gunslinger was fine on account he found a high point to shoot from.

[wraithstrike]

What does he(oracle) do in the game? O.o

[Emmanuel Nouvellon-Pugh]

Be a cleric just to spite him. Summon help and channel energy. Or go paladin and not require healing.