Pack Flanking Feat and Animal Companions


Rules Questions


So I generally don't play characters with Animal Companions but while I was playing around with character concepts I ran across this feat "Pack Flanking".

As a Teamwork Feat my Animal Companion would also need this feat correct?

If so, why would a prereq for the feat be "ability to acquire an animal companion"?

Pack Flanking (Teamwork):

You and your companion creature are adept at fighting together against foes.

Prerequisite(s): Int 13, Combat Expertise, ability to acquire an animal companion.

Benefit: When you and your companion creature have this feat, your companion creature is adjacent to you or sharing your square, and you both threaten the same opponent, you are considered to be flanking that opponent, regardless of your actual positioning.

Normal: You must be positioned opposite an ally to flank an opponent.

Any one have any idea how this is supposed to work? The Feat seems to be made so you can't have an Animal Companion take it unless you have a class ability that grants Teamwork Feats to others.

Any help would be appreciated!


Yes it is limited to those with a companion and the ability to grant teamwork feats to others. The wording is probably so that it doesn't limit it to hunters, so for example the sacred huntsmaster (inquisitor archetype) can take it.
There is also at least 1 pre-ACG cavalier archetype that should qualify as well.


Sadly looking at the Sacred Huntsmaster is only allows you to grant it to just one animal companion, my concept had to do with a Female animal trainer who has Trained Wolves (mother and her two pups)


also inquisitor with animal companion from a domain should get it from the way i read it


There are a few 'pack' archetypes, but the Huntmaster (Cavalier Archetype) from animal archives is the only one I can think of that can do that, but only a limited number of times/day

You can't have 3AC's until 3rd level though, I can't think of any way around that limitation.


shroudb wrote:
also inquisitor with animal companion from a domain should get it from the way i read it

Won't work, as the standard inquisitor is selfish with their teamwork feats. Well I suppose more accurately: Yes the Inquisitor with an appropriate domain can gain the feat, and use it with Solo Tactics, but the AC can't use it.


There's a Hunter archetype that grants you multiple ACs at a reduction in their HD. The Packmaster. It allows you to have as many ACs as you want as long as their combined HD doesn't go over the total HD for the standard AC.


Faelyn wrote:
There's a Hunter archetype that grants you multiple ACs at a reduction in their HD. The Packmaster. It allows you to have as many ACs as you want as long as their combined HD doesn't go over the total HD for the standard AC.

true the AC won't be getting flank bonuses. The inquisitor though would, and having to NOT flank as an inquisitor and still get the benefit from all of your teamwork feats is a big deal.


I forgot to check for archetypes for the ACG Classes, Thanks every one for the help and the suggestions.


There is some debate about whether an animal companion can qualify for the Animal Ally feat, which would allow the first animal companion at least to meet that requirement. The real issue, is how you plan to get your animal companions intelligence to 13 (yes, I know most get that with + 5 inherent bonus and a + 6 headband but still)


Avadriel wrote:
There is some debate about whether an animal companion can qualify for the Animal Ally feat, which would allow the first animal companion at least to meet that requirement. The real issue, is how you plan to get your animal companions intelligence to 13 (yes, I know most get that with + 5 inherent bonus and a + 6 headband but still)

the biggest issue is that i don't see an actual way for an AC to get "ability to aquire animal companion" like... ever.

it's obviously designed around teamwork feat sharing, and in between cavaliers, hunters, inquisitors, and archetypes of various other base classes that grant teamwork feats i don't see it as big of an issue.


your animal companion needs to take the feat right? intelligence 13, has the ability to get a companion? Is this written right?


NIghtrider wrote:
your animal companion needs to take the feat right? intelligence 13, has the ability to get a companion? Is this written right?

yeah it's tailoered for hunters and the inq acg archetype that gives them free teamwork feats.

a simple inq could also make some use of it with the animal/feather domain, but not his AC

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