Hey all planning to make a hunter, taking cure spells to be a off healer. 20 pt buy thinking Human Str 14, dex 18 Con 12 int 10 wis 15 and cha 7. Take point blank and rapid at level 1 Precise as a bonus at level 2 and then spirit's gift (life) at level 3. Is there any more passive boosts to the animal companion?
I strongly suggest not learning the cure spell and to pick up wand of cure light wounds when you can. It'll make you a better healer and not use up a spell known. Your healing wont keep up with damage, especially with the reduced rate you'll learn heal spells.
Humans can give their animal companions a +2 to any stat instead of a bonus feat.
Hunters are better going melee than ranged. I'd suggest ranger or summoner over hunter if you want to do ranged.
@Chess, I would prefer to skip the cure spell, but not sure how often the gm might let a wand drop.
@Onyxlion why is that? You get the precise shot at level 2 and gravity bow
@Chess, I would prefer to skip the cure spell, but not sure how often the gm might let a wand drop.
@Onyxlion why is that? You get the precise shot at level 2 and gravity bow
You're most potent ability, Hunter Tactics, is pretty much wasted. The hunter's biggest advantage is sharing and activating teamwork feats, which are mostly melee oriented. Rangers get loads of archery feats prerequisite free.
Though I guess you could go divine hunter.
If I went ranger (with hopes of getting wand) would you do the wild hunter archetype and then boon companion at level 5?
Hmm which domain did you go with?
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Remember that with a 7 CHA you have a 20% chance of failing your Handle Animal check to get your pet to perform a trick it knows (and almost no chance of pushing it). That means 1 out of 5 times your pet just won't do the things you specifically trained it to do, and you've got almost no chance at all of successfully improvising any tactics. If your GM fudges the rules on that it might not be a big deal, but for a GM who actually holds you to them that can really screw you over.
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I did a couple build outlines, one melee, and one ranged, that will kind of show the differences between the two. The melee build is even a little non-standard, using a non-class skill that leans on a low stat, yet it still packs a lot more "oomph". The nice thing about the ranged build is that while you don't get as many bonuses to hit, you can build in such a way that your pet basically runs screen for you and lets you continue to get off more full attacks. The lack of reliable to-hit boosters on a 3/4 BAB class hurts though, which is why I tend to lean towards the melee Hunter builds.
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Make me wonder if Samsaran Hunter with mystic past life who picks up spells like divine favor from cleric or holy sword from paladin, litany of [x] the one which does double damage might be excellent choices to make up for the lack of hit boosters.
Probably wouldn't go with litany of righteousness since there's already lots of good damage boosters like gravity bow, but yeah, to-hit boosting spells outside of aspect of the falcon are always good.