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The site might have been correct before but right now, Allosaurus due to no dinosaur rules for animal companion is not available. Not sure when was the last time the archive of Nethys took a look at the PFS approved materials.
I really like the idea. However where did you find this? As I will need that info in the near future. As I can't find it in the PFSP guide.
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So I've been looking at the archives of nethys, and they say that an allosaurus is a legal PFS companion. However I can't find it listed in the additional resources. Is this a mistake? Or is there some boon that I'm unaware of? That site is usually correct, so I'm confused.
That is somewhat odd. I thought they generally permitted most all of the animal companions.
PFS definitely does not ban dinosaurs as companions though. They have at least 1 type of dinosaur from each of the 4 Bestiaries and they permit the Saurian Shaman archetype which requires one...
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The site might have been correct before but right now, Allosaurus due to no dinosaur rules for animal companion is not available. Not sure when was the last time the archive of Nethys took a look at the PFS approved materials.I really like the idea. However where did you find this? As I will need that info in the near future. As I can't find it in the PFSP guide.
Well mostly additional resources but should be noted that they actually allow a lot of dinosaurs from bestiary 1 to 4, even if it seems they are trying to remove themselves from that in future releases.
Animals on pages 14-15 are legal for purchase except dinosaurs and megafauna (unless already allowed in this document in Bestiary 1, Bestiary 2, Bestiary 3, or Ultimate Equipment) and dire animals.
Pathfinder Roleplaying Game: Bestiary
Animal Companions: ankylosaurus, aurochs, brachiosaurus, dire bat, dire rat, dolphin, elasmosaurus, electric eel, elephant/mastodon, frog, goblin dog, hyena, monitor lizard, moray eel, octopus, orca, pteranodon, rhinoceros, roc, squid, stegosaurus, triceratops, and tyrannosaurus; Familiars: all familiars listed on pages 131-133; Feats: none of the feats are legal for play for PCs, animal companions, or familiars unless specifically granted by another legal source; Other: all creatures in this book are legal for polymorph effects (including a druid's wild shape ability) within the boundaries of each spell or ability's parameters.Pathfinder Roleplaying Game: Bestiary 2
Animal Companions: baboon, compsognathus, gar, hippopotamus, manta ray, ram, giant snapping turtle, stingray; Familiars: brownie, compsognathus, lyraken azata, snapping turtle, voidworm protean; Feats: none of the feats are legal for play for PCs, animal companions, or familiars unless specifically granted by another legal source; Other: all creatures in this book are legal for polymorph effects (including a druid's wild shape ability) within the boundaries of each spell or ability's parameters.Pathfinder Roleplaying Game: Bestiary 3
Animal Companions (p. 311): antelope, axe beak, dimetrodon, elk, giant chameleon, giant gecko, giant vulture, kangaroo, pachycephalosaurus, thylacine; Familiars: all familiars listed on pages 112-113 and the carbuncle and sprite; Feats: none of the feats are legal for play for PCs, animal companions, or familiars unless specifically granted by another legal source; Other: all creatures in this book are legal for polymorph effects (including a druid's wild shape ability) within the boundaries of each spell or ability's parameters.Pathfinder Roleplaying Game: Bestiary 4
Animal Companions (p. 311): dimorphodon, giant seahorse, giant tortoise, giant weasel, stag, styracosaurus, trumpeter swan, velociraptor, and walrus are legal for play; Familiars: all familiars listed on pages 96-97 and the almirajes, giant flea, greensting scorpion, nosoi psychopomp, nycar, pooka, and scarlet spider are legal for play; Feats: none of the feats are legal for play for PCs, animal companions, or familiars unless specifically granted by another legal source; Other: all creatures in this book are legal for polymorph effects (including a druid's wild shape ability) within the boundaries of each spell or ability's parameters.
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The more I find out about what's okay versus no in pfs the less I care about ever playing it again. That's really sad too because I was a big fan of living games.
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The more I find out about what's okay versus no in pfs the less I care about ever playing it again. That's really sad too because I was a big fan of living games.
There's actually a great deal more permitted in PFS than is banned. Most of it is either it doesn't fit the world of Golarion very well, or is something that really needs a case by case adjudication so doesn't translate well to a single system being played worldwide.
PFS isn't for everyone, but it allows a lot more than you might think at first glance at some of these threads.
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PFS did pretty recently scythe a fair swath of materials out, so it might just be that AoN isn't aware of the change.
When were the Bestiary options scaled back? Usually recent changes are highlighted in red, but none of the Bestiaries have any changes mentioned.
Which either means it was a stealth decision, or it happened quite some time ago and nobody noticed until now.
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PFS did pretty recently scythe a fair swath of materials out, so it might just be that AoN isn't aware of the change.
This. I check the PFS Legal page about once a month when I do updates, but unfortunately the page does not have the... greatest change log. Whenever I go there, it shows the latest changes in red, but this does not mean they are the latest ones I've seen. It may be that they changed things at -3 weeks, -1.5 weeks, and -2 days. I'll only see the -2 days ones. I don't have the time or desire to go back and re-evaluate every legal item whenever I do a check. :)
In these cases, I generally rely on the community to email me and let me know when something is in error. I may need to make a more prominent button on each page to email me specific errors...
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The more I find out about what's okay versus no in pfs the less I care about ever playing it again. That's really sad too because I was a big fan of living games.
Heh. The Additional Resources is still both a less confusing and a shorter document than the section of the Living Greyhawk guide portion list what was Open (always legal), Closed (Never legal except for NPCs) and non-open non-closed (stuff that required a cert to use) material, and the LG section was just a barebones list, separated by type, not source, so finding where something came from was always a serious chore.
Which brings me to my version of the AR wishlist:
A searchable database, that allows sorting by source (ISWG, ARG, etc.), or type (Spell, feat, trait, etc.), possibly other ways to sort and/or search it, too.
I couldn't help but notice that no cats were listed under animal companions in additional resources. Does that mean cats are no longer legal?
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Nope. Cats come from the CRB, which isn't part of the Additional Resources (it, along with the GTOP, what the AR are in addition to).
See p5 of the Guide: "Unless noted otherwise in this guide, everything contained in the Core Rulebook (except artifacts, evil items, and intelligent items) is legal for Pathfinder Society play. "