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This came up in a game last night where the skald in our group was giving out his inspired rage. My hunter and dog are both allies, but there was confusion in the group as to whether my dog is affected.
Personally, I'm of the mind that the dog is an ally, and with no real disadvantages to speak of in accepting the rage, should totally do so. Obstacles I encountered were along the lines of "Well you wouldn't be able to call him off after" and "He's not smart enough". Go figure, an argument for being too stupid to rage!
So were there any posts in the playtest regarding this? What about summoned creatures? If a bring in a flock of eagles, are they allowed to become angry birds? Who decides whether they do, me or the GM?
I think that the Dog will auto take the rage. And directing the dog doesn't rely on the dog making any skill checks, so the dog is fine to rage and be directed still. Rage doesn't limit your thinking, your reasoning, or anything not expressly listed in the rage.
As long as they can hear it and aren't immune to mind affecting they can benifit from it. You can buff an animal with a normal bard song, IR is no different.
There is also zero rules support for disallowing animal companions to be affected. No where under intelligence is there a level in which it says unable to be effected by mind affecting spells. Please note mindless is a quality and not under intelligence.
It did indeed come up, and SKR confirmed that it works for companions.
Question: As Raging Song is not language dependent but requires an audible component, does that mean that Animal Companions can now benefit? They can hear the chanting fine, even if they don't understand the language.Yes, and this was a deliberate change, particularly for that reason.
I hope your group will give in to reason now that you have an (at the time) developer's word on it. :)
It also gives you a reason to hit up Summon Monster or Summon Nature's Ally for multiples. Thanks for the handy link, Thymus. My skald greatly appreciates the backup. :-)