How many skill points does an Animal Companion get?

[alexperience]

I looked in the forums and the two posts I found said something different.
This one only covered specifically for a lvl 6 bear:
This Forum post
While this one said it followed the monster template 2 + int dice roll method:
This other Forum post

The problem is, they are both conflicting answers, and neither one says what to do upon level up.
So to make my question simple, how many skill points would a bear of level 1 and int 2 get at lvl 1, and then again how many more would it get at lvl 2, and then at lvl 3 again?

Also, does an animal companion take the class skill bonuses from the PC?

Thanks for your help, I promise I looked before I asked.

[StabbittyDoom]

Animal companions only have the class skills for the animal type (Acrobatics, Climb, Fly, Perception, Stealth, and Swim). They get skill points as animals based on their HD (2 + Int, minimum 1). Because they are almost always int 1 or 2, this means 1 skill point per HD. This is how many are listed in the animal companion chart. It takes an int of at least 10 to gain more skill points than this.

Note that animal companions do not have the same number of HD as their master has levels. They have +1 more at level 1, == from 2-6, and less from then on. For the exact number, look at the chart.

http://www.d20pfsrd.com/classes/core-classes/druid/animal-companions

[Quatar]

Uhm, it's all on teh Animal Companion page: http://www.d20pfsrd.com/classes/core-classes/druid/animal-companions

Quote:

Skills

This lists the animal's total skill ranks. Animal companions can assign skill ranks to any skill listed under Animal Skills. If an animal companion increases its Intelligence to 10 or higher, it gains bonus skill ranks as normal. Animal companions with an Intelligence of 3 or higher can purchase ranks in any skill. An animal companion cannot have more ranks in a skill than it has Hit Dice.

Animal companions can have ranks in any of the following skills:

Acrobatics* (Dex), Climb* (Str), Escape Artist (Dex), Fly* (Dex), Intimidate (Cha), Perception* (Wis), Stealth* (Dex), Survival (Wis), and Swim* (Str).

All of the skills marked with an (*) are class skills for animal companions. Animal companions with an Intelligence of 3 or higher can put ranks into any skill.

[alexperience]

thanks @stabbbitydoom, that answered everything.