Hunter's Animal Companion tricks

[Styrofoam]

Just recently bought Advanced Class Guide and am running into some questions making a Hunter for PFS. I tried to search for clarification, but cant find any official word.

On page 26 it indicates that you can train your Animal Companion with Skirmisher's Hunter's Tricks. I am unclear on two points

1)What is the Handle Animal DC to train these? I would guess DC25, but not sure.
2)Are the Hunter's Tricks limited in uses to 1/2HD + wisdom mod per day? I have found this stated in an unofficial post, but it would make sense.

Can someone provide links to official statements about these rules?

[Flutter]

The only official clarification i'm aware of is

Linky

Answered in the upcoming ACG errata. For now a preview (exact wording subject to change)
Previewed Errata wrote:

“The animal companion can use skirmisher tricks when commanded, a number of times per day equal to half its hit dice plus its Wisdom modifier.”

As for training, 25 sounds like a fair dc, but that shouldn't be an issue all that often. Your animal comes fully trained and bonus tricks are learned automatically. The only time you'd need to train the tricks is if the animal died, you increased their intelligence, or you released your companion from service and acquired a new friend.

*tap tap taps pointy stick* and it better not be from them dying.

[Styrofoam]

Flutter wrote:

scary tap tapping...

Thanks. I even found that thread but missed that post, doh.

While things and PCs seem to die a lot around here, I surely don't plan on killing it. Was planning on taking weap finesse on a Wolf then dismissing it at lvl 7 and then picking up his stronger grown-up cousin.

[Jessex]

Flutter wrote:

*tap tap taps pointy stick* and it better not be from them dying.

But they're so yummy....

[kinevon]

Jessex wrote:

Flutter wrote:

*tap tap taps pointy stick* and it better not be from them dying.

But they're so yummy....

So the stick is to make Companion Kabobs?

[something random]

Flutter wrote:

As for training, 25 sounds like a fair dc, but that shouldn't be an issue all that often. Your animal comes fully trained and bonus tricks are learned automatically. The only time you'd need to train the tricks is if the animal died, you increased their intelligence, or you released your companion from service and acquired a new friend.

*tap tap taps pointy stick* and it better not be from them dying.

I am not doubting that you are right that animal compainions come fully trained but can you tell me where it says that as I can't seam to find it.

[Flutter]

something random wrote:

Flutter wrote:

As for training, 25 sounds like a fair dc, but that shouldn't be an issue all that often. Your animal comes fully trained and bonus tricks are learned automatically. The only time you'd need to train the tricks is if the animal died, you increased their intelligence, or you released your companion from service and acquired a new friend.

*tap tap taps pointy stick* and it better not be from them dying.

I am not doubting that you are right that animal compainions come fully trained but can you tell me where it says that as I can't seam to find it.

The first time a character with levels in druid, ranger, or any other class that grants an animal companion gains an animal companion, the animal enters play knowing its maximum number of tricks as dictated by the animal companion's Intelligence and the character's effective druid level

[something random]

Flutter wrote:

something random wrote:

Flutter wrote:

As for training, 25 sounds like a fair dc, but that shouldn't be an issue all that often. Your animal comes fully trained and bonus tricks are learned automatically. The only time you'd need to train the tricks is if the animal died, you increased their intelligence, or you released your companion from service and acquired a new friend.

*tap tap taps pointy stick* and it better not be from them dying.

I am not doubting that you are right that animal compainions come fully trained but can you tell me where it says that as I can't seam to find it.

The first time a character with levels in druid, ranger, or any other class that grants an animal companion gains an animal companion, the animal enters play knowing its maximum number of tricks as dictated by the animal companion's Intelligence and the character's effective druid level

Thank you