Animal Companion Acting w / o Guidance? WWWD

[GM 1990]

Looking for opinions before I hit up the GM.

WWWD: What would wolf do? If his druid is raging...

My druid is considering a dip in Bloodrager to get arcane spell access for wands/scrolls as our party has no arcane caster. BR is nice because I'd not miss a BAB boost like I would taking Wiz/Sorc.

I'm light on my feet already sticking with Hideshirt armor and light load, so the +10 move would be a nice base of 40' as well.

However, while raging, no skills involving CHA (which handle animal is).

So, even though druids can handle their companion as a free action, and Attack only requires you to point at a creature you want the companion to attack - what is your opinion.

Would the wolf continue to attack another creature of similar type, attack the creature his druid moves to next, or just sit idle until the druid is out of rage? I kind of makes me wonder how I'll control him when in wild-shape as well?

Would "pointing" even require a handle animal check for a companion with Attack trained?

Opinion's welcomed.

[dragonhunterq]

You just need a new trick.

Defend (DC 20): wrote:

The animal defends you (or is ready to defend you if no threat is present), even without any command being given. Alternatively, you can command the animal to defend another specific character.

[Fuzzy-Wuzzy]

Wolves are untamed predators. They should attack obvious enemies once combat starts w/o being told to. Of course, their choice of target may not be tactically optimal.

Personally I expect an animal companion to function somewhat usefully even if the PC falls unconscious or dies---again, not necessarily with optimal choices.

[GM 1990]

dragonhunterq wrote:

You just need a new trick.

Defend (DC 20): wrote:

The animal defends you (or is ready to defend you if no threat is present), even without any command being given. Alternatively, you can command the animal to defend another specific character.

...or something real simple and non-controversial. He knows that trick as well - I've actually even used it before, but its been a while.

That pretty much seals the deal on BloodRager dip then.