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Legacy of Dragons features an option to raise a drake as a unique companion, along with 5 new archetypes for cavaliers, druids, paladins, rangers and shamans that incorporate them instead of a traditional animal companion or mount.
Do you have to pick the TYPE of drake you're using, like a forest or spire or magma drake? The rules seem to indicate that you may select whatever damage type you want for the drake's breath, and that it can be any non-good alignment. If the drake has a specific type, does that mean that the Silver Paladin archetype may only have a forest or spire drake, since they're the only lawful ones? Does your drake's alignment have to be within one step of your own? Or is this some sort of morphic drake who doesn't match any one specific species or alignment, and the point is this moot?
All archetypes that gain a drake companion progress the same(albeit the ranger's on size).
As for alignment and types: Your drake companion's alignment matches your own, and you choose one of six elemental types, as you don't actually gain an actual Bestiary Drake as a companion. It's more akin to an animal companion, sort of.
Drake's alignment is any non-good with no restrictions on matching that of the PC. (Obviously a Paladin's needs to be non-evil, and will probably work best with LN.)
The types are aether, fire, water, air, and earth. It's got its own special progression, similar to an animal companion but with a different progression table, HD, etc. Pyromancer seems to be referencing another book entirely.
Drake's alignment is any non-good with no restrictions on matching that of the PC. (Obviously a Paladin's needs to be non-evil, and will probably work best with LN.)
Ah, forgot about the has to be non-good part. This is correct.
The types are aether, fire, water, air, and earth. It's got its own special progression, similar to an animal companion but with a different progression table, HD, etc. Pyromancer seems to be referencing another book entirely.
I mentioned that the progression is similar to an animal companion. As for the types, there is also cold.
Do drake companions qualify for boon companion?
I don't think so, drake companions don't count as animal companions at all.
Roger... I'm feeling it's time to make my Gnomish cavalier then.