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Oh! So if my beloved Hoot dies, I can take another Owlbear?
All of my tables have acted like he was one and done. Many of my fellow PCs have acted quickly to save him whenever he's gone down, because we all thought he'd be gone forever if he died.
Huh. My gnome tutor, Basil, is falling down on his job, keeping me up-to-date. (Or maybe I misread the chronicle because I'm a blind oracle.)
Thank you Andy. I just learned something new today.
Hmm
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Wait the boon that says you get one egg to raise allows you full access? That is a pretty charitable interpretation of that boon.This one allows you full access, and not singular access:
Owlbear Companion: You recovered a clutch of owlbear eggs and may raise one of the hatchlings as a pet. If you possess a class feature that permits you to take a bear as an animal companion or mount that progresses as an animal companion, you may instead gain the service of an owlbear. The owlbear companion uses the stats of a bear companion with the following modifications: all Handle Animal checks made to train or handle the owlbear suffer a –4 penalty; the bonus granted by the devotion ability increases to +5; the creature’s starting Charisma score is 10; and the animal companion looks like an owlbear instead of a normal bear. This owlbear is considered an animal for all purposes.
Did you just purposefully ignore the bolded part? And it doesn't say you get one egg. It says you recover a clutch of eggs and can raise one of the hatchlings as a pet. But it doesn't say you only ever get one. Indeed, the bolded part says that you get to add the owlbear to your list of companions if you could normally take a bear.
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Wait the boon that says you get one egg to raise allows you full access? That is a pretty charitable interpretation of that boon.This one allows you full access, and not singular access:
Owlbear Companion: You recovered a clutch of owlbear eggs and may raise one of the hatchlings as a pet. If you possess a class feature that permits you to take a bear as an animal companion or mount that progresses as an animal companion, you may instead gain the service of an owlbear. The owlbear companion uses the stats of a bear companion with the following modifications: all Handle Animal checks made to train or handle the owlbear suffer a –4 penalty; the bonus granted by the devotion ability increases to +5; the creature’s starting Charisma score is 10; and the animal companion looks like an owlbear instead of a normal bear. This owlbear is considered an animal for all purposes.Did you just purposefully ignore the bolded part? And it doesn't say you get one egg. It says you recover a clutch of eggs and can raise one of the hatchlings as a pet. But it doesn't say you only ever get one. Indeed, the bolded part says that you get to add the owlbear to your list of companions if you could normally take a bear.
I'd parse that as: you may raise one of the hatchlings as a pet, or instead gain it's services as an animal companion (if able).
It does need clearer wording though. It would be nice if Paizo developed a library of stock text that could be reused for each boon. A tick box and the words 'by ticking the box' after 'pet' would make it a lot clearer.
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Storywise, I do think it is actually "one and done" for Bobbi. She carried that owlbear egg in her backpack for three adventures until it finally hatched for her.
(IE, she got her primal companion revelation.)
So if Hoot dies, I really can't imagine replacing him with another Owlbear. The cry of "Hooooooot!" as he charges into battle.... It just would not be the same with a different Owlbear.
Hmm