Druid Animal Companion


Rules Questions


Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Superscriber; Pathfinder Starfinder Adventure Path, Starfinder Roleplaying Game Subscriber

I have a player creating a Druid that will be starting out at lvl 8. His Natures Bond is a tiger.
Would this tiger with an effective Druid lvl of 8 had 8HD or 7HD?

I was under the impression that the druids lvl was the lvl of the pet as well. I'm using Hero Lab and it has his pet as an effect druid lvl of 8 but only 7HD. So I'm trying to understand if Hero Lab is wrong or if I am misunderstanding something.

Thank You,

H2Os


http://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG/prd/coreRulebook/classes/druid.html#druid

The animal companion gains hit dice at a different rate than the player character. Starting at level 7, it starts to fall behind.

The rate is 1.5+0.75*[effective_druid_level] rounded down to the nearest integer.


Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Superscriber; Pathfinder Starfinder Adventure Path, Starfinder Roleplaying Game Subscriber
n00bxqb wrote:

http://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG/prd/coreRulebook/classes/druid.html#druid

The animal companion gains hit dice at a different rate than the player character. Starting at level 7, it starts to fall behind.

The rate is 1.5+0.75*[effective_druid_level] rounded down to the nearest integer.

Thank you, thank you. You know I've looked at the page in the core rule book several several times. I'm not sure why I didn't look at the huge table above the paragraph.


link ref
http://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG/prd/coreRulebook/classes/druid.html#druid

Go to Table: Animal Companion Base Statistics

to stat the tiger

Cat, Big (Lion, Tiger)

Starting Statistics: Size Medium; Speed 40 ft.; AC +1 natural armor; Attack bite (1d6), 2 claws (1d4); Ability Scores Str 13, Dex 17, Con 13, Int 2, Wis 15, Cha 10; Special Attacks rake (1d4); Special Qualities low-light vision, scent.

next addon

7th-Level Advancement: Size Large; AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d8), 2 claws (1d6); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex –2, Con +4; Special Attacks grab, pounce, rake (1d6) .

now look on the Animal Companion Base Statistics table so a 7th level druid animal companion would have

6 Hit dice(1d8)
+ 4 BAB
+ 5 fort save
+ 5 Ref save
+ 2 will save
6 skill points to spend scroll down to "Animal Skills"
3 feat to sort out scroll down to "Animal Feats"
+ 4 Natural Armor Bonus
+ 2 to both Str/Dex
+ 3 Bonus Tricks and how trick work can be found under Handle Animal skill and in effect you pick the trick you want
Special abilitys the animal has Link, share spells, Evasion, Ability score increase & Devotion.

Hope this is of help

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