I am very confused on whether the Totem Spiritualist needs to command their Animal Phantom in the same manner as an Animal Companion? The archetype mentions that that the animal gets tricks, but it does not grant Handel Animal as a class skill. The base class does not have Handel Animal as a class skill, either.
I am very confused on whether the Totem Spiritualist needs to command their Animal Phantom in the same manner as an Animal Companion? The archetype mentions that that the animal gets tricks, but it does not grant Handel Animal as a class skill. The base class does not have Handel Animal as a class skill, either.
"A phantom animal functions like an animal companion except as noted in the descriptions below" and the description doesn't say anything to the contrary, so yes, they do need to be handled. Not giving the archetype Handle Animal as a class skill was probably an oversight.
Although, you can't actually target an outsider with handle animal. That's also probably an oversight.