Bully Animal Companion Archetype Broken?


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The Bully Animal Companion Archetype reads:

Ultimate Wilderness wrote:


Bully Feat: In addition to the standard feats available to animal companions, a bully can select Greater Bull Rush, Greater Overrun, Greater Reposition, Greater Trip, Improved Reposition, and Improved Trip. It can use Power Attack instead of Combat Expertise as a prerequisite to qualify for feats on this list.

It says nothing about ignoring the Int 13 requirement of those feats, which doesn't seem intentional because with an Int of at least 3, they can take those feats without them being on the Animal List anyway.

Is this a mistake?


Probably an oversight by whomever envisioned the archetype. so instead of Int 13 and Combat Expertise, Bully archetype Animal Companions need Str 13 and Power Attack to be able to take those feats.

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Jakkedin wrote:
Probably an oversight by whomever envisioned the archetype. so instead of Int 13 and Combat Expertise, Bully archetype Animal Companions need Str 13 and Power Attack to be able to take those feats.

Is that from something like a Dev Post or speculation?


Definitely an oversight (IMHO). I don't see the word "bully" anywhere in the Ultimate Wilderness Potential Errata thread, so it's not caught yet. You should probably post there to maximize the chance of it being fixed early.

Xenocrat wrote:

This thread is for posting all potential errata, errors, or obvious FAQ candidates in one location.

Please post the page number, what the rule/issue is, and an explanation of what the potential error or ambiguity is.

Man, that first UW errata is going to be huge.


The Voice of Mag wrote:
Jakkedin wrote:
Probably an oversight by whomever envisioned the archetype. so instead of Int 13 and Combat Expertise, Bully archetype Animal Companions need Str 13 and Power Attack to be able to take those feats.
Is that from something like a Dev Post or speculation?

Pure Speculation considering all the issues that everyone keeps finding. Since the book hasn't been looked over for PFS yet, anyone using the book would be home game anyways and the GM should just remove the Int 13 pre-req. And power attack requires Str 13.

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