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I know that a character can buy a horse (variety)or an attack dog/riding dog. Are there other options available for trained animals and/or is there a list of purchasable animal cohorts that are legal in PFS?
Is the horse/warhorse/riding dog the best you can buy for a character? I have a riding dog now for lvl 1-3 but, they don't seem to level with you in any way. I am looking more for combat pets of a sort and not so much useless 1/2 cr squirrels or familiars.
To clarify, these are not animal companions that you get via classes or special abilities, but animals that "anyone" can buy.
Someone mentioned axebeaks, but thought they were only adolescent or something? Are there adults? I don't even know what an axebeak is... ;)
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Ok, so we know that you cannot buy an elephant and there are some other smaller critters in the adventurer's armory that you can buy pre-trained.
What about the rest? Rules guys? PFS masters?
Handle animal shows that you can Rear an animal from birth. Is this the sort of thing that is not allowed in PFS or would it be allowed? Say I found a baby (insert something cool here).
Could I rear it, train it, and use it as my combat animal?
Would GM/DMs be ok with it if I had a GM/Dm sign off on each chronicle sheet regarding that I did in fact make my rolls to rear it and teach it stuff?
Would I have to find it in an actual adventure (and not kill it) or could I "find" it like I "find/buy" equipment in shops before/after an adventure (to be listed on my chronicle sheet)?
Can I only do this with baby animals? What if I find a fully grown bear or something?
Or is this something that is just not really allowed in PFS at all?
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Ok, so we know that you cannot buy an elephant and there are some other smaller critters in the adventurer's armory that you can buy pre-trained.
What about the rest? Rules guys? PFS masters?
Handle animal shows that you can Rear an animal from birth. Is this the sort of thing that is not allowed in PFS or would it be allowed? Say I found a baby (insert something cool here).
Could I rear it, train it, and use it as my combat animal?
Would GM/DMs be ok with it if I had a GM/Dm sign off on each chronicle sheet regarding that I did in fact make my rolls to rear it and teach it stuff?
Would I have to find it in an actual adventure (and not kill it) or could I "find" it like I "find/buy" equipment in shops before/after an adventure (to be listed on my chronicle sheet)?
Can I only do this with baby animals? What if I find a fully grown bear or something?
Or is this something that is just not really allowed in PFS at all?
While finding one and training it is cool back story, there isn't a way to do so in PFS. You'd need to find an animal you could purchase in one of the legal books. The AA has some more I believe, but I don't have it on me atm.
You also need to remember that only the animals in the Core Book are considered "always available". Any other animals from any legal sources would require you to have enough TPA to cover the cost. For example, if a legal additional source listed an animal for 100 gold, you would have to have 4 TPA before you could purchase it, or if there was a critter listed at 1000 gold, you would have to have 9 TPA, etc. Also, nothing found in a scenario can be kept for free. Everything has to be bought in PFS play.
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You also need to remember that only the animals in the Core Book are considered "always available". Any other animals from any legal sources would require you to have enough TPA to cover the cost. For example, if a legal additional source listed an animal for 100 gold, you would have to have 4 TPA before you could purchase it, or if there was a critter listed at 1000 gold, you would have to have 9 TPA, etc. Also, nothing found in a scenario can be kept for free. Everything has to be bought in PFS play.
hmmm... I wonder if that was intentional, I was just about to correct you on this, but then I realized you where correct.
All mundane (completely nonmagical) weapons, armor, equipment, and alchemical gear found in any other source that is legal for play are considered always available.
It does not mention Animals, unless that falls under equipment..
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Non-combat animals can be purchased as equipment. However, as non-combatants, they are completely ignored in combat.
The only combatant animals allowed are those granted through class features (ACs, Familiars...) or the specific trained animals available for purchase in sanctioned sources (Core Rulebook, AA), or ones that have been trained and tracked on Chronicles.
Sorry, Wolflord, no rearing a found pup, or getting an animal from an adventure.
You could purchase a non-trained animal from an equipment list and train it yourself, but at one trick per scenario it's probably not worth it.