Boon Companion & Cavaliers, Paladins, etc.

[Littleian]

Boon Companion lists "Animal companion class feature or familiar class feature" as a prereq.

Cavaliers and (some) Paladins receive a mount that 'functions as an animal companion'. Does this allow them to take the Boon Companion feat? And can anyone point me to a formal ruling, or a forum post from a dev that addresses this? I'm sure this question has been asked before, but I have been unable to find a ruling on it from a 'reputable' source.

[Fuzzy-Wuzzy]

Well, if cavaliers/paladins can't take Boon Companion because they don't have a class feature called "animal companion," then neither can druids (who have a class feature called "nature bond" that can be used to take an a/c) nor rangers (who have a class feature called "hunter's bond" that can be used to take an a/c). I'm not sure anyone except hunters actually has a literal "animal companion" class feature.

Oh, and wizards can't take it for their familiar because they don't have a "familiar" class feature, they have an "arcane bond" class feature that can be used to take a familiar.

My favorite dev post on why this sort of thing is okay is here. Long, but enlightening.

Hope something of the above suffices for your needs.

[Mysterious Stranger]

A Cavalier or Paladin can take boon companion. The only thing to keep in mind is that the get a full strength animal companion. So unless they are multiclassing they gain no benefit from the feat.

[Littleian]

Fuzzy-Wuzzy wrote:

Well, if cavaliers/paladins can't take Boon Companion because they don't have a class feature called "animal companion," then neither can druids (who have a class feature called "nature bond" that can be used to take an a/c) nor rangers (who have a class feature called "hunter's bond" that can be used to take an a/c). I'm not sure anyone except hunters actually has a literal "animal companion" class feature.

Oh, and wizards can't take it for their familiar because they don't have a "familiar" class feature, they have an "arcane bond" class feature that can be used to take a familiar.

My favorite dev post on why this sort of thing is okay is here. Long, but enlightening.

Hope something of the above suffices for your needs.

Thank you, this is exactly what I was looking for