animal companion

[lazar]

The druid died in our last adventure leaving his animal companion. How do I handle the animal companion? Does it continue to act on it's own gaining 3 actions? or does it return to it's previous wild nature, or does it just stand idly by awaiting commands that never come? In the same adventure the alchemist dropped unconscious and he stated his familiar was going to give him a healing potion which it stored on it's person. Are they able to follow such instructions?

[Mellored]

That is up to the DM. Having it protect the grave of the druid sounds like a good story. But it should no longer be a part of the adventuring party (unless someone else tames it).

The familiar would not act on it's own, but I would allow it. Making a reasonable assumption that it was given the command ahead of time.