Is there any way similar to Familiar Melding that let's you possess either a familiar or animal companion without leaving your body behind?
You want Greater Possession, an 8th level spell.
Nice! I also found "share skin" so far
Mind Swap works if you want to keep your body occupied in case of emergency.
If you just need the form of your pet, Share Shape is good.
I'm mostly trying to clean up my carbon footprint a bit and put all my characters into one figure on the map, and maybe have a bit of fun combat utility, using your animal companions strength and your mental stats sounds fun too. She skin is nearly perfect, its just too bad its 1 minute per level and I have to wait until level 11.
A fun goal is to combine animal companion with a familiar, just like the nature shamans level 16 ability (but that comes way too late). There is a hunter archetype that plays with this idea a bit, but doesn't really go the direction I wanted it to go.
Synthesist summoner?
Synthesist summoner?
It's banned at every table I've ever played in. Paizos little "oopsie" archetype. :)
Huh, I've had a couple (unchained) in my games and not felt like they were problematic, but I know lots of folks have other ideas and experiences.