The extent of "Totem Beast" options


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Scarab Sages

Here is the Totem Beast feat.

Here is the full list of Animal Focus options.

My question is, could one choose an option from the "Specific Archetypes Only" section with Totem Beast?

Liberty's Edge

Considering that they were introduced with the specific archetypes and not as a separate list, I don't think so, unless your character has the required archetype.

If the question is from a home game, I think that the creatures that are actually animals, as defined by the game (so, no Aboleth or Fly, and so on), could be allowed without problems.

Note how you can get access to some of them from different archetypes (crab, octopus, turtle, shark).
The octopus has different bonuses depending on the archetype:

AoN wrote:


Octopus (Blood of the Sea pg. 22) [Aquatic Beastmaster]: The creature gains a +4 competence bonus on Swim checks and a +2 competence bonus on grapple combat maneuver checks. These bonuses increase to +6 and +4, respectively, at 8th level and to +8 and +6 at 15th level.

Octopus (Ultimate Intrigue pg. 64) [Courtly Hunter]: The creature gains a +4 competence bonus on Escape Artist checks. This bonus increases to +6 at 8th level and +8 at 15th level.

I see that as an indirect confirmation that the archetype is what determines if you have access to a specific totem beast in the "Specific Archetypes Only" section on AoN.

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