InEffect. Thanks, sorry for being thick but does that mean choosing animal domain is actually a bad choice for a pure druid? #2. 147 A lost animal companion, cohort, familiar, or follower can be raised or resurrected with spells such as raise dead, resurrection, or true resurrection. I read another post that I needed to rest, so I did just that and he still. It says the creature will become one size larger at level 7, so is that at my class level 7 (which I will never reach) or the creature's level 7?. If you buff him, too, he doesn't really fall that behind. so if the Con damage remains after you raise them, be ready to give them some restoration-type spells too. At any time you can. 3 Sacred huntmaster to give your pet outflank. Yes, it's correct. Pure druid it's fine as long as you pay the. A Monster Tactician gets boosted summons and can still take animal domain for a pet. Two-handed Fighter archetype with a falchion actually works really well because of the boosted strength from DD. (that's level 7, and you're mostly useless except your animal companion) Then you suggest adding 4 levels of MT with Boon Companion. Product Line Adventure Paths. Races Unleashed - more player races. r/Pathfinder_Kingmaker • Hello, crusaders! A new update 2. Two of them in your party will tear things up late game, and are great for buffs early on, while adding 2 more animal companions for your front line. Selecting your animal companion is. (and training) Use a falchion or a scimitar. it's easier to count that way instead of looking at the chart. A large, powerful omnivore, the grizzly bear inhabits many of the world's forested hills. Ekundayo. Class skills and skill ranks are not affected by archetypes. Druids by default scale their pets off of their own level. Boon Companion is a feat in Pathfinder: Kingmaker. All Discussions Screenshots Artwork Broadcasts Videos News Guides. 3) you control animal companions but not summons. We sometime need to rest or travel for the animal to appear. They can, both active skill checks and passive ones like perception to notice that Arue is the one true. Instead of. Pathfinder: Kingmaker > General Discussions > Topic Details. Once per day on command, this pearl enables the possessor to recall any one spell that they had prepared and then cast that day. There are twelve companions in Pathfinder: Kingmaker. Love Wilson, though. Go to Pathfinder_Kingmaker r/Pathfinder. No buffs, and the first few levels will not advance your existing pet and will need boon companion to fix. This curious artifact, Pearl of Power, will appear in the 2. - medium spellcasting class, +15/+10/+5 attack bonus. My bro doesn't like both Camellia and tiefling bro, so he teach his horse how to pick locks. #1. Those domain slots don't have the best spells, but since they can be converted into summons i really see no reason to not take animal domain instead of animal companion (unless you have a very specific feat. Iron will and improved iron will are good fillers. KainYusanagi • 5 yr. #3. fiskerton_fero Bard • 2 yr. Use the Bag of Tricks mod from the Nexus. Pathfinder: Kingmaker. If the wielder is wild shaped into a bear or if their animal companion is a bear, the sonic and electrical damage from their attacks is increased to 1d10. Additional random fact: Wolves are the smallest in terms of occupied area, but are barely worse of stat wise than Dogs. Barbarian is mad dog, and you use feats for boon companion (5 total) giving you a maxed level animal companion. All the things regular Druids get and then some. ago. Companions have their own personalities and attitudes, as well as unique character. ★ ARCANE ON TWITCH ARCANE ON TWITTER SUBSCRIBE ON YT BECOME A. - Animal companions: Leopard for his small size (that is very important) Smilodon for dps Elk is good overall Bear is nice and fun with scimitar - The best weapon to pick if your front line is full with summons and animal companions, then it's probably a reach weapon like the glaive or a fauchard. Death's Door - characters (and pets) won't die whenreceive a deadly injury, they get the death's door effect. Animal domain gives a pet at class level 4 with a -3 level penalty, so you need to take Boon Companion to scale it up to its full potential. Versus Leopard's 33. Druid with Boar. So in Unfair, the number of attacks becomes important, since that gives you chances for a. I played a bit a Druid with a smilodon, and it is indeed a mauling machine, but I was forced to restart due to bugs ruining my saves. Pros: Animal companions no longer have arrested progression: whenever their owner gains a new level in a class that grants access to an animal companion, the animal gains a new level. 2) WTF is with the idle animation spam loop for animal companions (sometimes indefiniate). Add PDF $29. They simply cannot compete at later levels against characters that have high stats, magic armor/weapons and such. Then, as i recently found out, the "level" shown on the animal is it's Hit Dice not it's actual level. r/Pathfinder_Kingmaker. Then to get the cleric trader to cast it 1) open inventory, 2) right click on the character that you want to raise and select open character screen. That said a fully buffed leopard pet is more than viable on unfair both in terms of ac and attack damage. Should have a bard for good hope (+2 to almost anything). So a single class Druid have full normal progression on their pet, and the feat is useless. 2 Mad Dog for a +2 to hit while attacking the same target as your pet. Sylvan Sorcerer is an Archetype of the Sorcerer class in Pathfinder: Kingmaker. <insert "Kung-fu Panda" joke here> But you need DEX 13 to take Dodge and INT 3 to take Improved Unarmed Strike. Picked smilidon and took boon companion once to bring it up to full progression. No ress needed. Death's Door - characters (and pets) won't die whenreceive a deadly injury, they get the death's door effect. After playing around with both I've learned: 1) animal companions are a lot better from level 1, level 4 with boon companion at level 5 is a pain. Now go back and level up your doggo and give it a name. Your gave a cleric and a dps/tank that is stronger than most npc you get. I'm currently playing as wizard-based elven arcane trickster, a great choice generally. For level one, yes, but there's other methods to pick them up at level 4 and to end up with the Animal's level being = to your class level. A subreddit for all things involving Pathfinder CRPG series made by Owlcat Games. Animal domain grants an animal companion once you hit level 4. g. 99. If you really want to make your animal companion higher level there is a setting in toybox under party->pets->allow levels past 20, but it really isn't needed. While he has low constitution and. Monks get 5 total bonus feats by 17 btw, which makes up for taking them. 2. A certain late game Fey has AC in the 60s. How do you spent the last 5 character levels is up to you. Your effective druid level for this animal companion is equal to your cleric level – 3. So a single class Druid have full normal progression on their pet, and the feat is useless. Your animal will not level up as long as you don't level up your Ranger in this case. If you go 1 level of Fighter and 1 level of Druid, your animal companion will be level 1, if you go 5 levels of druid and 15 of. Portraits ; By Citrus457; 771. r/Pathfinder_Kingmaker • Animal Companions and Owlcat's flawed game design. Details: store. Camellia is your next best choice as a companion already set up to be a tank, but Woljif and Regill can also make great tanks if built correctly. Pathfinder: Kingmaker > General Discussions > Topic Details. All the things regular Druids get and then some. Morthra • Druid • 5 yr. Druids in general can either go blasty or go fighty. 5 times their Strength score on damage rolls with that weapon. If you want to play a multiclass, try something like Fighter/Bard/Dragon Disciple, with 8 levels in DD and at least 4-5 in fighter for Weapon Specialization. The other has the same for only their animal companion. Companions in Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous assist the player by joining his/her party and have their own backstories and unique characteristics/ Quests. An animal is a living, nonhuman creature, usually a vertebrate with no magical abilities and no innate capacity for. Ranger 5/Fighter 2 with Boon Companion = Animal at level 5. Beast tamer gets free summoning feats and a special song to buff summons. Bear is good with the Thundering Claw of the Bear God scimitar that adds 1d10 damage to each animal companion attack. At the 5th level choose the feat boon companion so your companion will be as strong as if you chose companion from. ZeroStarkiller Sep 29, 2018 @ 10:24pm. Ranger 7 with Boon Companion = Animal at level 7. In WotR things changed up a bit, now companions actually level up to 20, my level 20 dog has 26 DEx without equipment and buffs. but can not move to cave again. You should see a health bar you can click on to expand out the companion (of course NOT in overland travel mode). (For the purposes of below, 'AC' = 'Animal. The build starts with combining Amiri's so-so early game damage with an Animal Companion to really make her shine. Pathfinder is a tabletop RPG based off of the 3. (Heavy Crossbow) Recommended Animal Companion: Dog / *Leopard* / Monitor Lizard / Wolf Recommended Starter Spells: Grease, Mage Armor _Level Progression_ Ability Score Increase: Level 4 Charisma Level 8 Charisma Level 12 Charisma Level 16 Charisma Level 20 Charisma. With the right choices, your animal companion can be a scout, a striker, a defender, or. I don't know if you get a full level for all classes though (like ranger only gets it at lv4 so the first 3 levels might not count). ago. All natural attacks from both the wielder of this scimitar and the wielder's animal companion have concussive and shocking modifier applied to them. •. That said a fully buffed leopard pet is more than viable on unfair both in terms of ac and attack damage. Literally every single guide, build post etc I've seen recommends Erastil as your animal domain deity choice over Gozreh. It's a feat tax and also a stat tax because the dex animal companions also have inherent buffs to str and debuffs to dex. You may have noticed a theme among the pet classes that aren't Barbarian or Ranger. Reviving a Dead Companion; Finding a Replacement + An entry marked with this has additional sections within it. Smilodon has significantly more damage potential, but the Leopard trips and I believe it is slightly tankier while still having decent damage output. Ekundayo. Like any good RPG, Pathfinder: Kingmaker is full of unique and diverse companions to travel with your player-character throughout the adventure. ÄmJii May 1, 2021 @ 3:53am. Yes I have long rested many times since getting the ability. I wouldn't bother giving her an animal companion. The domain however gives you a domain spell slot so you can cast an extra spell per level, but only the domain spell. If I give Seelah a horse, I name it Acemi after the paladin whose death led to her becoming one. So far on super hard fights the boar is always the last standing. Rangers will work as well, however they don't get their animal companion till level 4, so it won't start leveling with them till then i. 4. All natural attacks from both the wielder of this scimitar and the wielder's animal companion have. Summons vs Animal Companion. 771. r/Pathfinder_Kingmaker A subreddit for all things involving Pathfinder CRPG series made by Owlcat Games. It gets Pounce and 5 full-power natural attacks that each deal 1. I made an entire party of Half-Orcs, each with some form of animal companion. Ranger 7 with Boon Companion = Animal at level 7. Unlike normal animals of its kind, an animal companion's Hit Dice, abilities, skills, and feats advance as the druid advances in level. I'll be playing on Challenging difficulty, Neutral Good alignment, no mods. My first two I stopped because their domain powers didn't work. 5. $egingroup$ You may want to include something that MivaScott included in a deleted comment. This mount functions as a druid's animal companion, using your oracle level as your effective druid. NamelessOne Feb 28, 2021 @ 1:05pm. All Discussions Screenshots Artwork Broadcasts Videos News Guides Reviews. But unfortunately the mod seems to be out of date. Size Large; AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d8), 2 claws (2d4), or spikes (ranged 1d6, 24 per 24 hours); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex -2, Con +4. Furthermore, it’s buffed by the hunters 2 animal foci with +4 con from Bear and +4 Str. 5. The only real drawback is that you don't get the animal companion until level 4 and you need to burn a feat to bring it up to full strength. Plus, with an animal companion there's a real issue getting one that, sans you actually taking advantage of the mobility, has a) good damage b) good ac c) can overcome enemy DR which is a big issue in a game full of demons (even if you can overcome it with mythic, for portions of the game it'll be doing nothing, and horses still don't have. Exactly, trickster into legend gendarme does 35k+ damage per charge. While being in your party companions will react. Pathfinder: CRPG - Kingmaker & WotR. r/Pathfinder_Kingmaker. I've had an idea for a My Little Pony-inspired run with Azata Arcanist MC Twilight Sparkle (rename the dragon companion to Spike) and five mercenaries to represent the rest of the Mane Six. . Harrim is a problem companion. Pathfinder: CRPG - Kingmaker & WotR. r/Pathfinder_Kingmaker • Animal Companions and Owlcat's flawed game design. A Erinye. Those companions can still trip via the Trip standard action, but not by attacking. 1. I'm guessing you don't know how to level up animal companions yet. I ran a party with a Longspear wielding MT of Gozreh, an Erastil Animal/Community domain cleric and a druid. You can pull this off with humble bismuth btw lol. You have to lose individual power to get bard songs. Baked Spider Legs, Black Linnorm Stew, Broiled Tuskwater Oysters, Cheese Crostata, Chocolate Ice Cream, First World Mince Pie, Fish-on-a-Stick, Galt Ragout, Giant Scrambled Egg with Shambletus, Grilled Silver Eel, Haggis, Hearty Meal, Hearty Purple Soup, Hunter's. Namely, there is the feat 'boon companion' which raises the AC's level by 4 up to a max of your character level. Inq with Leopard. The actual calculation for an animal's level seems to be roughly (0. 83K Members. • 5 yr. 2 Update, along with The Lord of Nothing DLC. r/Pathfinder_Kingmaker A subreddit for all things involving Pathfinder CRPG series made by Owlcat Games. Pathfinder: Kingmaker. Defender of the True World: - at Level 3, 8, 13, 18, both the Defender and her Animal Companion get +1 Attack / Damage against Fey (can confirm) Mad Dog: - Level 2, Pack Tactics: +2 Attack when Flanking (not listed as an AnC Feat, may be bugged) - Level 5, Ferocious Fetch: Improved Trip; be careful as some. 5 Ruleset of Dungeons and Dragons. So a level 10 Ranger has the same pet as a. than 5 spellkasting classes or advance to lv21 - game will crush. It makes sense to me that an animal companion would be better in a fight than its wild counterpart, because it benefits from a human training it. Ranger with Wolf (has the pet feat to give it full level) Barb with Mamoth. It autolevels when you level on something that has an animal companion feat, it stacks. This means there are no long term consequences/costs to losing your animal companion. A Touch Of Magic - arcane archer and deadeye devotee prestige classes. The games are similar to classic RPG games such as Baldur's Gate and Neverwinter Nights. The abilities of your animal companion are calculated as though your class were 4 levels higher, to a maximum effective level equal to your character level. Yeah animal companions have several extra HD and some extra AC compared to the tabletop which make them tankier than they otherwise would be. Tigers prefer terrain with plenty. Maybe in a mod, tho. #1. At Paladin Level 5 pick Divine Bond -> Animal Companion - Continue to have your Wolf companion scale with your Paladin levels. Pathfinder is a tabletop RPG based off of the 3. ★ ARCANE ON TWITCH ARCANE ON TWITTER SUBSCRIBE ON YT. 170. Pages:Pathfinder: Kingmaker > General Discussions > Topic Details. Kingmaker does te stats progression that is unique for each animal (in PnP the stat progression is a one off effect at level 4 or 7 depending on animal). Dead companions rise after combat - it's just what it says. ago. This one seems under the impression that the rules say otherwise "Most DMs have a monster die the instant it drops to 0 hit points, rather than having it fall unconscious and make death. Some animals use "claw", or "bite", the Boar. Abilities that grant you an animal companion also stack if the animal companion y ou pick is an eligible choice for both. Corrupted Galfrey. This is an animal companion version of Bear. Pathfinder: Kingmaker Animal Companions Bugged (4 posts) solved (4 posts) solved (4 posts) solved. Considering the amount of Fey enemies in this game, pretty much has +4 Attack Bonus (AB) and damage (mostly relevant to the animal companion. r/Pathfinder_Kingmaker. Ekun has a late pet with boon companion so you can see it play out with him. - Smilodon has the best damage output, but i would still recommend to take Leopard instead. ago. and a desire to see new rulers rise… and fall. Uploader: Citrus457. Get app Get the. #4. Arueshalae (broken. In WotR things changed up a bit, now companions actually level up to 20, my level 20 dog has 26 DEx without equipment and buffs. Using a restore on him does nothing, he is just in the 27k-35k xp range like a normal lvl 6 char. So he gets Ecclesitheurge penalties without good benefits to offset them. Join. If I wanted to muli with, Druid, Defender of the True World, Barbarian, Mad Dog, and Inquisitor, Sacred Huntsmaster,Thundering Claw of the Bear God is a +4 Shock Thundering Scimitar. Pathfinder is a tabletop RPG based off of the 3. I hit level 4 and picked a companion and he never showed up, not can I find some sort of ability anywhere to summon it. Full Animal Companions Elk/Bear (Elk for RP reasons. Basics: Arquetype defender of the true world (many ennemies will be feys). ago. Monster Tac gets a domain so can take animal domain and get a pet on top of his summons and gives his summons teamwork feats. In a settlement with a cleric scroll trader you need to buy the scroll you need. Pathfinder is a tabletop RPG based off of the 3. In practice speed difference is negligible because 1) You can charge, and 2)after the first turn, fights end up in a cluster fuck. A ranger who selects an animal companion can choose from the following list: badger, bird, camel, cat (small), dire rat, dog, horse, pony, snake (viper or constrictor), or wolf. They all have their own Races / Classes and equipment they begin with. Pages: 1. So the animal companion is just plain better than the wild version. The games are similar to classic RPG games such as. Ekundayo is. Melanholic7. You loose access to lvl 9 spells, you kind of have to. To my knowledge, the following companions trip on attack: Dog with bite. 2 Update, along with The Lord of Nothing DLC. 83K Members. Sarkoptesmilbe. I'm not sure you can make it drink potions, though. 0k. A Character with effective druid level of 11 will have an animal companion of Hitdie 9 (level 9) You can use this spreadsheet to see what their stats are based on your character level. 5 Ruleset of Dungeons and Dragons. -5/-10. so I'm still learning them I dont see "Evolved Companion" on list here. Wolf is a character in Pathfinder: Kingmaker. If you want a party with just ridiculous amounts of. Pathfinder: Kingmaker. Take a Monster Tactician with Animal Domain (Gozreh, Erastil) and massacre most of the content in Act 1 solo. It doesn't autolevel when you level. 4) find the raise/resurrect scroll that you want to. r/Pathfinder_Kingmaker A chip A close button. Various classes and archetypes are able to acquire an animal companion, an additional companion who will increase in power as the character takes additional levels in classes that have access to animal companions. Harrim. While playing, my animal companion died during battle, but once battle was over he did not get back up. A subreddit for all things involving Pathfinder CRPG series made by Owlcat Games. Its specific to the companion and attack. #7. (and training) Use a falchion or a scimitar. . Mork Aug 2, 2021 @ 5:08am. 1. Pro: - Knockdown (Trip) of foes, mainly with low Fortitude (casters, very noticeable) - Animal Companions natural attacks are treated as light weapons and use DEX for attack. Not everything, BAB and extra attacks continue to increase, but beyond that most things cap. r/Pathfinder_Kingmaker A subreddit for all things involving Pathfinder CRPG series made by Owlcat Games. On March 7, you'll have the chance to meet Ulbrig, the new companion from The Last Sarkorians DLC! And now — enjoy his musical theme, energetic and heroic as Ulbrig himself!Best. Inquisitor, Sorcerer, or Barbarian seemed to make no difference to animal stats other than shared teamwork feats. Using the most popular animal companion, a big cat, they start out with 13 str, and in the course of leveling up they gain +8 at level 7, an additional +6 spread throughout 18 levels, and there are +4 ability score increases that can also be applied to. Ranger*: they are good at hitting stuff and get bonus cheat feats. As i am aware large will be enough to use this companion as mount from the ruleset. With how Leading Strikes and Outflank work in RTWP it's the best companion when it comes to raw damage. If a character receives an animal companion from more than one source, her effective druid levels stack for the purposes of. Stay Paladin until level 11 for Mark of justice. r/Pathfinder_Kingmaker A subreddit for all things involving Pathfinder CRPG series made by Owlcat Games. ]An animal companion with only one natural attack add 1. Unlike the Animal Companions which (as far as I can tell) merely assist you in combat, your Familiar provides bonuses to your wizard. Pathfinder: CRPG - Kingmaker & WotR. KainYusanagi • 5 yr. Askray184 Druid • 2 yr. boon companion seems to fix the level issue as if you had started with it at level 1 for a single class MT. At least if you have a giant eagle which is large as companion you could sit on it and it would be still able to flight. Human base Fighter class is relatively straightforward martial depending on the type of weapon you want to use, and feels pretty good. 248. subscribers . Arue comes at level 8/10, animals are always going to be at lower levels and you'll be gimping her ranger class too. 0. Animal Companion is always good. At 20 that's true that it's level 16 as I had said with it's progression, but it's not capped at player level -4 if you get an animal companion at level 1. Tigers prefer terrain with plenty. Second, the two most recommended choices are a smilodon (5 attacks and pounce) or a leopard (3 attacks, trip attempt on a bite, and the highest of any animal companion). Animal companions are extremely good. ago. Other animals get 1d6 bite and/or 1d4 claw attacks, boars (and some other animals, not sure if they're in the vanilla game or not) get gore attacks (essentially, the animal trying to gore you with a horn or tusk). He was way better than the horse and centipede. There are twelve companions in Pathfinder: Kingmaker. r/Pathfinder_Kingmaker • Animal Companions and. 1) Should be able to rename animal companions. . However, you can customize them in-depth - but this doesn't extend to their personality. There's not really a good compendium of Animal Companion stats available for this game. . )r/Pathfinder_Kingmaker A subreddit for all things involving Pathfinder CRPG series made by Owlcat Games. Even humanoids are far from safe, especially in cases where a tiger has developed a taste for humanoid flesh. Pages: 1. I'm fairly inexperienced in Pathfinder (played through about half of Kingmaker but never finished it), and am having trouble figuring out how to build my MC. 5 Ruleset of Dungeons and Dragons. But the only real ''fix'' is to respec with the in game NPC Anoriel Eight Eyes or reload a early save before leveling. You should see a health bar you can click on to expand out the companion (of course NOT in overland travel mode). I get that having the longbow as a favored weapons would be beneficial to some classes over a trident but when it comes to melee players wanting to play as evil with an animal companion I don't see any other choice besides Gozreh. #10. If you switch to a non-pet class, the pet won't level at all, although you can take the Boon Companion feat to replace up to four non-pet levels. Morthra • Druid • 5 yr. An. Pathfinder is a tabletop RPG based off of the 3. If you multiclass, your compensated levels of boon companions will be needed elsewhere so take Companion instead of Animal domain. kweassa. So at the very least, I can confirm that map skill checks can be done by animal companions. 5. You get an animal companion who can really help out early on. The leopard has been one of the best animal companions since the release of Pathfinder: Kingmaker and it's not hard to see why. It also requires a necklace slot for the dex to damage. Pathfinder: CRPG - Kingmaker & WotR. ago. Pathfinder: Kingmaker. 1MB ; 5. No ress needed. It's a description of its natural attacks. Got one, but see no option to rename them from the default species name. #1 Techno_Mage Oct 3, 2018 @ 7:45pm I have a leopard and it deals decent damage and has super high armor, at level 9 when I cast barkskin/shield of faith/mage armor on it, it. Ranger 7 without Boon Companion = Animal at level 4. While it might look like the single attackers are getting more pay-off by the end, they won't actually hit 3 attacks until they're level 15 which means you need to be at least 17. Pathfinder is a tabletop RPG based off of the 3. Okbo is still significantly underleveled mid/late game. Try hitting that at level 7. A mad dog gains most of the features of a barbarian. You would like to take 17 levels in it for summon monster IX. A Character with effective druid level of 11 will have an animal companion of Hitdie 9 (level 9) You can use this spreadsheet to see what their stats are based on your character level. You can't go to inventory and have it chug them, but you can belt them to another character and have that character make the animal companion chug them. This book presents rules for over 275 monsters. The "standard" ranger gets one at lvl 4, and as somoene else mentioned the Boon companion feat is ideal for them as it levels up the companion to be on par with the Rangers level. Once per day on command, this pearl enables the possessor to recall any one spell that they had prepared and then cast that day. Animal Companion: At 4th level, you gain the service of an animal companion. Boar is a great tank. r/Pathfinder_Kingmaker • Just finished camellia romance, trying to justify her unfortunate tendency along the way and finding out the truth in the end, man what a crazy ride that was. If you want a melee-effective druid with a max level animal companion then you would commonly take 5 mad dog levels, 3 or 6 sacred huntsman levels, 1-2 monk levels, and then druid the rest of the way. Having an animal companion with a reasonably high Strength gives the team a lot of additional weight carrying capacity. 5 Ruleset of Dungeons and Dragons. - at level 7 also uses DEX for damage. Animal companions have the following class skills: Athletics, Mobility, Perception, Stealth. Before it happened, I had cast 'death ward', which is still active. 5) The ability to pick fur/scale color a bit wouldn't go unloved. Selecting your animal companion is an important choice, and can have major effects on how your character functions on the table. Release Date 10/26/2022. I can't recall how this interaction worked in Pathfinder: Kingmaker, I'm unsure if this is a bug or not. It also gains ferocity (I am not convinced ferocity works though, many, many things are bugged, even the giant centipede ;) ). r/Pathfinder_Kingmaker • Animal Companions and Owlcat's flawed game design. This leads to some rather unintuitive side-effects: to use your example, a level 2 character with 1 Mad Dog/1 Ranger actually would have a level 2 pet, because 1 level in a pet class actually gives your pet 2 HD according to the 'Druid. r/Pathfinder_Kingmaker •Pretty much any animal companion is viable on Core difficulty. Yesterday on my lvl 6 druid my animal companion got a level drained down to 5. Pathfinder is a tabletop RPG based off of the 3. 5 x STR with no -5 penalty. This book presents rules for over 275 monsters.