Ranger is a full martial class that gets higher chances to hit because it has full BAB (IE every level is a +1 to hit). ago. There are 11 companions to recruit in Pathfinder: Kingmaker, and two extra if you have The Wildcards DLC installed. a Huge Wolf (Think "Game of Thrones" Dire Wolf) inching to tackle you. 430. Summons vs Animal Companion. Bear is good with the Thundering Claw of the Bear God scimitar that adds 1d10 damage to each animal companion attack. Classes like casters and Alchemists do not use weapons so using it on them is useless too. The counter to this is to get some animal companions to make the best use of the songs and really go all in for bard, don't multiclass. Smilodons tend to be the best companions for straight damage, since they get five attacks and pounce. Undead animal companions. Several of the bloodlines boosts summons plus you can buff them with spells. Call of the Wild Companion Builds. Bear is a creature in Pathfinder: Kingmaker. High AC (particularly with a monk splash and/or DEX-based), high burst DPS via Spellstrike, good mix of arcane buffs. It also gains ferocity (I am not convinced ferocity works though, many, many things are bugged, even the giant centipede ;) ). The normal ranger is the one with the animal companion, which is a huge benefit in combat, especially if you choose one of the ones that Trips. Rank 6-10: You can pick whatever you want here. The pets name is Letho and has its own build page as well on the sheet. If there was an easy way within the bounds of the game, like a feat, a whole lot of builds would recommend it. 1K. Unless I went Order of the Paw (or whatever the subtype cavalier for Halflings is). Trappist Feb 28, 2021 @ 1:00pm. Feats: 1st Two weapon fighting, Weapon Focus (Kukri). If you use the table top tweaks mod, you can spend 3 feats to get a pet. STR based animal companions are superior due to how buffing and how animal leveling works. The post ranks the. You need to take the feat boon companion otherwise your animal companion will lag behind other options. Sensei isnt one of the Strongest Monk Options. . You may need to use Magic Fang/Greater Magic Fang. But still, you are getting the animal companion some other way and freeing up deity/domain slot. So no matter what you're after, you're covered. LucywiththeDiamonds • 5 yr. Well if the Mad dog class works as it should, they all trip enemies up. Details: store. Sadly once you have an animal companion you cant get rid of it. It’s a shame Amiri didn’t start out as a Mad Dog, but there are two alternatives we can use to get an animal companion - Inquisitor (Sacred. If you multiclass, your compensated levels of boon companions will be needed elsewhere so take Companion instead of Animal domain. It is from the Size increase, as you. Since you tagged this Kingmaker, I'll ignore all the WotR-only features like mounted combat and presume you're playing without mods (which means no equipping items etc. Demonslayer, for sure. Armor of faith (+4 ac) divine caster. . Their stats at level 20 can be found here. The Animal domain gets you an animal companion at level 4, which quickly becomes a strong contributor to the party (although it starts off underpowered, since it is three levels weaker than you. Also Leopard and Wolf animal companion get it free with their attack. For the first few companions, they can either join up with you right after the Prologue or a little later on. A better build is ZA 1/Beast Rider 1/Bloodrider 18. , a Mad Dog 16 / Thug 4 who takes Boon Companion feat would have a pet equivalent to Mad Dog 20. This will leave you with an underlevelled wolf for a good while. Start with dodge, then at level 5 start picking the crane style feats. Sylvan sorcerer is probably one of the most powerful choices, as you get an animal companion, which helps early when arcane casters are weak. Note that companion HD levels actually advance slower than character levels. Dipped into Monk (Traditional) for a tankiness boost. Multiclassing NPC Companions. Pathfinder: CRPG - Kingmaker & WotR. I think the main challenge won't be the demons though, it'll be tight corridors and doorways lol. r/Pathfinder_Kingmaker. 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. Level 11 character, boon companion, 8 levels of animal companion class. I just started a game with Call of the Wild and the Respec mod, and am wondering what builds work well for the other companions with the freedom to re-design their build paths from scratch. Its the only animal companion that is size normal on higher levels so it will be easy to move around in dungeons. Beast tamer gets free summoning feats and a special song to buff summons. #3. I recommend the Smilodon or Wolf companion by the by simply because it works great with the Beast Totem Powers as a theme. Lots of forest, swamp, and badlands. You have to lose individual power to get bard songs. I'm considering buying Pathfinder Kingmaker from Steam summer Sale (which hopefully starts today). Tbf the big cats in the TT are by far the best animal companions and wild shapes because of that and pounce/rend. Pathfinder is a tabletop RPG based off of the 3. 112. I think the best class choices for animal companions builds are: Sacred Huntsman (Inquisitor): - AnC gets favoured enemy bonuses + teamwork feats. Pathfinder: Kingmaker. At Paladin Level 5 pick Divine Bond -> Animal Companion - Continue to have your Wolf companion scale with your Paladin levels. Between Dex belts, Mythic Beast and just putting your level ups into Dex you should be hitting WAAY higher Dex than that. All you have to do is double click on the companion's little nameplate at the bottom and it'll expand, and you'll be able to level. Revelations: 1) Animal Companion 3) Friend to Animals 7) War Sight 11) Weapon Mastery 18) Nature’s Whispers. Arueshalae (broken. For example: Sorcerer->Arcane Rider->Sorcerer. The post ranks the top 10 animal companions by power rating and explains the factors considered, such as special abilities, natural armor and trip. 7. Yeah animal companions have several extra HD and some extra AC compared to the tabletop which make them tankier than they otherwise would be. You can go with either 17 strength or 19 dexterity as your main stat, and lower numbers for other stats. The best case scenario is if the Hunted Prey/target is already flanked by both the ranger and the animal companion. Full-Plate. A druid’s animal companion is a lot stronger so they can deal with being a front line combatant better. 0. And that's how I first read the question. P:WoTR features 15 unique Companions to recruit during your adventure. Animal Companions. Whether this happens depends on the choices you make during the prologue when speaking to Jamandi Aldori. Learn how to choose and train your animal companion in Pathfinder Kingmaker, a roleplaying game based on the Pathfinder. Pathfinders, one of the artists who worked with us on Pathfinder: Kingmaker, Sasha Forman, is fighting cancer now, and her insurance doesn’t cover the expensive medicine she needs. Using it with Turn-Based mod, Proper Flanking 2 and CotW. I generally prefer leopard since it trips and remains medium. Ranger is a great class to learn. KingmakerAI - experimental mod that aims to enhance enemy ai and provides auto-buff options for player characters. AC +6, Str/dex +3, and x2 ability score increase from being an animal companion. Type in Animal Companion. Then there's another nature revelation that lets him add his CHA to all allied animals saves. Pathfinder: Kingmaker. 1. Triceratops S: 2d6 gore with Powerful Charge, dinosaurs are cool. It’s a shame Amiri didn’t start out as a Mad Dog, but there are two alternatives we can use to get an animal companion - Inquisitor (Sacred. On cohhcarnage’s twitch channel he has a spreadsheet with builds. 430. That makes sense didn't catch that in orginal post thanks for pointing it out! Vinca1is • 2 yr. Plus, mounted archer allows perfect positioning and then full attack. The leopard has been one of the best animal companions since the release of Pathfinder: Kingmaker and it's not hard to see why. Best. He is statistically the best tank. ago. 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). There is a ring (the the character wears not the companion that enhances animal companions by +2 Strength and +2 Dexterity in the game which I have. You might as well go for the Arcane Trickster prestige class instead. Feats: 1st Two weapon fighting, Weapon Focus (Kukri). In WoTR though the dog is the best because of trip + AoO and it's alot easier to grant more bite attacks. Is the best combat-oriented companion-animal better (in general combat) than the best combat-oriented combination of lv 9 summons? And if it's nuanced, what are those nuances? (Beyond what Lettus has pointed out). It's not as tanky as the boar, but it's actually one of the tankier animal. It's worth noting that anything that starts small (like velociraptor) will only reach medium. 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. I can pick boon companion, but the problem is that it doesn't do anything. 7) Animal Companions. Thanks, sorry for being thick but does that mean choosing animal domain is actually a bad choice for a pure druid? #2. for having anyone qualify, not just someone who also has the feat. ago I second this. ]Use bow or xbow. They're basically the only two pets for meta-play. Not to put down the original commenter, but the Faxtralife builds (and wiki) are notoriously bad for anything above. The biggest downside is logistics, namely a lot of maps aren't designed for a party of 12 so things can get VERY crowded very quickly. 2, which will be available on November 21. So a 12 druid/1 fighter with boon companion. There's only one dedicated Rogue among the available companions, and you won't even get to meet them until halfway through Chapter 3. ago. g. Magical fangs / acid maw / enlarge animals. hazelheron0451 • 1 yr. Summary. These include: Cavalier - Horse only; archetypes for dog/wolf (Cavalier of the Paw) and any (Beast Rider) Hunter - any Arcane Rider Magus - any (?), special ability only applies to. Made them an actual force to be reckoned with and all that. A subreddit for all things involving Pathfinder CRPG series made by Owlcat Games. In practice speed difference is negligible because 1) You can charge, and 2)after the first turn, fights end up in a cluster fuck. Dog/Wolf has trip which can be useful. Monks get 5 total bonus feats by 17 btw, which makes up for taking them. In all seriousness PnP Pathfinder 1E Animals are "close to IRL", What would you rather fight to the death: a Giant, 6ft poisonous, Centipede (and thats your "best" option to win the fight lol) a Monitor "Komodo Dragon" Lizard, with a sweeping tail, also poisonous. g. 5 Ruleset of Dungeons and Dragons. Generaly the best. You need to take the feat boon companion otherwise your animal companion will lag behind other options. 5. Boar is a great tank. The animal companions only advance when you take another level in the class that gave it to you. Animal companions are the best tanks in the game because making tanky companions/merch takes a lot of feat investment that you might want for other purposes. knife Master 3 - Weapon focus - kukri, finesse training -kukri. I definitely know I want to play an animal companion-based class; originally I was thinking Druid, but after doing some reading I'm thinking Hunter makes more sense, as I like the idea of. One big change concerns animal companions, which dish out significantly less damage but are more customizable and can be obtained by anyone willing to burn two feats. For companion, I recommend Seelah with Horse at lvl 5, Daeran with Second mystery Mythic > animal and then picking animal companion as revelation and Sosiel with. Are their any spells that can increase their size so their riders can mount them while enlarged ? I use Legendary Proportions on my mounts, and Enlarge Person. Once per day on command, this pearl enables the possessor to recall any one spell that they had prepared and then cast that day. beast shape I (animals only): You get Wild Shape for. Meaning, the druid is questing and the BBEG happens to crit the animal companion and kill it or the companion was performing a reasonable command and ended up dying. She’s crass, direct, and loves a good fight. Anyone else prefer pathfinder kingmaker atmosphere/charm more than WotR ?Two things, the charisma and the revelations. Beast Tamer and Monster Tactician are probably the best. Magic user: can cast. This gives your pet Spell Resistance, DR and smite. Still, there's just something retarded about sending your animal companion in like Jon Snow sending his direwolf in at the head of the army against the white walkers. Sohei 6/Warpriest of Erastil 12/Eldritch Archer 2 for +2 APR and increased weapon damage dice. And this applies to all buffs, including personal buffs like Shield or False Life. The animal companions you'll use are all. 3) Shared spells would be nice, but I can live without them. Lann and wenduag can be built as dex tanks if you just jump off their base classes since you get both. Hunters, Rangers, Mad Dog Barbarians, Beast Rider Cavaliers, and Sylvan Sorcerers have you covered. ago. I chose summoning over the animal companion because Its better Crowd. The hunter class is pretty good. A subreddit for all things involving Pathfinder CRPG series made by Owlcat Games. No matter how. I'm guessing you don't know how to level up animal companions yet. Skalds, Brown Fur Transmuters, Vivisectionists, Sword Saints, all don't get mounts. Pathfinder: Kingmaker. 3. r/Pathfinder_Kingmaker • An update 2. fair_toki • 2 yr. Product Line Adventure Paths. A potent aid for all spell-casting heroes! r/Pathfinder_Kingmaker. you cut it short of using cheats, this game favors STR builds. Renwald99 •. Boars are at a light disadvantage because they start DEX 12 INT 2; whereas most pets have at least DEX 13. r/Pathfinder_Kingmaker • We are tirelessly working to improve our games, but only you know what exactly makes them better. Pathfinder: CRPG - Kingmaker & WotR. : ( I'm going to build a Wizard Legend. Inside the guide: Walkthough for the main campaign; Coverage of various locations, side quests and companion quests; Companion information; Racial information; Advanced. Dog/wolf are the best trippers. Even as a druid with bull's strength, enlarge, magic fang etc. My bro doesn't like both Camellia and tiefling bro, so he teach his horse how to pick locks. This ability functions like the druid animal companion ability. Thinking about going SH 3 and rest into maddog I think what I did was Mad Dog 2 first to grab Pack Tactics ("a mad dog and her war beast gain a +4 bonus on attack rolls while flanking the same opponent (instead of the normal +2 bonus)"); then Sacred. 4j is here! It enables achievements on Epic Games Store, fixes A LOT of Azata abilities, Mighty Charge, Evil Eye and more. When they work together as one, there are few that dare to stand in their way. Tristian, full cleric - probably best companion in game. The Boar Shaman is perhaps the worst of the animal shaman archetypes. Air: Give you access to chain lightning and have good synergy with druid. Ranged enemies usually try to snipe the character with the lowest AC. The games are similar to classic RPG games such as Baldur's Gate and Neverwinter Nights. No matter how. Its the only animal companion that is size normal on higher levels so it will be easy to move around in dungeons. I think the main difference is that the Animal Domain Animal would be 4 levels weaker than the standard animal companion without Companion Boon (I think that is the feat name) that races the AC +4 lvls. "Best pet" really depends on what you're looking to gain from your animal companion. I have updated my guide for Animal Companions now that Burning Tundra and Book of the Dead are included on Nethys . For damage I’d recommend an Arcane Trickster build; in this case consider putting some attribute points into dexterity instead of charisma. Leishon. That, and dog has 2 more STR. A certain late game Fey has AC in the 60s. 2, which will be available on November 21. Best. So, alchemists can get a Discovery called 'Infusion', which allows them to cast their buffs on allies. Animal companions are extremely good. Additional random fact: Wolves are the smallest in terms of occupied area, but are barely worse of stat wise than Dogs. Smilodon deals the most damage early. KingmakerAI - experimental mod that aims to enhance enemy ai and provides auto-buff options for player characters. Valerie - full Feyspeaker, with leopard companion, all stats in CHA. 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. Any check that can be performed by a regular Companion can also be. Even a basic dog will have 2-3 less AC than a full cha-stack abusing MC. No buffs, and the first few levels will not advance your existing pet and will need boon companion to fix. Again to clarify this will effect deathtouched animal companions. I think Aivu might be my best companion. Summary. Yes, it's the same as the Druid options but your Ranger level is treated as Druid-3 for animal companion progression (though this is easily rectified with a feat). As for companion power, it depends on what you want. While the animal companion will probably be stronger than a normal animal its combat ability may not be up to being a front line combatant. Pathfinder is a tabletop RPG based off of the 3. Enemies now change targets regularly. If you hate or completely. Next fight, he dissapeared forever. Maybe a Barbarian could be an option here. 1. AC +6, Str/dex +3, and x2 ability score increase from being an animal companion. A ranger who selects an animal companion can choose from the list on this page. Soon you can afford masterwork studded leather barding (200g) for another +1 AC. Personally I'm liking the Mastodon. A +4 weapon will act as adamantine. but in tabletop pathfinder a trampling animal companion can be super. Animal Companion: Animal companions in Kingmaker tend to be significantly better than a domain. Beast Tamer and Monster Tactician are probably the best. I'm guessing that's as intended because of their natural size increase. Cleric: Animal Domain [Full Divine Caster] Druid: Base Class [Full Divine Caster] Fighter: No. r/Pathfinder_Kingmaker. ; Knowledge. (because of teamwork feats to your pet for free) After that. But 5 buffed attack is hard to pass up. Action economy matters. Barkskin (+1-5ac) druids. If you're playing a small race (halfing, gnome) then you can pick any of the companions that start at size medium and ride them from the start. By answering it, you're helping us. Pathfinder: Kingmaker > General Discussions > Topic Details. The games are similar to classic RPG games such as Baldur's Gate and Neverwinter Nights. But leopard gets it on basic skills, smilodon gets pounce (full attack on charges). Hearty Purple Soup; Hunter's Roast; Owlbear Omelet; Thuvian ranger from Absalom. 83K Members. A subreddit for all things involving Pathfinder CRPG series made by Owlcat Games. And well divine cleric spells buffs/heal. r/Pathfinder_Kingmaker • Best game I've ever played. Pathfinder is a tabletop RPG based off of the 3. r/Pathfinder_Kingmaker. WIS-based builds have a lot more options: hunter, ranger, druid, Wildland Shaman*, Animal domain <cleric|Inquisitor>. ago. Animal Companion levels in WOTR are based on Character levels and Class (notice I didn't say class level). and be careful to not miss him. It also requires a necklace slot for the dex to damage. Mairn1915 • 3 yr. Aight, thanks. I think the reason the domain option didn't work is that animal domain gives you the companion at level 1 of the class that gives you the domain, and Skald doesn't get a domain. If you just want someone to deal out. Tolerable support spell. <insert "Kung-fu Panda" joke here> But you need DEX 13 to take Dodge and INT 3 to take Improved Unarmed Strike. Druids (and to a lesser extent Rangers) have the most spells to buff animal companions. 99. I'm currently playing as wizard-based elven arcane trickster, a great choice generally. NagiandKato. Uhh no, you're talking about two separate things: the Boon Companion feat makes up for the -3 level penalty which rangers and Animal-domain casters take to their pets, as well as any non-pet levels you take on a pet class; e. Crane Style Feats and Mythic Beast on the pet owner. Multiclassing NPC Companions. Blur/permanent invi are pretty optional with all the above your pet will have more ac than everything else in game and reflex/fort save through the roof. Exactly, trickster into legend gendarme does 35k+ damage per charge. I've seen guides say the spell animal growth increases animal companion size but that doesnt seem to work. Her family organized a gofundme campaign to help her, and you can donate using the link in the post or spread the word. Join. . Pathfinder is a tabletop RPG based off of the 3. No "bard" or support/buff class is going to be one of the strongest options. ZeroStarkiller Sep 29, 2018 @ 10:24pm. Armor of faith (+4 ac) divine caster. Animal companions very good. - Pick the animal domain, which allows you to get an animal companion at level 4. Before it happened, I had cast 'death ward', which is still active. A leopard animal companion in Pathfinder Wrath of the Righteous. . Checking how, or if, any of. 1. Join. The actual best animal companion is a tie between the Smilodon and the Mastodon depending on what you want it for. Add a Comment. She can do rather well in a straight barbarian build. Blessing of the Faithful: +2 ranged Sacred Bonus to attacks, AC, damage, and skills for one round. If you’re trying to solo stuff then a lot of attacks is great but something with more little combat utility is better imo. Other suggested mods: Turn-Based mod. ago. r/Pathfinder_Kingmaker. 99. 2 Update, along with The Lord of Nothing DLC. Highest skill points of any cleric class and an extra spell slot with Bonded Item. E. Carefully planning your companions' level progress to turn them into powerful allies in your adventure. The normal ranger is the one with the animal companion, which is a huge benefit in combat, especially if you choose one of the ones that Trips. That is, IF you go pure druid. You can get their AC into the high 80, give them a lot of attack boosts, and invaluable trips that keep landing into the lategame. I don't really like that the dog is some little poofball. Yes, it's correct. Jubilost: Alchemist are just very powerful, learn why. Just trying to understand why people seem to say that animal companions suck at high levels. I personally skip abundant spells, and go for defensive abilities like Rupture Restraints and Mythic Resolve. Before that, the only other Rogue in the party is Octavia, and she's multiclassed. Boar is tanky and strong. In Kingmaker, animal companions cannot use equipment and they instead rely on having high stats and natural armor increases every other level to survive. At any time you can have six characters in your party, including the protagonist. It was carnage. I wouldn't bother giving her an animal companion. Go to Pathfinder_Kingmaker r/Pathfinder_Kingmaker • by. On unfair, animal companion mounts is basically the only way for 97% of builds to have competitive AC. After you finish Pathfinder: Kingmaker -- Pathfinder: Wrath of Righteousness which is the second in the series has Cavalier with Beast Rider subtype. Cavalier is pretty big on mounted. A +3 weapon will act as cold iron/silver. To my knowledge, the following companions trip on attack: Dog with bite. If you can convince the GM to allow hybrid classes, then Hunter would be a good choice. A total of 13 different animal companions are present in the game, each of them having their strengths and weaknesses. . - naturally uses DEX for armor class. Against DR 20 or something, a dog might be most damage, too. Great domain spells such as Barkskin, Stinking Cloud, Cloudkill, Chain Lightning, Slowing Mud, Elemental Swarm, and Sirroco. The animal companions you'll use are all. konokonohamaru • 2 yr. If that were possible then you'd see a lot more melee builds that take a single level in an animal companion granting class. A real tank pet uses dex and armor bracers. The best case scenario is if the Hunted Prey/target is already flanked by both the ranger and the animal companion. The games are similar to classic RPG games such as Baldur's Gate and Neverwinter Nights. The games are similar to classic RPG games such as Baldur's Gate and Neverwinter Nights. Do you want to know anything specific ? Are there. That will slow down your casting, but you get wild shape wolf by lvl 6 so all out melee Druid could get it all by lvl 14 without even needing to use Boon Companion. Omg thank you. The animal companion does in fact do fine without it, and casters are feat-heavy classes with limited feats 6 YogoshKeks • 2 yr. Originally posted by Flip:If you start as a class without animal companion, at level 2 multiclass to a class with animal companion, at level 3 get back to your original class somehow your animal is also levels up. The games are similar to classic RPG games such as Baldur's Gate and Neverwinter Nights. Showing 1 - 2 of 2 comments. There are a few classes that add teamwork feats that can be shared with pets, or have bonus feats that can be used on mounted combat stuff. Skald especially would buff your pet by giving it beast totem/guarded stance AC if needed. First off, animal companions can take advantage of Crane feat chain's bonuses to AC from Defensive Fighting. 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. Animal companions don't count against your party size limit so six PCs + six pets is certainly doable.