Tristan: Told Jaethal to occupy her daughter's body. To get the maneuver, you will need to reuse animal form; Fixed the ability to kill Sithhud the Reborn in The Lord of Nothing DLC before time. The only problem with playing a Ranger is that you have a perfectly. This unliving congregation is the manifestation of her unceasing love affair with death. Animal Companion Death. A Monster Tactician gets boosted summons and can still take animal domain for a pet. Ranger with Wolf (has the pet feat to give it full level) Barb with Mamoth. 2 Earth, Fire, Healing, Luck, Nobility, Plant and Water domains. A Erinye. 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. 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). It AC seems to be the best. I always have Ekundayo in my party, his wolf is awesome. The creature must be one that you are capable of riding and is suitable as a mount. This curious artifact, Pearl of Power, will appear in the 2. Pathfinder: CRPG - Kingmaker & WotR. A subreddit for all things involving Pathfinder CRPG series made by Owlcat Games. remember, in kingmaker you can't equip. Pathfinder is a tabletop RPG based off of the 3. To give an example, a leopard has +3 natural armor compared to what it'd have in tabletop and at level 7 it gets free dex to damage (tooltip stat mod is wrong, it gives +4 str -2 dex +4 con like it would. Animal companion of NPC stuck at death's door. Edit: So small update on the animal companion death. Enemies have drastically decreased power and cannot critically hit you. In Wrath I like Daeran, Arue, Wendy, Seelah, Regil, Woljif and Nenio. Members Online. Enneo claims he found the dagger in a dead boar near the Old Sycamore. ago. The games are similar to classic RPG games such as Baldur's Gate and Neverwinter Nights. Your ties to nature have more to do with creatures than with capriciousness. Beast tamer gets free summoning feats and a special song to buff summons. Most non-Druid animal companions have an effective level penalty this will. • •. Hi everyone, I started a new run-through and am playing as a druid with a bear animal companion. I tried 'Inspiring recovery' but my ranger does not want to cast it on its companion. Originally posted by Myrryr: Go to your inventory, you should be able to see your whole party, select the dead guy, and then right click and use the scroll on them. 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. and im just came out the cave to rest. 83K Members. Dog has the highest con of all animal companions (tied with boar and wolf), and has the same AC as the wolf, smilodon, and giant centipede. If you have the scrolls this is what you have to do. They are not that vulnerable, especially if the party has some healing spells, but alas, it seems likely that if the unique companion dies, you need to consider getting it resurrected. The leopard will never be the best damage dealing pet, it his, however, one of the best AC tanks in the game and perfectly capable of tanking on core. Big question about companions (story spoilers) I just read that at some point in the game Linzi dies and you can't prevent it. Soon you can afford masterwork studded leather barding (200g) for another +1 AC. 2. i. Flip Oct 7, 2018 @ 2:02pm. These can be removed through 2 castings of restoration. 248. my sorcerer's animal companion died in the cave. I realize some classes allow for both, but when that isn't possible I think I. Although, I play on normal, and I don't know if there is some problem to spawn the pet again if the pet dies (once, or twice with death's door). Because there's a lot going on in this class, it helps immensely to start from the beginning. Some of the best subclasses in the game can't (normally*) get one. In particular, they gain levels about 3/4 as fast as their master, so there will be occasions when you level but your pet does not. 4. The reason it's called Ranger Bond is because, like the Wizard's Arcane Bond or the Paladin's Divine Bond, you have the option of either getting a companion or some other bonus. r/Pathfinder. Got one, but see no option to rename them from the default species name. If Core Classes are the only ones allowed, then the best class for an animal companion is Druid. Use resist fire for both. 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. How is possible to have multiple effective Animal Companions? Unlike familiars, you are allowed to have more than one animal companion. When they are no longer present in your life, you may experience grief. With the right choices, your animal companion can be a scout, a striker, a defender, or. This at level 2 gives you an animal of level 2 and when gaining level 3 your animal is also gaining level 3. When they are no longer present in your life, you may experience grief. A Big Hairy Monster Oct 3, 2018 @ 1:05pm. Both spells are decent, but questionable as a base of a build. My Ranger ended up dying in the last dungeon. In practice speed difference is negligible because 1) You can charge, and 2)after the first turn, fights end up in a cluster fuck. Also the as a Plumekith she will have Invisibility to cast on the Leopard sending it scouting around. She’s crass, direct, and loves a good fight. There is the answer:Special Class Selections. That means you can pretty much one-shot any normal enemy in the surprise round by having them charge. Mephisto. 75x the character's level)+1, capped to the character's level. This is an issue especially if you hire Mercenaries at a higher level. 1 person marked this as a favorite. That will make it's Dexerity 25 by the end (21 now, +2 from leveling and +2 from the ring). Gemeciusz. Anyway you can take a. - naturally uses DEX for armor class. A lost animal companion, cohort, familiar, or follower can be raised or resurrected with spells such as raise dead, resurrection, or true resurrection. Stay back and used ranged attacks and spells while every enemy misses your animal companion. Druids have by far the best summoning in the game. The number of actions you spend Casting this Spell determines range and other parameters. Known Issues: - Sometimes when playing with Animal Companion/Eidolon, companion abilities (animal foci, teamwork feats, fiendish or celestial templates, evolutions) might disappear after level up. Animal companions very good. Paladin can get a Mount at level 5. You might think druid was the obvious test, but somehow i missed it. Vivisectionist is another option but it's inferior to Slayer. Bear is good with the Thundering Claw of the Bear God scimitar that adds 1d10 damage to each animal companion attack. A ranger who selects an animal companion can choose one from the list of available creatures. , a Mad Dog 16 / Thug 4 who takes Boon Companion feat would have a pet equivalent to Mad Dog 20. Or why anyone would ever play a character without an animal. Schutzengel Sep 24, 2018 @ 3:49am. With this feat your pet is lvl 4 if you are lvl 4. Do plunder the whole area. Yes, taking the animal domain requires the feat boon companion, but beyond that its basically a free spell slot per level. He was way better than the horse and centipede. Druid - Leopard Animal Companion. 1 Animal domain only. Hello, Pathfinders! We are delighted to announce that the Assassin class has been redesigned and upgraded in update 2. Fighter doesn't come close to Slayer. The choices and decisions during the quests usually affect only the item/buff quest rewards. This might be patched later down the line but at the moment how it works is that if you pick a class that has a an Animal Companion at the start like Hunter or Caviler that companion will instantly become your full character level instead of. 392 upvotes · 48. Sage- Int based caster. This GM would urge the other PCs to keep the animal companion or familiar safe while they go about getting their friend brought back from the dead. Raise Dead is the lowest level spell to bring back a fallen companion; it's lvl 5 Cleric spell which requires a lvl 9 cleric, or a scroll and someone who can cast cleric scrolls (or fake it with UMD), or being in the vicinity of Jhod or other NPC clerics who provide clerical services. 5 Ruleset of Dungeons and Dragons. Monks get 5 total bonus feats by 17 btw, which makes up for taking them. Hey, so I restat'd Amiri as a cross between a ranger and a fighter, basically a mix I found online after she kept getting. 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. my sorcerer's animal companion died in the cave. In actual Pathfinder you can pick up an owlbear (or other atypical creatures) as a companion via a handful of different feat options. Some inquisitors create a strong bond with an animal companion, and they hunt and punish threats to the faith as an awe-inspiring duo. Your own cleric rasing dead I beleive in release will still cost a 1000 gold each time. impossible domain animal + boon companion the artist into having Fenrir the trip machine follow him around. Now, this assumes you have remained in a pet-granting class. Medium (3/4) AB progression. So the title says it all, sorry if this has been answered but Im kinda at a loss, one of my companions died and their portrait is completly greyed out now, I cant seem to find anything to revive her past the scales you get from the dragons, which Ive already used. 2, which will be available on November 21. Sleeping at my barony did not remove Death's Door. A class that provides an ANIMAL COMPANION will level up that ANIMAL COMPANION when you put levels in that class (Druid, Ranger, Sacred Huntmaster Inquisitor, Sylvan Sorcerer, maybe some others I don't know about). Boar is a great tank. Except then when I respecced to get rid of boon companion the companion didn't get the size increase. beyond that make sure to get transformation (for full bab) ice/fiery body for immunities, genie kind (all 4 elements at once) for ele barrage mythic feat, haste, lich's buff spells (like the one that heals on damage, which is NUTS at endgame,) and anything else obvious and powerful. Is this just the bonuses and penalties from when they went up in size? But I thought Leopard's Dex wasn't supposed to go down. We sometime need to rest or travel for the animal to appear. An Animal Companion is probably the better use of Hunter's Bond unless you're only taking a few Ranger levels for some reason. With the exception of the Old Sycamore, which has a lot of cheap-armor-wearing kobolds and mites, there isn't a map you can't just loot in one pass if you have two animal companions on the team. Am I missing something stupid (some weird item/Azata/friendship thing)?Boon companion gives you up to 4 levels, beyond that they will stop leveling if you take classes without animal companion progression. if you dip you might have to get boon companion to get the one last level (i think). Leopard is the best for a trip/ tank pet early to mid, but falls off late because it scales with DEX. It requires a diamond (material component cost is included. In the House, Jaethl killed Tristan. Details: store. Pet resurrect on rest when they die (or if you resurrect them with a spell, or the spell-like abilities you get with some classes. Sebastian Hirsch Venture-Captain, Germany—Bavaria. 1. You restore the life to a deceased party member. But when I got to my first set of combat turns I see I have to micromanage everything my party does, despite there being a bunch of rules in the settings for AI logic. Sacred Huntsmaster is an Archetype of the Inquisitor class in Pathfinder: Kingmaker. - Smilodon has the best damage output, but i would still recommend to take Leopard instead. They start at level 2 so you don't really notice it early. I tried doing a battle sequence, with a party of 5 with two animal companions and was forced to leave 1 behind. Pets are not balanced at all. The tragic part of it is that Horgus is fully aware that he's a total fraud, and all this "Horgus Gwerm better-than-you" is just him overcompensating for the guilt that has been consumming him all his life by constantly putting the name on a pedestal. I read another post that I needed to rest, so I did just that and he still won't. Some can even be. Greater than the wars of armies and empires, beyond the ambitions of revolutionaries and tyrants, more devastating than the fury of magic or monsters, is the power of faith. A sylvan sorcerer gains most of the features of a sorcerer with the Fey Bloodline. 83K Members. 2 Earth, Fire, Healing, Luck, Nobility, Plant and Water domains. Great domain spells such as Barkskin, Stinking Cloud, Cloudkill, Chain Lightning, Slowing Mud, Elemental Swarm, and Sirroco. For a Necromancer you might want to focus on Enervation, Boneshatter and Finger of Death. The Bag of Tricks mod lets you rename all party members including animal companions. In an ambush, I lost my doggo to some rainbow-like magic attack. I can't recall how this interaction worked in Pathfinder: Kingmaker, I'm unsure if this is a bug or not. But starting midgame it can no longer hit much of anything and the dog, with the ability to charge trip, becomes a very good arrow. How do I see my Animal Companions Health without scrolling past to the right in the companion tabs? That is annoying to do in the middle of the…. Completing them (and, indeed, completing them in certain ways) is required for the best outcomes both for them and you. My first playthrough on Kingmaker was animal companion heavy. Tristian - Cleric. Druids by default scale their pets off of their own 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. Slowest pet. Early game smilodon smashes, the ability to charge +5 attacks is really good. My bro doesn't like both Camellia and tiefling bro, so he teach his horse how to pick locks. 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). 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. A subreddit for all things involving Pathfinder CRPG series made by Owlcat Games. #4. Sporeking97 • 2 yr. You harness positive energy to heal your animal companion's wounds. I'd recommend the dog or the wolf because they have trip on their bite attack. 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. 556 Location A Farmland hex of the GM's choice. Add Print Edition $49. kweassa. Mad dog 1 (from this point forward ride your leopard to glory) Knife Master 1 - Boon Companion. Spells must be prepared in advance. Animal Companions are usually cost a penalty somewhere else to offset the power they have. Just one time per round. 5 times their Strength score on damage rolls with that weapon. 75 of their level, rounded down. look at the bottom of the owning companion portrait. Companion Quests. Heck, even Sun for Faerie Fire would be an improvement as it would give you an option for dealing with Concealment. ago. Including but not limited to all book events . High saving throws for Fortitude and Will, low saving throw for Reflex. She is also proficient with light armour, medium armour and shields. During the weeks and months that you are not actively adventuring you are developing your barony, later kingdom, making sure that it is a secure, prosperous and happy place. While Amiri gets speed boosts and the ability to full-attack after a charge if you build her right, Ekun doesn't have to worry about that. Everything caps at 20 with legend path, unfortunately you can't have 2 animal companions if i'm correct. It. are these generally worth it? Login Store Home Discovery Queue Wishlist Points Shop News StatsGo to Pathfinder_Kingmaker r/Pathfinder_Kingmaker • by. glenn4moose Alchemist • 4 yr. A better primary Domain choice would help tremendously. Lann->Druid. Pathfinder: CRPG - Kingmaker & WotR. Valerie: "I've been taught if someone annoys you, you either pray or polish your armor. If Core Classes are the only ones allowed, then the best class for an animal companion is Druid. A raised creature has a number of hit points equal to its current HD. What is displayed as levels for animal companions isnt really a level but the Hitdie amount they have. you can then level the pet normally to your character's level. 15 Animal Toughness (OR if share team feat > Iron Will) 16 Animal. 167. The martial class should take care of armor and weapon proficiency in one go, and when picking fighter, you also get a bonus feat. Myrtillo Oct 22, 2018 @ 4:58pm. VisualIn a settlement with a cleric scroll trader you need to buy the scroll you need. 5 HP rounded down (before adding ability scores, feats, etc). Inquisitor, Sorcerer, or Barbarian seemed to make no difference to animal stats other than shared teamwork feats. Instead, they'll fall unconscious until the end of the combat. (because of teamwork feats to your pet for free) After that. my main was a Halfling Barbarian 6 (Mad Dog) / Druid 10 / Rogue 4 (for Finesse Training) :D Animal companion was L20 due to taking a Feat for it. Complete all her quests: "Prove Your Worth", "Pariah", "Blood Calling" and "Reforged Blade". It seems that deactivating all companion abilities (like power attack) and saving the game (no need to reload) brings all missing abilities back. Leopard is usually Clawe—like Chloe, but with claws. Then I was able to choose either a dog or a wolf mount. This open so much more possibilities knowing this! kklawm • 3 yr. Official PF2 Rules. But still, you are getting the animal companion some other way and freeing up deity/domain slot. Ranger 7 without Boon Companion = Animal at level 4. It is a fantastic domain, as animal companions are a bit too strong and versatile here. 5r is here! We've fixed the issue with Inquisitor's Judgement ability and the touch cure spells. Which is not an animal. GreenBob Oct 19, 2018 @ 1:34am. They also take permanent negative levels. " Wenduag is the best animal companion. Also tripping ability of leopard is surprisingly good. Her family organized a gofundme campaign to help her, and you can donate using the link in the post or spread the word. The spells you get have. Resurrection is a spell in Pathfinder: Kingmaker. Happy birthday, Kingmaker!Yes, with respec mod you can change his pet. 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). I name it Acemi after the paladin whose death led to her becoming one. Love Wilson, though. 7k is here! We've fixed Ageing and the Flying Time Undertow effect for the commander and their companions, Icy Prison spell got its name back, important keys no longer disappear, and much more. It makes alchemists god-tier buffers, really. Levels 2-7¶ 2nd-level¶. 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. Animal companions also get the Enhanced Attacks ability, which gives them a +1 enhancement bonus on attack rolls and damage and a +1 resistance bonus to saving throws every third level. Pathfinder: CRPG - Kingmaker & WotR. Monstrous Mount/Companion being the ones I know about off the top of my head, but I'm sure there's another method or 3 that people who use pet classes would know. In the specific case I'm talking about, Daeran is a level 7 Oracle and his pet is level 2. Normally, a Cleric would have to take Boon Companion to solve this. You can't swap them out on level up like in 5E DnD. Ranger. Seems Smilodon is the overall best because it gets more attacks at higher + HIT and scales with STR. I noticed it was only giving me a +5 on the roll when my animal companion has a +13 or so for it, so I reloaded and checked again and sure enough it was showing the next highest athletics person with a +5 and that's what it rolled each time. - Pick the animal domain, which allows you to get an animal companion at level 4. When I change map it spawns in the entrance but still on the ground, and don't move, you need to rest to make it unfroze. Skald especially would buff your pet by giving it beast totem/guarded stance AC if needed. Ranger*: they are good at hitting stuff and get bonus cheat feats. Ranger: - AnC gets favoured enemy + favoured terrain bonuses. Like normal characters, they gain. Ranger get is pet at lvl 4. Beast Tamer and Monster Tactician are probably the best. For the first few companions, they can either join up with you right after the Prologue or a little later on. Completing them (and, indeed, completing them in certain ways) is. 147. Its the only animal companion that is size normal on higher levels so it will be easy to move around in dungeons. Sacred Huntermaster potentially unlocks another domain/deity to use, but since as an inquisitor you don't get spells from domains, animal domain is the best anyway. Ekun's wolf has a trip attack, high hp, crazy high AC, and a 50ft base move speed. Death's Door : like for any. Mork Aug 2, 2021 @ 5:08am. With lvl-3 and one non-druid level, thats exactly your character level. 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. For a Necromancer you might want to focus on Enervation, Boneshatter and Finger of Death. Then, when the friend is brought back, the GM would have the familiar or animal companion resume its place at the master's side, the creature becoming slightly inferior if the master is brought. Most of the companions require just a completion of their quests, although there a few tricks for some of them. Having an animal companion with a reasonably high Strength gives the team a lot of additional weight carrying capacity. He snuck into the room and stabilized us all while his chicken nickel and dimed it to death. everything in the tomb, including the boss, can be solved with low-level druid spell entangle/throrns, positioning, and flanking rogue. In the end, I've saved the final sacrifice, but after Tristan was forgiven by. I would recommend the animal domain. \$\begingroup\$ You may want to include something that MivaScott included in a deleted comment. Amiri is a Barbarian. Its the only animal companion that is size normal on higher levels so it will be easy to move around in dungeons. Kingmaker: Mechanic. 604) but as far as I know there are no creatures that have the companion trait. I read another post that I needed to rest, so I did just that and he still. The games are similar to classic RPG games such as Baldur's Gate and Neverwinter Nights. Tactical Leader can also give teamwork feats to pets&summons by using their special ability (gives all allies within 30 feet all their teamwork feats for x-rounds). yeah you have to leave the city. This is for the companions from Pathfinder: Kingmaker. ago. You can keep tabs of companion health by holding TAB during combat. 1. Gains an Animal Companion or may choose a domain instead. Highest skill points of any cleric class and an extra spell slot with Bonded Item. Animal companions in Kingmaker were significantly more powerful than in PnP i disagree. A cleric cannot take the undead lord archetype unless her deity’s portfolio includes the. Hello, Pathfinders! We are delighted to announce that the Assassin class has been redesigned and upgraded in update 2. It seems that deactivating all companion abilities (like power attack) and saving the game (no need to reload) brings all missing abilities back. 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. The feat works once per round, and it automatically tries to negate the first attack they get targeted with. Nor can I use Raise Dead (which should remove it) as it just says that's not what it's. Idk why anyone would ever play druid and not have an animal. Pack Tactics - At 2nd level, a mad dog and her war beast gain a +4 bonus on attack rolls. Leopard and Velociraptor are Dex builds with pounce and weapon finesse. Jaethal: "The 'undead' is such a frivolous term. It's not an option in Kingmaker to my. My new favorite addition to solving the cleric problem has been the Warpriest. Once it's open, he can be selected to fill the position of Warden. This will leave you with an underlevelled wolf for a good while. Sleeping at my barony did not remove Death's Door. . But. Luckily I had a backup character ready. Pathfinder: Kingmaker > General Discussions > Topic Details. g. 3 skill points per level. I have seen my horse climb up ladders that require an athletics check. Same for me, at least for my first playtrough. Players can set up a camp to regain strength and well-being of themselves and their companions. 5 Ruleset of Dungeons and Dragons. You gain the service of an unusually intelligent, strong, and loyal mount. 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). Water elementals / dread cyclops - there is AoE arcane level 5-6 spell called cirocco - great, traps elementals and cyclops, knocks them down, and burns them with fire. Favored Class - racial favored class bonuses and traits. Toss an Animal Growth or better yet, Legendary Proportions onto a Mastodon animal companion and watch as it keeps essentially everything. Dog/ Monitor Lizard are worse starting out than Leopard, but scale better. 3. It was fun. Does the animal companion count as a full-fledged member of the team? With Mad Dog Claas I will only be able to have 4 companions instead of 5?. Boon Companion is a feat in Pathfinder: Kingmaker. First off, the feat Boon Companion will raise an Animal Companion up to four levels (up to a maximum of your character level), so you’ll probably want to take that. Your bond with your animal companion is unusually close. To add to this it also gets. Ranger with Wolf (has the pet feat to give it full level) Barb with Mamoth. ZeroStarkiller Sep 29, 2018 @ 10:24pm. Jam03t • 9 mo. - medium spellcasting class, +15/+10/+5 attack bonus. The subject of the spell gains two permanent negative levels when it is raised, just as if it had. Neoseeker build will work fine. With the feat boon companion, your pet lvl is +4 (up to max character level). Hex: Onii-Chan Sep 27, 2018 @ 7:35pm. If you can click on the dead companions portrait and then use it from inventory it should work. ) Only avaliable if you go from Azata to Devil. Like, case in point, Camellia has about 0 redeeming features and would be nothing. Is there COMPLETE death for companions? Can companions die for good, if they get massive hit - similar to Baldur's Gate? Showing 1 - 5 of 5 comments. ago. Summary. My sacred huntsman has a Smilodon animal companion and at some point it had a near death experience and is now red with a warning if it drops low again it'll die for good. That's the first thing you're supposed to do after finding the weak spot in the fence. As long as you aren't in battle or dungeon right click the scroll and the use. I believe it's best to raise their mobility (because it has small combat applications), and/or their perception (to help roll for hidden objects). An animal companion's class skills are: Athletics, Mobility, Stealth, and. Changed the thread title to one more likely to generate answers to the questions contained herein. Samewise, there is no way to track. Once per day on command, this pearl enables the possessor to recall any one spell that they had prepared and then cast that day. Think of it this way, at least it ended relatively quickly! You almost certainly would’ve been screwed by some random bug over the course of a full play through atm, better to have this happen now than 50+ hours into it. 42. Pure Oracle Healer And Summoner Build For Daeran. Next priority is to get into melee wih the Stag Lord ASAP, because he'll win any archery duel. 5 Ruleset of Dungeons and Dragons. 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 saving throws. After battle, they get back up and are at 1 hp. Pathfinder is a tabletop RPG based off of the 3. Animals, whether they are pets or service animals, often seem to better understand you than anyone else. Last edited by Ventus ; Sep 30, 2018 @ 4:12pm. Kingmaker: Mechanic Just got the game and started playing, I turned on turn based mode because that sounds so much more compatible with the D20 system. 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. You can't select continue unless you have a pet already, and must select it if you can. fandom. So he gets Ecclesitheurge penalties without good benefits to offset them. Hunter was also a new class in this. Queen Abgail. Animal companions with multiple starting attacks, like the Bear's two claws, or the Smilodon's 5 attacks do not get more attacks as their Base Attack rises. In my opion there is no "best companion".