Animal Companions

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An animal companion’s abilities are determined by the druid’s level and its animal racial traits. Table: Animal Companion Base Statistics determines many of the base statistics of the animal companion. They remain creatures of the animal type for purposes of determining which spells can affect them.

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Table: Animal Companion Base Statistics
Class Level HD BAB Fort Ref Will Skills Feats Natural Armor Bonus Str/Dex Bonus Bonus Tricks Special
1st 2 +1 +3 +3 +0 2 1 +0 +0 1 Link, share spells
2nd 3 +2 +3 +3 +1 3 2 +0 +0 1
3rd 3 +2 +3 +3 +1 3 2 +2 +1 2 Evasion
4th 4 +3 +4 +4 +1 4 2 +2 +1 2 Ability score increase
5th 5 +3 +4 +4 +1 5 3 +2 +1 2
6th 6 +4 +5 +5 +2 6 3 +4 +2 3 Devotion
7th 6 +4 +5 +5 +2 6 3 +4 +2 3
8th 7 +5 +5 +5 +2 7 4 +4 +2 3
9th 8 +6 +6 +6 +2 8 4 +6 +3 4 Ability score increase, Multiattack
10th 9 +6 +6 +6 +3 9 5 +6 +3 4
11th 9 +6 +6 +6 +3 9 5 +6 +3 4
12th 10 +7 +7 +7 +3 10 5 +8 +4 5
13th 11 +8 +7 +7 +3 11 6 +8 +4 5
14th 12 +9 +8 +8 +4 12 6 +8 +4 5 Ability score increase
15th 12 +9 +8 +8 +4 12 6 +10 +5 6 Improved evasion
16th 13 +9 +8 +8 +4 13 7 +10 +5 6
17th 14 +10 +9 +9 +4 14 7 +10 +5 6
18th 15 +11 +9 +9 +5 15 8 +12 +6 7
19th 15 +11 +9 +9 +5 15 8 +12 +6 7
20th 16 +12 +10 +10 +5 16 8 +12 +6 7 Ability score increase


Class Level

The character’s druid level. The druid’s class levels stack with levels of any other classes that are entitled to an animal companion for the purpose of determining the companion’s statistics.

HD

This is the total number of eight-sided (d8) Hit Dice the animal companion possesses, each of which gains a Constitution modifier, as normal.

BAB

This is the animal companion’s base attack bonus. An animal companion’s base attack bonus is the same as that of a druid of a level equal to the animal’s HD. Animal companions do not gain additional attacks using their natural weapons for a high base attack bonus.

Fort/Ref/Will

These are the animal companion’s base saving throw bonuses. An animal companion has good Fortitude and Reflex saves.

Skills

This lists the animal’s total skill ranks. Animal companions can assign skill ranks to any skill listed below. If an animal companion increases its Intelligence to 10 or higher, it gains bonus skill ranks as normal. Animal companions with an Intelligence of 3 or higher can purchase ranks in any skill. An animal companion cannot have more ranks in a skill than it has Hit Dice.

Animal companions can have ranks in any of the following skills:

Acrobatics* (Dex), Climb* (Str), Escape Artist (Dex), Fly* (Dex), Intimidate (Cha), Perception* (Wis), Stealth* (Dex), Survival (Wis), and Swim* (Str).

All of the skills marked with an (*) are class skills for animal companions. Animal companions with an Intelligence of 3 or higher can put ranks into any skill.

Feats

This is the total number of feats possessed by an animal companion. Animal companions should select their feats from those listed under Animal Feats. Animal companions can select other feats, although they are unable to utilize some feats (such as Martial Weapon Proficiency). Note that animal companions cannot select a feat with a requirement of base attack bonus +1 until they gain their second feat at 3 Hit Dice.

Animal companions can select from the following feats:

Acrobatic, Agile Maneuvers, Armor Proficiency (light, medium, and heavy), Athletic, Blind-Fight, Combat Reflexes, Diehard, Dodge, Endurance, Great Fortitude, Improved Bull Rush, Improved Initiative, Improved Natural Armor, Improved Natural Attack, Improved Overrun, Intimidating Prowess, Iron Will, Lightning Reflexes, Mobility, Power Attack, Run, Skill Focus, Spring Attack, Stealthy, Toughness, Weapon Finesse, and Weapon Focus.

Animal companions with an Intelligence of 3 or higher can select any feat they are physically capable of using. GMs might expand this list to include feats from other sources.

Natural Armor Bonus

The number noted here is an improvement to the animal companion’s existing natural armor bonus.

Str/Dex Bonus

Add this value to the animal companion’s Strength and Dexterity scores.

Bonus Tricks

The value given in this column is the total number of “bonus” tricks that the animal knows in addition to any that the druid might choose to teach it (see the Handle Animal skill). These bonus tricks don’t require any training time or Handle Animal checks, and they don’t count against the normal limit of tricks known by the animal. The druid selects these bonus tricks, and once selected, they can’t be changed.

Link (Ex)

A druid can handle her animal companion as a free action, or push it as a move action, even if she doesn’t have any ranks in the Handle Animal skill. The druid gains a +4 circumstance bonus on all wild empathy checks and Handle Animal checks made regarding an animal companion.

Share Spells (Ex)

The druid may cast a spell with a target of “You” on her animal companion (as a touch range spell) instead of on herself. A druid may cast spells on her animal companion even if the spells normally do not affect creatures of the companion’s type (animal). Spells cast in this way must come from a class that grants an animal companion. This ability does not allow the animal to share abilities that are not spells, even if they function like spells.

Evasion (Ex)

If an animal companion is subjected to an attack that normally allows a Reflex saving throw for half damage, it takes no damage if it makes a successful saving throw.

Devotion

An animal companion gains a +4 morale bonus on Will saves against enchantment spells and effects.

Ability Score Increase (Ex)

The animal companion adds +1 to any one of its ability scores.

Multiattack

An animal companion gains Multiattack as a bonus feat if it has three or more natural attacks and does not already have that feat. If it does not have the requisite three or more natural attacks, the animal companion instead gains a second attack with its primary natural weapon, albeit at a –5 penalty.

Improved Evasion (Ex)

When subjected to an attack that normally allows a Reflex saving throw for half damage, an animal companion takes no damage if it makes a successful saving throw and only half damage if the saving throw fails.

Magic Items

Animal Companions only have specific magic item slots available to them. Their magic item slots are based on their general body form. The table can be found here.

Animal Companion Archetypes

Consult your GM if the following animal companion archetypes are allowed:

Feats for Animal Companions

Consult your GM if the following feats are allowed:

Table: Animal Choices
Name Size Use for… Terrain* Source
Allosaurus M   Forest (warm), Plains (warm) PRG:B2
Amargasaurus M   Forest (warm), Plains (warm) PRG:B6
Ankylosaurus M   Forest (warm), Plains (warm) PRG:B1
Ant, giant S   Any PZO1117
Antelope S   Plains (temperate, warm) PRG:B3
Ape M Megaprimatus Forest (warm) PZO1110
Archelon M   Coastlines (warm, temperate), Water (warm, temperate) PRG:B3
Arsinoitherium M   Plains (temperate) PRG:B2
Aurochs M Buffalo or bison Plains (cold, temperate) PRG:B1
Axe beak M   Plains (temperate) PRG:B3
Baboon S   Forest (warm) PRG:B2
Badger1 S Wolverines Forest (temperate) PZO1110
Baluchitherium M   Forest (warm) PRG:B3
Barbed ram S   Mountains (cold) PAP91
Basilosaurus M   Ocean (any) PRG:B3
Bat, dire M   Any Terrain (temperate, warm) PRG:B1
Bear S   Forest (cold) PZO1110
Beetle, giant S   Any PZO1117
Bird1 S Any large birds such as eagles, hawks or owls Mountains (temperate) PZO1110
Blackwisp egret S   Swamps (temperate) PAP91
Boar3,4 S   Forest (temperate) PZO1110
Brachiosaurus M   Forest (warm), Plains (warm) PRG:B1
Bristle boar S   Plains or Hills Orcs
Brontotherium M     PRG:B6
Bull, war M   Plains or Hills Orcs
Camel1,2,4 L   Desert (warm) PZO1110
Cat, big M Lions, tigers Plains (warm), Forest (cold) PZO1110
Cat, Small1 S Cheetahs, leopards Plains (warm), Forest (warm) PZO1110
Centipede, giant S   Forests or Underground (temperate or warm) PZO1117
Chalicotherium M   Forests (temperate) PAP91
Chameleon, giant M   Forest (warm), Mountains (warm) PRG:B3
Cooshee S   Forest (any) FF
Crab, giant S   Any aquatic PZO1117
Crocodile S Alligators Rivers/Lakes (Swamp (warm)) PZO1110
Deinonychus S Velociraptors Forest (warm) PZO1110
Deinotherium M   Forests or plains (any climate) PRG:B6
Devil Monkey M     PRG:B6
Dimetrodon M   Forest (warm) PRG:B3
Dimorphodon S   Coastline or Forest (warm) PRG:B4
Diplodocus M   Plains (warm) PRG:B4
Dog1,3,4 S   Any PZO1110
Dolphin M   Ocean (cold, temperate, warm) PRG:B1
Drake T Drakes Any PZO9470
Dunkleosteus M   Ocean (cold, temperate, warm) PRG:B6
Eel, electric S   Warm fresh water PRG:B1
Elasmosaurus M   Ocean (warm) PRG:B1
Elasmotherium M     PRG:B6
Elephant M Mastodons or mammoths Plains (warm) PRG:B1
Elk M   Plains (temperate, cold) PRG:B3
Embolotherium M   Forests (temperate), Plains (temperate) PAP91
Faerie Mount S   Forests (temperate), Hills (temperate), Plains (temperate) (Fey World)  
Frog, giant M Frog father, goliath frog Swamp (temperate, warm) PRG:B1
Gar M   Marshes and Aquatic (temperate, warm) PRG:B2
Gecko, giant S   Forest (warm), Mountains (warm) PRG:B3
Giganotosaurus M   Forest (warm) ,Plains (warm) PRG:B6
Giraffe M   Plains (warm) PRG:B4
Goblin dog S   Forest (temperate), Swamp (temperate), Underground PRG:B1
Gylptodon M   Plains (temperate) PRG:B2
Heron, yolubilis M   Rivers and swamps (temperate) PAP97
Hippopotamus M   Rivers (warm) PRG:B2
Horse1,2,4 L   Plains (temperate) PZO1110
Hyena S   Plains (warm) PRG:B1
Iguanodon M   Forest (warm), Swamp (warm) PRG:B3
Kangaroo M   Hills (temperate), Plains (temperate) PRG:B3
Kentrosaurus M   Plains (warm) PRG:B6
Llama S   Hills, Mountains (cold or temperate) AnA
Leech, giant S   Marsh (temperate or warm) PZO1117
Manta ray M   Ocean (warm) PRG:B2
Mantis, giant M   Forest (temperate) PZO1117
Megalania M   Forest (warm), Plains (warm) PRG:B3
Megaloceros M Giant elk Forest (temperate, warm), Plains (temperate) PRG:B2
Megatherium M   Forest (temperate, warm) PRG:B2
Mokele-Mbembe M   Lake (warm), River (warm) PRG:B6
Monitor lizard S   Forest (warm), Plains (warm) PRG:B1
Moose M   Forest (cold) AnA
Moray eel, giant M   Ocean (warm) PRG:B1
Octopus S   Ocean (cold, temperate) PRG:B1
Orca M Killer whales Ocean (cold) PRG:B1
Ostrich S   Deserts or plains (warm) OLP
Pachycephalosaurus M   Plains (warm, temperate) PRG:B3
Panda S   Jungle (temperate or warm) AnA
Parasaurolophus M   Forest (warm), Plains (warm) PRG:B2
Pony1,2,4 M   Plains (temperate) PZO1110
Pteranodon M   Coastline PRG:B1
Quetzalcoatlus M   Coastline, swamps, or plains (warm) PRG:B6
Ram S   Mountains (temperate) PRG:B2
Rat, dire S   Urban PRG:B1
Raven, giant S   Any (temperate) PRG:B6
Rhinoceros M   Plains (warm) PRG:B1
Roc M   Mountains (warm) PRG:B1
Scorpion, giant M   Deserts, forests, plains, or underground (warm or temperate) PZO1117
Seahorse L     PRG:B4
Shark1 S   Ocean (cold, temperate, warm) PZO1110
Shrike, impaler S   Any (temperate) PAP97
Skittergoat S   Hills or plains (temperate) PAP91
Slug, giant M   Marshes or Underground (temperate or warm) PZO1117
Snake, constrictor1 M Any kind of constrictor snake Rivers/Lakes, Swamp (warm), Forest (warm) PZO1110
Snake, viper1 S Any kind of poisonous snake Any Terrain (temperate, warm) PZO1110
Snapping turtle M   Coastline, Rivers/Lakes, Swamp (temperate, warm) PRG:B2
Spider, giant S   Any (warm) PZO1117
Spinosaurus M   Forest (warm), Swamp (warm) PRG:B3
Squid M   Ocean (cold, temperate, warm) PRG:B1
Stag S   Forest (temperate) PRG:B4
Stegosaurus M   Plains (warm) PRG:B1
Stingray S   Ocean (warm) PRG:B2
Styracosaurus M   Plains (warm) PRG:B4
Thylacine S   Hills (warm) PRG:B3
Titanoboa M   Swamp (warm) PRG:B6
Toad, giant M   Forest (temperate), Plains (temperate, warm), Swamp (warm) PRG:B2
Tortoise M     PRG:B4
Triceratops M   Plains (warm) PRG:B1
Trumpeter Swan S   Lake (temperate), Swamp (temperate) PRG:B4
Tylosaurus M   Ocean (warm), Rivers/Lakes PRG:B2
Tyrannosaurus M   Forest (warm), Plains (warm) PRG:B1
Vulture, giant M   Plains (warm), Hills (warm) PRG:B3
Vulture, whisper S   Mountain (temperate) Orcs
Walrus M   Coastlines (cold) AnA
Warcat M   Hills (cold), Mountains (cold) Orcs
Wasp, giant M   Forests (temperate) PZO1117
Weasel, giant S   Any land PRG:B4
Wolf1,2 M   Any, Forest (temperate) PZO1110
Wolliped M   Hills (temperate) PAP70

Animal Companion Descriptions

Animal companions listed in order of effective druid level can be found here

Each animal companion has different starting sizes, speed, attacks, ability scores, and special qualities. All animal attacks are made using the creature’s full base attack bonus unless otherwise noted. Animal attacks add the animal’s Strength modifier to the damage roll, unless it is its only attack, in which case it adds 1-1/2 its Strength modifier. Some have special abilities, such as scent. As you gain levels, your animal companion improves as well, usually at 4th or 7th level, in addition to the standard bonuses noted on Table: Animal Companion Base Statistics. Instead of taking the listed benefit at 4th or 7th level, you can instead choose to increase the companion’s Dexterity and Constitution by 2.

Allosaurus

Starting Statistics

Size Medium, Speed 40 ft.; AC +4 natural armor; Attack bite (1d6), 2 claws (1d4)*; Ability Scores Str 14, Dex 16, Con 10, Int 2, Wis 15, Cha 10; Special Qualities low-light vision, scent.

7th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d8), 2 claws (1d6); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex –2, Con +4; Special Qualities grab, pounce.

* This is a secondary natural attack, see Combat for more information on how secondary attacks work.

Amargasaurus

[Source]

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 30 ft.; AC +3 natural armor; Attack slam (1d6), tail slap (1d6); Ability Scores Str 11, Dex 18, Con 9, Int 2, Wis 13, Cha 10; Special Qualities low-light vision, scent.

4th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +2 natural armor; Attack slam (1d8), tail slap (1d8); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex –2, Con +4; Special Qualities trample.

Anglerfish

[Source]

The anglerfish is a fish that uses a bioluminescent lure at the tip of a stalk protruding from its head to attract prey.

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed swim 40 ft.; AC +1 natural armor; Attack bite (1d8 plus grab); Ability Scores Str 13, Dex 15, Con 12, Int 1, Wis 12, Cha 2; Special Qualities aquatic, grab (Medium), low-light vision, lure (sheds light as per a candle), scent.

4th-Level Advancement

Size Medium; AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (2d6 plus grab); Ability Scores Str +2, Dex –2, Con +4; Special Qualities grab (Large), swallow whole (Medium).

Ankylosaurus

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 30 ft.; AC +9 natural armor; Attack tail (1d6); Ability Scores Str 10, Dex 14, Con 9, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 8; Special Qualities low-light vision, scent.

7th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +2 natural armor; Attack tail (2d6); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex –2, Con +4; Special Qualities stun.

Stun (Ex)

The ankylosaurus’s tail can deliver a powerful, stunning blow. A creature struck by this attack must make a DC (10 + 1/2 HD + Str modifier) Fortitude save or be dazed for 1 round. If the strike is a critical hit and the target fails its save, it is instead stunned for 1d4 rounds.

Antelope

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 60 ft.; AC +1 natural armor; Attack gore (1d4); Ability Scores Str 10, Dex 17, Con 14; Int 2; Wis 13; Cha 5; Special Qualities low-light vision.

4th-Level Advancement

Ability Scores Str +2, Dex +2, Con +2.

Ape

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 30 ft., climb 30 ft.; AC +1 natural armor; Attack bite (1d4), 2 claws (1d4); Ability Scores Str 13, Dex 17, Con 10, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 7; Special Qualities low-light vision, scent.

4th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d6), 2 claws (1d6); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex –2, Con +4.

Archaeopteryx

[Source]

This primeval toothed bird has bright plumage, but it is a relatively poor flyer.

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 30 ft., fly 40 ft. (poor); AC +1 natural armor; Attack bite (1d4); Ability Scores Str 8, Dex 15, Con 12, Int 2, Wis 13, Cha 7; Special Qualities low-light vision.

4th-Level Advancement

Ability Scores Dex +2, Con +2.

Archelon

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 15 ft., swim 50 ft.; AC +10 natural armor; Attack bite (1d6); Ability Scores Str 8, Dex 10, Con 9, Int 2, Wis 13, Cha 6; Special Qualities low-light vision, hold breath, scent.

7th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d8), Ability Scores Str +8, Dex –2, Con +4.

Armorfish

[Source]

The armorfish is a primeval aquatic creature that has exceptionally thick armored scales along its head and back.

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed swim 30 ft.; AC +6 natural armor; Attack bite (1d4); Ability Scores Str 13, Dex 13, Con 15, Int 1, Wis 8, Cha 2; Special Qualities aquatic, low-light vision, scent.

4th-Level Advancement

Size Medium; AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d6); Ability Scores Str +2, Dex –2, Con +4.

Arsinoitherium

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 30 ft.; AC +4 natural armor; Attack gore (1d8); Ability Scores Str 14, Dex 12, Con 15, Int 2, Wis 13, Cha 3; Special Qualities low-light vision, scent.

7th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +2 natural armor; Attack gore (2d8); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex –2, Con +4; Special Qualities powerful charge (gore, 2d8), trample.

Aurochs

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 40 ft.; AC +1 natural armor, Attack gore (1d6); Ability Scores Str 14, Dex 12, Con 12, Int 2, Wis 11, Cha 4; Special Qualities low-light vision, scent.

7th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +3 natural armor; Attack gore (1d8); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex –2, Con +4; Special Qualities stampede, trample.

Stampede (Ex)

A stampede occurs if three or more creatures with stampede make a trample attack while remaining adjacent to each other. While stampeding, the creatures can trample foes of their size or smaller, and the trample’s save DC increases by +2.

Axe Beak

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 50 ft.; Attack bite (1d6 + 1-1/2 Str); Ability Scores Str 10, Dex 17, Con 12, Int 2, Wis 11, Cha 10; Special Qualities low-light vision.

4th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d8 + 1-1/2 Str); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex –2, Con +4; Special Attacks sudden charge.

Sudden Charge (Ex)

When making a charge attack, an axe beak makes a single bite attack. If successful, it may also attempt to trip its opponent as a free action without provoking an attack of opportunity. If the attempt fails, the axe beak cannot be tripped in return.

Baboon

Starting Statistics

Size: Small; Speed: 30 ft.; Attack bite (1d4); Ability Scores: Str 12, Dex 15, Con 12, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 5; Special Qualities low-light vision.

4th-Level Advancement

Ability Scores Str +2, Con +2.

Badger

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 30 ft., burrow 10 ft., climb 10 ft.; AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d4), 2 claws (1d3); Ability Scores Str 10, Dex 17, Con 15, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 10; Special Attacks rage (as a barbarian, 6 rounds per day); Special Qualities low-light vision, scent.

4th-Level Advancement

Size Medium; Attack bite (1d6), 2 claws (1d4); Ability Scores Str +4, Dex –2, Con +2.

Baluchitherium

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; AC +4 natural armor; Speed 40 ft.; Attack 2 hooves (1d4); Ability Scores Str 14, Dex 14, Con 15, Int 2, Wis 13, Cha 6; Special Qualities low-light vision, scent.

7th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +3 natural armor; Attack 2 hooves (1d6); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex –2, Con +4; Special Attacks trample.

Basilosaurus

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed swim 40 ft.; AC +1 natural armor; Attack bite (1d4), tail slap (1d4); Ability Scores Str 11, Dex 14, Con 12, Int 2, Wis 14, Cha 6; Special Qualities low-light vision, hold breath.

7th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d6), tail slap (1d6); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex –2, Con +4; Special Qualities blindsense 60 ft.

Bat, Dire

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 20 ft., fly 40 ft. (good); Attack bite (1d6); Ability Scores Str 9, Dex 17, Con 9, Int 2, Wis 14, Cha 6; Special Qualities blindsense 40 ft.

7th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +3 natural armor; Attack bite (1d8); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex –2, Con +4.

Bear

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 40 ft.; AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d4), 2 claws (1d3); Ability Scores Str 15, Dex 15, Con 13, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 6; Special Qualities low-light vision, scent.

4th-Level Advancement

Size Medium; Attack bite (1d6), 2 claws (1d4); Ability Scores Str +4, Dex –2, Con +2.

Bear, Grizzly

[Source]

The infamous grizzly bear is a lumbering and quite impressive companion, particularly when it rises up on its hind feet to loom large. Grizzly bears strike fear into the hearts of most who encounter them.

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 40 ft.; AC +1 natural armor; Attack bite (1d6), 2 claws (1d4); Ability Scores Str 17, Dex 13, Con 13, Int 2, Wis 13, Cha 6; Special Qualities low-light vision, scent.

7th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +4 natural armor; Attack bite (1d8), 2 claws (1d6 plus grab); Ability Scores Str +4, Dex –2, Con +4.

Bird

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 10 ft., fly 80 ft. (average); AC +1 natural armor; Attack bite (1d4), 2 talons (1d4); Ability Scores Str 10, Dex 15, Con 12, Int 2, Wis 14, Cha 6; Special Qualities low-light vision.

4th-Level Advancement

Ability Scores Str +2, Con +2.

Bird, Blackwisp Egret

[Source]

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 30 ft., fly 30 ft. (poor); AC +1 natural; Attack bite (1d4); Ability Scores Str 8, Dex 17, Con 8, Int 2, Wis 13, Cha 5; Special Qualities low-light vision.

4th-Level Advancement

Size Medium; Attack bite (1d6); Ability Scores Str +4, Dex –2, Con +2; Special Qualities deceptive target.

Deceptive Target (Ex)

A blackwisp egret’s glowing eyes belie its true position at night. In areas of dim light or darkness, ranged attacks against a blackwisp egret suffer a 20% miss chance.

Bird, Cassowary

[Source]

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 60 ft,; AC +1 natural armor; Attack 2 talons (1d6), bite (1d4); Ability Scores Str 15, Dex 17, Con 14, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 6

Special Qualities low-light vision

7th-Level Advancement

Size Medium; AC +2 natural armor; Attack 2 talons (1d8), bite (1d6); Ability Scores Str +4, Dex-2, Con+2; Special Attacks bleed (from talon attacks)

Bird, Cassowary

[Source]

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 60 ft.; AC +1 natural armor; Attack claw (1d4); Ability Scores Str 10, Dex 17, Con 12, Int 2, Wis 13, Cha 12; Special Qualities low-light vision, racial skill bonus: +6 Acrobatics when jumping

4th-LEVEL ADVANCEMENT

Size Medium; Attack claw (1d6) Ability Scores Str +4, Dex -2, Con +2

Bird, Harpy Eagle

Source LG:LH

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 10 ft., fly 80 ft. (average).; Attack bite (1d4), 2 talons (1d4); Ability Scores Str 12, Dex 15, Con 12, Int 2, Wis 14, Cha 6; Special Qualities low-light vision, +2 on saves vs. disease

4th-Level Advancement

Ability Scores Str +2, Con +2

Bird, Owl (Giant)

[Source]

Unlike the magical beast of the same name, this owl is a mundane but unusually large specimen of its kind, with powerful wings and deadly talons.

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 10 ft., fly 60 ft. (average); AC +2 natural armor; Attack 2 talons (1d4); Ability Scores Str 10, Dex 17, Con 13, Int 2, Wis 13, Cha 6; Special Qualities low-light vision.

7th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +2 natural armor; Attack 2 talons (1d6); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex –2, Con +4; Special Attacks rend (2 talons, 1d6); Racial Skill Modifiers +4 Stealth.

Bird, Shoebill Stork

[Source]

STARTING STATISTICS

Size Small; Speed 30 ft., fly 40 ft. (average); AC +1 natural armor; Attack bite (1d4); Ability Scores Str 12, Dex 16, Con 12, Int 2, Wis 13, Cha 5; Special Qualities low-light vision

4th-LEVEL ADVANCEMENT

Size Medium; Attack bite (1d6); Ability Scores Str +4, Dex -2, Con +2

Boar

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 40 ft.; AC +6 natural armor; Attack gore (1d6); Ability Scores Str 13, Dex 12, Con 15, Int 2, Wis 13, Cha 4; Special Qualities low-light vision, scent.

4th-Level Advancement

Size Medium; Attack gore (1d8); Ability Scores Str +4, Dex –2, Con +2; Special Attacks ferocity.

Boar, Babirusa

[Source]

STARTING STATISTICS

Size Small; Speed 40 ft.; AC +6 natural armor; Attack gore (1d8); Ability Scores Str 13, Dex 12, Con 15, Int 2, Wis 13, Cha 4; Special Qualities low-light vision, scent

4th-LEVEL ADVANCEMENT

Size Medium; Attack gore (1d10); Ability Scores Str +4, Dex -2, Con +2

Boar, Bristle

Source: PPC:Orcs

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 40 ft.; AC +6 natural armor; Attack gore (1d6); Ability Scores Str 15, Dex 10, Con 15, Int 2, Wis 11, Cha 4; SQ low-light vision.

4th-Level Advancement

Size Medium; Attack gore (1d8); Ability Scores Str +4, Dex –2, Con +2; Special Attacks spines.

Spines (Ex)

Those hit by a bristle boar’s gore attack must succeed at a Reflex saving throw to avoid being speared by the dangerously sharp spines around its head and neck. Failure results in 1d4 points of piercing damage.

Brachiosaurus

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 30 ft.; AC +3 natural armor; Attack tail (2d4); Ability Scores Str 13, Dex 14, Con 11, Int 2, Wis 13, Cha 10; Special Qualities low-light vision, scent.

7th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +2 natural armor; Attack tail (2d6); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex –2, Con +4; Special Qualities trample (1d8).

Brontotherium

[Source]

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 40 ft.; AC +8 natural armor; Attack slam (1d10); Ability Scores Str 12, Dex 15, Con 12, Int 2, Wis 17, Cha 7; Special Qualities low-light vision, scent.

7th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +2 natural armor; Attack slam (2d6); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex –2, Con +4; Special Qualities powerful charge (slam), trample.

Bull, War

Source: Orcs

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 40 ft.; AC +4 natural armor; Attack gore (1d8); Ability Scores Str 15, Dex 14, Con 13, Int 2, Wis 11, Cha 4; SQ low-light vision.

4th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +3 natural armor; Attack gore (2d6); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex –2, Con +4; Special Attacks trample.

Bustard

[Source]

The bustard is a sizable bird with long legs. Bustards can fly, but they do so relatively poorly and prefer to walk or run.

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 20 ft., fly 50 ft. (poor); AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d6), 2 talons (1d4); Ability Scores Str 13, Dex 14, Con 13, Int 2, Wis 13, Cha 5; Special Qualities low-light vision.

4th-Level Advancement

Ability Scores Str +2, Con +2.

Camel

Starting Statistics

Size Large; Speed 50 ft.; AC +1 natural armor; Attack bite (1d4) or spit (ranged touch attack, target is sickened for 1d4 rounds, range 10 feet); Ability Scores Str 18, Dex 16, Con 14, Int 2, Wis 11, Cha 4; Special Qualities low-light vision, scent.

4th-Level Advancement

Ability Scores Str +2, Con +2.

Cameroceras

[Source]

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; AC +1 natural; Speed 5 ft., swim 20 ft., jet 90 ft.; Attack tentacles (1d4 plus grab), bite (1d3); Ability Scores Str 14, Dex 15, Con 11, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 2; Special Qualities low-light vision, pressure adaptation.

7th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +2 natural armor; Attack tentacles (1d6 plus grab), bite (1d4); Ability Scores Str +4, Dex -2, Con +2;; Special Attacks constrict (1d6).

Capybara

[Source]

This large, brown-furred rodent is equally at home on land or in the water, and is often found near lakes and rivers.

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 30 ft., swim 20 ft.; AC +1 natural armor; Attack bite (1d6); Ability Scores Str 12, Dex 15, Con 12, Int 2, Wis 13, Cha 5; Special Qualities low-light vision, scent.

4th-Level Advancement

Ability Scores Str +2, Con +2.

Cat, Big

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 40 ft.; AC +1 natural armor; Attack bite (1d6), 2 claws (1d4); Ability Scores Str 13, Dex 17, Con 13, Int 2, Wis 15, Cha 10; Special Attacks rake (1d4); Special Qualities low-light vision, scent.

7th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d8), 2 claws (1d6); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex –2, Con +4; Special Attacks grab, pounce, rake (1d6).

Cat, Small

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 50 ft.; AC +1 natural armor; Attack bite (1d4 plus trip), 2 claws (1d2); Ability Scores Str 12, Dex 21, Con 13, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 6; Special Qualities low-light vision, scent.

4th-Level Advancement

Size Medium; Attack bite (1d6), 2 claws (1d3); Ability Scores Str +4, Dex –2, Con +2; Special Qualities sprint.

Sprint (Ex)

Once per hour, a small cat can move at 10 times its normal speed (500 feet) when it makes a charge.

Cattle

[Source]

Commonly seen as a docile farm animal, an ill-tempered bull or cow can be an effective animal companion as well.

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 40 ft.; AC +2 natural armor; Attack gore (1d6); Ability Scores Str 14, Dex 12, Con 12, Int 2, Wis 11, Cha 4; Special Qualities low-light vision, scent.

7th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +2 natural armor; Attack gore (1d8); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex –2, Con +4; Special Qualities powerful charge (gore, 1d8), trample.

Ceratosaurus

[Source]

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 40 ft.; AC +4 natural armor; Attack bite 1d8; Ability Scores Str 14, Dex 17, Con 11, Int 2, Wis 11, Cha 10; Special Qualities low-light vision, scent, trip.

7th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite 2d6; Ability Scores Str +8, Dex -2, Con +4; Special Qualities blood rage*, ferocity.

*Blood Rage When a ceratosaurus takes damage in combat, on its next turn it can fly into a rage as a free action. It gains +2 Constitution and +2 Strength, but takes a –2 penalty to its AC. The rage lasts as long as the battle or 1 minute, whichever is shorter. It cannot end its rage voluntarily.

Chalicotherium

[Source]

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 30 ft., climb 30 ft.; AC +4 natural; Attack 2 claws (1d4); Ability Scores Str 12, Dex 14, Con 13, Int 2, Wis 13, Cha 3; Special Qualities low-light vision, scent.

7th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +2 natural; Attack 2 claws (1d6); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex -2, Con +4; Special Attack rend (2 claws, 1d6).

Chameleon, Giant

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 30 ft., climb 30 ft.; Attack bite (1d6); Ability Scores Str 12, Dex 14, Con 14, Int 2, Wis 11, Cha 7; Special Qualities +10 Stealth when still, low-light vision.

4th-Level Advancement

Size Large; Speed 40 ft., climb 40 ft.; AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d8); Ability Scores Str +4, Dex –2, Con +2; Special Attacks pull (tongue, 5 ft.), tongue.

Tongue (Ex)

A giant chameleon can grab a foe with its tongue and draw the victim to its mouth. This tongue attack has a reach of 15 feet. The attack does no damage, but allows the creature to grab. A giant chameleon does not gain the grappled condition while using its tongue in this manner.

Chimpanzee

[Source]

This small primate is more dangerous than its size suggests.

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 30 ft., climb 30 ft.; AC +1 natural armor; Attack bite (1d4), slam (1d3 plus grab); Ability Scores Str 13, Dex 17, Con 12, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 7; Special Qualities low-light vision, scent.

4th-Level Advancement

Size Medium; Attack bite (1d6), slam (1d4 plus grab); Ability Scores Str +4, Dex –2, Con +2.

Crocodile

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 20 ft., swim 30 ft.; AC +4 natural armor; Attack bite (1d6 plus grab); Ability Scores Str 15, Dex 14, Con 15, Int 1, Wis 12, Cha 2; Special Qualities hold breath, low-light vision.

4th-Level Advancement

Size Medium; Attack bite (1d8) or tail slap (1d12); Ability Scores Str +4, Dex –2, Con +2; Special Attacks death roll, sprint.

Death Roll (Ex)

When grappling a foe of its size or smaller, a crocodile can perform a death roll upon making a successful grapple check. As it clings to its foe, it tucks in its legs and rolls rapidly, twisting and wrenching its victim. The crocodile inflicts its bite damage and knocks the creature prone. If successful, the crocodile maintains its grapple.

Hold Breath (Ex)

A crocodile can hold its breath for a number of rounds equal to 4 times its Constitution score before it risks drowning.

Sprint (Ex)

Once per minute a crocodile may sprint, increasing its land speed to 40 feet for 1 round.

Deer, Reindeer

[Source]

A denizen of the frozen tundra, the reindeer is a sure-footed companion in icy terrain, and it can used for transportation as well as defense.

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 50 ft.; AC +2 natural armor; Attack gore (1d6); Ability Scores Str 13, Dex 14, Con 13, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 5; Special Qualities low-light vision, scent, snow adaptation (ignore difficult terrain from ice and snow).

4th-Level Advancement

Ability Scores Str +2, Dex +2, Con +2.

Deer, Ringhorn

Source PAP115

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 40 ft.; AC +1 natural; Attack 2 hooves (1d3); Ability Scores Str 11, Dex 18, Con 11, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 13; Special Qualities low-light vision, scent.

4th-Level Advancement

Size Medium; Attack 2 hooves (1d4); Ability Scores Str +2, Dex –2, Con +2; Bonus Feat Nimble Moves.

Deinonychus

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 60 ft.; AC +1 natural armor; Attack 2 talons (1d6), bite (1d4); Ability Scores Str 11, Dex 17, Con 17, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 14; Special Qualities low-light vision, scent.

7th-Level Advancement

Size Medium; AC +2 natural armor; Attack 2 talons (1d8), bite (1d6), 2 claws (1d4) Ability Scores Str +4, Dex –2, Con +2; Special Attacks pounce.

Deinotherium

[Source]

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 30 ft.; AC +4 natural; Attack slam (1d6), gore (1d8); Ability Scores Str 14, Dex 10, Con 15, Int 2, Wis 13, Cha 3; Special Qualities low-light vision, scent.

7th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +2 natural; Attack slam (1d8), gore (2d6); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex –2, Con +4; Special Qualities sweep, trample.

Sweep (Ex)

A deinotherium can sweep a target with its downward-curving tusks and knock the victim to the ground. As part of a charge, a deinotherium can move up to twice its base speed in a straight line and make a gore attack at any point during its movement. If this attack is successful, the target is knocked prone and the deinotherium can deal damage with its trample attack before continuing its movement.

Devil Monkey

[Source]

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 30 ft.; AC +3 natural armor; Attack bite (1d8); Ability Scores Str 15, Dex 19, Con 8, Int 2, Wis 15, Cha 10; Special Qualities low-light vision.

4th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +2 natural armor; Speed 40 ft.; Attack bite (1d10); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex –2, Con +4; Special Qualities puncture armor, rock throwing.

Digmaul

[Source]

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 50 ft.; AC +1 natural armor; Attack bite (1d4), 2 claws (1d2), tail (1d2); Ability Scores Str 10, Dex 21, Con 13, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 6; Special Qualities ball tail, low-light vision, scent.

4th-Level Advancement

Size Medium; Attack bite (1d6), 2 claws (1d3), tail (1d3); Ability Scores Str +4, Dex -2, Con +2.

Dimetrodon

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 30 ft.; AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d8); Ability Scores Str 12, Dex 16, Con 14, Int 1, Wis 12, Cha 3; Special Attacks tearing bite.

Tearing Bite (Ex)

A dimetrodon’s jaws are filled with razor-sharp teeth of two different sizes. This gives the creature a threat range of 19–20 with its bite attack.

7th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +1 natural armor; Attack bite (2d8); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex –2, Con +4.

Dimorphodon

Source: PRG:B4

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 10 ft., fly 80 ft. (clumsy); AC +1 natural armor; Attack bite (1d4); Ability Scores Str 8, Dex 15, Con 12, Int 2, Wis 14, Cha 6; SQ low-light vision, scent.

4th-Level Advancement

Attack bite (1d6); Ability Scores Str +2, Con +2; Special Attacks poison (frequency 1 round (6); effect 1 Str damage; cure 1 save, Con-based DC).

Diplodocus

Source: PRG:B4

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 30 ft.; AC +6 natural armor; Attack tail (1d8); Ability Scores Str 10, Dex 14, Con 10, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 10; SQ low-light vision, scent.

7th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +3 natural armor; Attack tail (2d6); Ability Scores Str +6, Con +4; SQ tail lash.

Dire Fox

[Source]

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 40 ft., burrow 10 ft.; AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d4); Ability Scores Str 12, Dex 15, Con 15, Int 2, Wis 16, Cha 6; Special Qualities low-light vision, scent, racial skill bonus: +4 Acrobatics when jumping, +4 Survival when tracking by scent

4th-Level Advancement

Size Medium; Attack bite (1d6); Ability Scores Str +4, Dex -2, Con +2

* An arctic dire fox gains an additional +4 racial bonus to Stealth in snowy environments.

Dire Raccoon

[Source]

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 30 ft., climb 30 ft.; AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d4 plus disease); Ability Scores Str 13, Dex 17, Con 16, Int 2, Wis 14, Cha 6; Special Qualities low-light vision, racial skill bonus, lesser compression: +4 Perception

4th-Level Advancement

Size Medium; Attack bite (1d6 plus disease); Ability Scores Str +4, Dex -2, Con +2

Filth Fever Disease

Method-injury (bite); save fortitude, Con-based DC; onset 1d3 days; frequency 1/day; effect 1d3 Dex damage and 1d3 Con damage; cure 2 consecutive saves

Lesser Compression (Ex)

A dire raccoon can move through an area as small as one-half its space without squeezing or onequarter its space when squeezing.

Dog

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 40 ft.; AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d4); Ability Scores Str 13, Dex 17, Con 15, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 6; Special Qualities low-light vision, scent.

4th-Level Advancement

Size Medium; Attack bite (1d6); Ability Scores Str +4, Dex –2, Con +2.

Dog, Coyote or Jackal

Source LG:LH

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 40 ft.; AC +1 natural armor; Attack bite (1d4 plus trip); Ability Scores Str 11, Dex 17, Con 16, Int 2, Wis 13, Cha 6; Special Qualities low-light vision, scent, racial skill bonus: Bluff +4, Stealth +4

4th-Level Advancement

Ability Scores Dex +2, Con +2, Wis +2; Special Qualities opportunistic bite

Opportunistic Bite (Ex)

On a successful bite attack against an opponent it’s flanking or that is denied its Dexterity bonus to AC, a jackal deals 1 additional point of damage.

Dog, Dire Corgi

[Source]

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 40 ft.; AC +1 natural armor; Attack bite (1d4 plus trip); Ability Scores Str 12, Dex 16, Con 15, Int 2, Wis 14, Cha 6; Special Qualities low-light vision, scent, racial skill bonus: +4 Diplomacy, +4 Survival when tracking by scent; Special Abilities cute as heck

4th-Level Advancement

Size Medium; AC +1 natural armor; Attack bite (1d6 plus trip); Ability Scores Str +4, Dex -2, Con +2

Cute as Heck (Ex)

A dire corgi, despite its size and ferocity, is really cute. It considers Diplomacy as a class skill and may make Diplomacy checks in any social situation as an innate trick. Additionally, any time their master uses the Diplomacy skill, the dire corgi automatically attempts an Aid Another check, even if they are rolling their own Diplomacy attempt.

Dog, Maned Wolf

[Source]

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 40 ft.; AC +1 natural armor; Attack bite (1d4 plus trip); Ability Scores Str 12, Dex 16, Con 16, Int 2, Wis 14, Cha 6; Special Qualities low-light vision, scent, racial skill bonus: +4 Survival when tracking by scent, +2 Fortitude vs. disease

4th-Level Advancement

Size Medium; Speed 50 ft.; AC +1 natural armor; Attack bite (1d6 plus trip); Ability Scores Str +4, Dex -2, Con +2

Dolphin

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed swim 80 ft.; AC +1 natural armor; Attack slam (1d4); Ability Scores Str 12, Dex 15, Con 13, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 6; Special Qualities low-light vision, hold breath.

4th-Level Advancement

Ability Scores Str +2, Dex +2, Con +2; Special Qualities blindsight 120 ft.

Drake

Source: PZO9470

Starting Statistics

Size Tiny; Alignment any nongood; Speed 20 ft.; Attack bite (1d3), tail* (1d3); Ability Scores Str 8, Dex 17, Con 11, Int 4, Wis 10, Cha 7; Languages Draconic.

Note: Complete rules for Drake companions can be found here.

*This is a secondary natural attack.

Dunkleosteus

[Source]

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed swim 60 ft.; AC +4 natural armor; Attack bite (1d8); Ability Scores Str 14, Dex 18, Con 10, Int 1, Wis 13, Cha 6; Special Qualities low-light vision.

7th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (2d6); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex –2, Con +4; Special Qualities grab (bite), gulp.

Eel, Electric

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 5 ft., swim 30 ft.; Attack bite (1d6); Ability Scores Str 12, Dex 14, Con 18, Int 1, Wis 10, Cha 6; Special Qualities amphibious, low-light vision, electricity resistance 5.

4th-Level Advancement

AC +2 natural armor; Ability Scores Dex +2, Con +2; Special Qualities electricity (1d6), electricity resistance 10.

Elasmosaurus

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 20 ft., swim 50 ft.; AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d8); Ability Scores Str 10, Dex 18, Con 12, Int 2, Wis 13, Cha 9; Special Qualities low-light vision, scent.

4th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +3 natural armor; Attack bite (2d6); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex –2, Con +4.

Elasmotherium

[Source]

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 40 ft.; AC +4 natural armor; Attack gore (1d8); Ability Scores Str 14, Dex 12, Con 15, Int 2, Wis 17, Cha 3; Special Qualities low-light vision, scent.

7th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +3 natural armor; Attack gore (2d6); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex –2, Con +4; Special Attacks impaling horn, powerful charge (gore).

Elephant/Mastodon

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 40 ft.; AC +4 natural armor; Attack gore (1d8), slam (1d6); Ability Scores Str 14, Dex 14, Con 13, Int 2, Wis 13, Cha 7; Special Abilities low-light vision, scent.

7th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +3 natural armor; Attack gore (2d6), slam (1d8); Ability Scores +8 Str, –2 Dex, +4 Con; Special Abilities trample (2d6).

Elk

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 50 ft.; AC +1 natural armor; Attack gore (1d6) or 2 hooves (1d3); Ability Scores Str 12, Dex 17, Con 14, Int 2, Wis 15, Cha 5; Special Qualities low-light vision.

7th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +2 natural armor; Attack gore (1d8) or 2 hooves (1d4); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex –2, Con +4.

Embolotherium

[Source]

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 30 ft.; AC +6 natural; Attack bite (1d6); Ability Scores Str 14, Dex 10, Con 13, Int 2, Wis 13, Cha 3; Special Qualities low-light vision.

7th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +2 natural; Attack bite (1d8); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex –2, Con +4; Special Qualities trample.

Eohippus

[Source]

The eohippus is a small, primeval ancestor of the modern horse. It has three-toed feet rather than hooves.

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 40 ft.; AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d4); Ability Scores Str 11, Dex 15, Con 12, Int 2, Wis 11, Cha 4; Special Qualities low-light vision, scent.

4th-Level Advancement

Ability Scores Dex +2, Con +2.

Faerie Mount

Source PZO90119

Short legs and overlarge ears make this broad-chested canine seem almost comical.

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 30 ft.; AC +1 natural armor; Attack bite (1d4); Ability Scores Str 9, Dex 12, Con 15, Int 2, Wis 13, Cha 12; Special Qualities low-light vision, Scent, Stability

4th-Level Advancement

Ability Scores: Size Medium; Speed 40 ft.; Attack Bite (1d6); Str +4 Dex -2, Con +2; Special Qualities Sure-Footed.

Falcon

[Source]

This swift raptor has amazing eyesight and sharp talons.

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 10 ft., fly 90 ft. (good); AC +1 natural armor; Attack bite (1d4), 2 talons (1d3); Ability Scores Str 10, Dex 15, Con 11, Int 2, Wis 15, Cha 6; Special Qualities low-light vision.

4th-Level Advancement

Ability Scores Dex +2, Con +2.

Fossa

[Source]

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 40 ft., climb 20 ft.; AC +1 natural armor; Attack bite (1d4 plus trip), 2 claws (1d2); Ability Scores Str 12, Dex 16, Con 15, Int 2, Wis 14, Cha 6; Special Qualities low-light vision, scent, racial skill bonus: +4 Acrobatics, +4 Survival when tracking by scent

4th-Level Advancement

Size Medium; Speed 40 ft., climb 30 ft.; Attack bite (1d6 plus trip), 2 claws (1d3); Ability Scores Str +4, Dex -2, Con +2

Frilled Lizard, Giant

[Source]

This large lizard can display a frightening frill on its neck when it charges.

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 30 ft., climb 30 ft.; AC +4 natural armor; Attack bite (1d6), tail (1d4); Ability Scores Str 13, Dex 15, Con 13, Int 2, Wis 14, Cha 10; Special Attacks intimidating charge; Special Qualities low-light vision, scent.

7th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d8), tail (1d6); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex –2, Con +4.

Frog, Giant

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 30 ft.,swim 30 ft.; AC +1 natural armor; Attack bite (1d6); Ability Scores Str 15, Dex 13, Con 16, Int 1, Wis 9, Cha 6; Special Qualities low-light vision, scent, tongue, pull.

Tongue (Ex)

A giant frog’s tongue is a primary attack with reach equal to three times the frog’s normal reach (15 feet for a Medium giant frog). A giant frog’s tongue deals no damage on a hit, but can be used to grab. A giant frog does not gain the grappled condition while using its tongue in this manner.

4th-Level Advancement

Ability Scores Str +2, Dex +2; Special Qualities swallow whole.

Gar

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed swim 60 ft., AC +1 natural armor, Attack bite (1d6 plus grab); Ability Scores Str 14, Dex 14, Con 15, Int 1, Wis 13, Cha 2.

7th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +3 natural armor, Attack bite (1d8), Ability Scores +8 Str, –2 Dex, +4 Con.

Gecko, Giant

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 30 ft.; Attack bite (1d6); Ability Scores Str 11, Dex 15, Con 12, Int 2, Wis 14, Cha 7; Special Qualities expert climber, low-light vision.

Expert Climber (Ex)

A gecko’s feet allow it to climb virtually any surface, no matter how slick or sheer. In effect, geckos are treated as constantly being under a natural version of the spell spider climb.

4th-Level Advancement

Size Medium; Speed 40 ft.; AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (2d4); Ability Scores Str +4, Dex –2, Con +2.

Giant Hamster

[Source]

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 20 ft., burrow 10 ft.; AC +3 natural armor; Attack bite (1d6 plus grab); Ability Scores Str 11, Dex 15, Con 12, Int 1, Wis 12, Cha 6; Special Qualities low-light vision; Special Attacks cheek pouch; Immune disease

7th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d8 plus grab); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex -2, Con +4

Cheek Pouch (Ex)

A giant hamster can try to stuff a grabbed opponent of two sizes smaller than itself into its cheek pouch by making a successful grapple check. A creature stuffed into the giant hamster’s cheek pouch takes no damage, and can escape by making a successful Strength check or can cut its way out by using a light slashing or piercing weapon to deal 10 points of damage to the cheek (AC equal to 10 + ½ the giant hamster’s natural armor). Once the creature exits, muscular action closes the hole; another trapped opponent must cut its own way out. A Medium-sized giant hamster can hold 1 Tiny, 2 Diminutive or 8 Fine creatures in its pouch. A Largesized giant hamster can hold 1 Small, 2 Tiny or 8 Diminutive or smaller creatures in its pouch. The Strength check DC is Strength-based.

Giant Porcupine

[Source]

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 40 ft.; AC +2 natural armor; Attack tail slap (1d8); Ability Scores Str 13, Dex 14, Con 14, Int 2, Wis 13, Cha 5; Special Qualities low-light vision; Defensive Abilities quills

4th-Level Advancement

Size Medium; Attack tail slap (2d6); Ability Scores Str +4, Dex -2, Con +2

Quills (Ex)

Any creature attacking a giant porcupine with light or one-handed melee weapons or with melee natural weapons, or an unarmed strike takes 1d3 piercing damage. A creature that grapples a giant porcupine takes 2d4 piercing damage each round it does so. This damage does not apply if the porcupine grapples a creature.

Giganotosaurus

[Source]

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 40 ft.; AC +4 natural armor; Attack bite (1d6), 2 claws (1d3); Ability Scores Str 14, Dex 16, Con 10, Int 2, Wis 15, Cha 10; Special Qualities low-light vision, scent.

7th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +3 natural armor; Attack bite (1d8), 2 claws (1d4); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex –2, Con +4; Special Qualities grab (bite).

Giraffe

Source: PRG:B4

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 50 ft., AC +2 natural armor; Attack 2 hooves (1d6); Ability Scores Str 16, Dex 17, Con 12, Int 2, Wis 13, Cha 7; SQ low-light vision, natural weapons.

7th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +2; Attack 2 hooves (1d8), slam (1d8); Ability Scores Str +4, Dex –2, Con +4.

Goblin Dog

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 50 ft.; Attack bite (1d4); Ability Scores Str 11, Dex 16, Con 11, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 8; Special Qualities allergic reaction, low-light vision, scent.

Allergic Reaction (Ex)

A goblin dog’s dander is highly irritating to all creatures save those with the goblinoid subtype. A non-goblinoid creature damaged by a goblin dog’s bite, who deals damage to a goblin dog with a natural weapon or unarmed attack, or who otherwise comes into contact with a goblin dog (including attempts to grapple or ride the creature) must make a DC (10 + 1/2 Hit Dice + Con modifier) Fortitude save or break out in an itching rash. A creature affected by this rash takes a –2 penalty to Dexterity and Charisma for 1 day (multiple allergic reactions do not stack). Remove disease or any magical healing removes the rash instantly. This is a disease effect.

4th-Level Advancement

Size Medium; AC +1 natural armor; Attack bite (1d6); Ability Scores Str +4, Dex –2, Con +4.

Glyptodon

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 20 ft.; AC +5 natural armor, Attack 2 claws (1d8); Ability Scores Str 13, Dex 12, Con 13, Int 2, Wis 13, Cha 6; Special Qualities low-light vision, scent.

7th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +2 natural armor; Attack 2 claws (1d10); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex –2, Con +4

Deer, Vampire

[Source]

STARTING STATISTICS

Size Small; Speed 40 ft., swim 20 ft.; AC +1 natural armor; Attack bite (1d3), 2 hooves (1d3); Ability Scores Str 11, Dex 18, Con 11, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 8; Special Qualities low-light vision, scent

4th-LEVEL ADVANCEMENT

Size Medium; Attack bite (1d4), 2 hooves (1d4); Ability Scores Str +4, Dex -2, Con +2

Goat, Screwhorn

[Source]

STARTING STATISTICS

Size Small; Speed 40 ft; AC +1 natural armor; Attack gore (1d4); Ability Scores Str 10, Dex 17, Con 11, Int 2, Wis 14, Cha 7; Special Qualities low-light vision, scent

4th-LEVEL ADVANCEMENT

Size Medium; Attack gore (1d6); Ability Scores Str +4, Dex -2, Con +2; Special Attack powerful charge (gore, 1d8)

Heron, Yolubilis

Source PAP97

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 30 ft., fly 60 ft. (average); AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d8); Ability Scores Str 13, Dex 15, Con 14, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 9; Special Qualities low-light vision.

7th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (2d6); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex –2, Con +2; Special Attacks still predator.

Still Predator (Ex)

A Yolubilis heron has the ability to stand perfectly still for hours at a time while awaiting prey, making it easy to mistake the bird’s legs for slim tree trunks. A Yolubilis heron can use the freeze ability while adjacent to trees or any vegetation that could conceal its upper body. While standing in water, it can use the freeze ability against submerged creatures. Other creatures with low Intelligence scores or poor senses might be tricked by this ability as well.

Hippopotamus

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 40 ft.; AC +6 natural armor; Attack bite (1d8); Ability Scores Str 11, Dex 12, Con 12, Int 2, Wis 13, Cha 5; Special Qualities low-light vision, scent, sweat.

7th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (2d8); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex –2, Con +4; Special Ability trample.

Horse

Starting Statistics

Size Large; Speed 50 ft.; AC +4 natural armor; Attack bite (1d4), 2 hooves* (1d6); Ability Scores Str 16, Dex 13, Con 15, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 6; Special Qualities low-light vision, scent.

* This is a secondary natural attack, see Combat for more information on how secondary attacks work.

4th-Level Advancement

Ability Scores Str +2, Con +2; Special Qualities combat trained.

Hyena

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 50 ft.; AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d4 plus trip); Ability Scores Str 10, Dex 17, Con 13, Int 2, Wis 13, Cha 6; Special Qualities low-light vision, scent.

4th-Level Advancement

Size Medium; Attack bite (1d6); Ability Scores Str +4, Dex –2, Con +2.

Hyaenodon

[Source]

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 40 ft.; AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d6 plus trip and bone-breaker); Ability Scores Str 17, Dex 17, Con 14, Int 2, Wis 13, Cha 6; Special Qualities low-light vision, scent, racial skill bonus: +4 Stealth in tall grass, +4 Survival when tracking by scent

7th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d8 plus trip and bone-breaker); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex -2, Con +4

Bone-breaker (Ex)

A creature that is bit by a hyaenodon must make a Fortitude save or suffer a -1 penalty on attack rolls, damage rolls and Strength– or Dexterity-based skills and checks until they receive healing or they recover the damage dealt by the hyaenodon’s bite naturally. The save DC is Strength-based.

Hypersloth

[Source]

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 10 ft, climb 40 ft; AC +2 natural armor; Attack 2 claws (1d4)

Ability Scores Str 10, Dex 17, Con 12, Int 2, Wis 14, Cha 6

Special Qualities low-light vision.

7th-Level Advancement

Attack 4 claws (1d4); Ability Scores Str +2, Con+2

Burst of Speed (Su)

A hypersloth can act as though under the effect of a haste spell for a number of rounds per day equal to its Hit Dice. These rounds can be broken up over multiple uses or used all at once.

Iguanodon

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 30 ft.; AC +3 natural armor; Attack claw (1d6); Ability Scores Str 17, Dex 15, Con 15, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 7.

7th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +2 natural armor; Attack claw (1d8); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex –2, Con +4; Special Attacks thumb spikes.

Thumb Spikes (Ex)

An iguanodon’s thumb spikes can inflict grievous wounds—they deal triple damage on a successful critical hit.

Jackal, Switchback

Source PAP115

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 40 ft.; AC +1 natural armor; Attack bite (1d4), 2 claws (1d3); Ability Scores Str 11, Dex 13, Con 14, Int 2, Wis 13, Cha 6; Special Qualities low-light vision, problem solver, scent.

4th-Level Advancement

Ability Scores Dex +4, Con +2, Wis +2; Bonus Feat Overwhelm.

Kangaroo

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 40 ft.; Attack kick (1d4); Ability Scores Str 12, Dex 14, Con 13, Int 2, Wis 11, Cha 7; Special Qualities low-light vision, scent.

4th-Level Advancement

Size Medium; Speed 50 ft.; AC +2 natural armor; Attack kick (1d6); Ability Scores Str +4, Dex +2, Con +2.

Kaprosuchus

[Source]

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 30 ft.; AC +3 natural armor; Attack bite (1d6), tail slap (1d6); Ability Scores Str 15, Dex 14, Con 15, Int 1, Wis 14, Cha 2; Special Qualities low-light vision.

7th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d8), tail slap (1d8); Ability Scores Str +6, Dex -2, Con +4;; Special Attacks ramming snout.

Kentrosaurus

[Source]

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 40 ft.; AC +2 natural armor; Attack tail (1d8); Ability Scores Str 10, Dex 16, Con 10, Int 2, Wis 13, Cha 10; Special Qualities impaling strike, low-light vision, scent.

7th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +3 natural armor; Attack tail (2d6); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex –2, Con +4; Special Qualities defensive spikes.

Kiwi, Riding

[Source]

Starting Statistics

Size Large; Speed 50 ft; AC +1 natural armor; Attack bite (1d8)

Ability Scores Str 15, Dex 16, Con 13, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 6

Special Qualities low-light vision, scent.

4th-Level Advancement

Ability Scores Str +2, Con +2; Special Qualities combat trained.

Llama

[Source]

While some value it for its hair, the llama makes a fine animal companion as well, and it has traditionally been used as a beast of burden in mountainous regions.

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 40 ft.; AC +1 natural armor; Attack bite (1d4); Ability Scores Str 11, Dex 16, Con 12, Int 2, Wis 13, Cha 9; Special Qualities low-light vision.

4th-Level Advancement

Size Medium; Attack bite (1d6); Ability Scores Str +4, Dex –2, Con +4.

Manta Ray

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed swim 60 ft.; AC +1 natural armor; Attack tail slap (1d4); Ability Scores Str 8, Dex 15, Con 11, Int 1, Wis 13, Cha 2; Special Qualities low-light vision.

4th-Level Advancement

Size: Large; AC +2 natural armor; Attack tail slap (1d6); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex –2, Con +4; Special Qualities blindsense 30 ft.

Mantis, Giant

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 30 ft., climb 30 ft., fly 40 ft. (average); AC +3 natural armor; Attack 2 claws (1d4 plus grab); Ability Scores Str 10, Dex 15, Con 10, Int —, Wis 12, Cha 7; Special Attacks lunge; Special Qualities darkvision; CMD trip +8.

7th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +2 natural armor; Attack 2 claws (1d6); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex –2, Con +4; Special Attacks mandibles (1d6 secondary attack against a grabbed target), sudden strike (may take a full attack in the surprise round).

Marsupial Devil

[Source]

This toothy marsupial has a perhaps undeserved reputation for ferocity.

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 20 ft.; AC +1 natural armor; Attack bite (1d6); Ability Scores Str 15, Dex 13, Con 12, Int 2, Wis 10, Cha 7; Special Qualities low-light vision, scent.

4th-Level Advancement

Ability Scores Str +4, Con +2.

Marsupial Lion

[Source]

Somewhat slimmer than the standard lion, the marsupial lion is no less dangerous in battle.

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 30 ft., climb 20 ft.; AC +1 natural armor; Attack bite (1d6), 2 claws (1d4); Ability Scores Str 12, Dex 16, Con 13, Int 2, Wis 13, Cha 7; Special Qualities low-light vision, scent.

7th-Level Advancement

Size Large; Speed climb 30 ft.; AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d8), 2 claws (1d6 plus grab); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex –2, Con +4.

Megalania

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 30 ft.; AC +1 natural armor; Attack bite (1d6 plus grab); Ability Scores Str 13, Dex 17, Con 12, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 6; Special Qualities low-light vision, scent.

7th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +1 natural armor; Attack bite (1d8 plus grab and poison); Ability Scores Str +4, Dex –2, Con +4.

Megaloceros

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 50 ft.; AC +3 natural armor, Attack gore (1d8); Ability Scores Str 12, Dex 17, Con 14, Int 2, Wis 15, Cha 5; Special Abilities low-light vision, scent.

7th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +2 natural armor; Attack gore (2d6), 2 hooves (1d4)*; Ability Scores Str +8, Dex –2, Con +4; Special Qualities powerful charge (2d6).

* This is a secondary natural attack, see Combat for more information on how secondary attacks work.

Megatherium

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 40 ft., climb 10 ft.; AC +5 natural armor, Attack 2 claws (1d4); Ability Scores Str 9, Dex 14, Con 11, Int 2, Wis 13, Cha 6; Special Qualities low-light vision, scent.

7th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +2 natural armor; Attack 2 claws (1d6), Ability Scores Str +8, Dex –2, Con +4; Special Qualities rend (2 claws, 1d8).

Moa

[Source]

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 30 ft.; AC +1 natural armor; Attack 2 talons (1d3); Ability Scores Str 13, Dex 16, Con 12, Int 2, Wis 11, Cha 9; Special Qualities low-light vision.

7th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +2 natural armor; Attack 2 talons (1d4); Ability Scores Str +4, Con +2.

Mokele-Mbembe

[Source]

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 30 ft., swim 30 ft.; AC +5 natural armor; Attack bite (1d8), tail slap (1d8, reach 10 ft.); Ability Scores Str 16, Dex 17, Con 10, Int 2, Wis 15, Cha 11; Special Qualities low-light vision, scent.

9th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +4 natural armor; Attack bite (2d6), tail slap (2d6, reach 15 ft.); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex –2, Con +4; Special Qualities trample, whip tail.

Mole, Giant

[Source]

This large-clawed burrowing mammal is slow but can burrow through loose earth and soil with ease to surprise its foes.

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 20 ft., burrow 10 ft.; AC +1 natural armor; Attack 2 claws (1d4); Ability Scores Str 12, Dex 15, Con 13, Int 2, Wis 10, Cha 5; Special Qualities low-light vision, tremorsense 30 ft.

4th-Level Advancement

Size Medium; Speed burrow 20 ft.; AC +2 natural armor; Attack 2 claws (1d6); Ability Scores Str +2, Dex –2, Con +4; Special Attacks rend (2 claws, 1d6).

Monitor Lizard

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 30 ft., swim 30 ft.; AC +1 natural armor; Attack bite (1d6 plus grab); Ability Scores Str 13, Dex 17, Con 12, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 6; Special Qualities low-light vision, scent

7th-Level Advancement

Size Medium, AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d8 plus grab and poison [frequency 1 hour (6), effect 1 Dex damage, cure 1 save, Con-based DC]); Ability Scores Str +4, Dex –2, Con +4

Moose

[Source]

Powerful and often ill tempered, the moose is an intimidating choice for an animal companion.

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 40 ft.; AC +2 natural armor; Attack gore (1d6), 2 hooves (1d3); Ability Scores Str 12, Dex 15, Con 14, Int 2, Wis 13, Cha 7; Special Qualities low-light vision.

7th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +3 natural armor; Attack gore (1d8), 2 hooves (1d4); Ability Scores Str +6, Dex –2, Con +4; Special Attacks powerful charge (gore, 1d8).

Moray Eel, Giant

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; AC +5 natural armor; Speed swim 30 ft.; Attack bite (1d8 plus grab); Ability Scores Str 14, Dex 16, Con 12, Int 1, Wis 12, Cha 8; Special Qualities low-light vision.

7th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +3 natural armor; Attack bite (2d6); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex –2, Con +4; Special Qualities gnaw.

Octopus

Starting Statistics

Size Small; AC +1 natural armor; Speed 20 ft., swim 30 ft., jet 200 ft.; Attack bite (1d3), tentacles (grab); Ability Scores Str 12, Dex 17, Con 14, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 3; Special Qualities low-light vision, ink cloud.

4th-Level Advancement

Attack bite (1d3 plus poison [frequency 1 round (6), effect 1 Str damage, cure 1 save, Con-based DC]); Ability Scores Str +2, Con +2.

Okapi

[Source]

STARTING STATISTICS

Size Small; Speed 50 ft.; AC +2 natural armor; Attack 2 hooves (1d3), slam (1d3 secondary); Ability Scores Str 12, Dex 15, Con 13, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 6; Special Qualities low-light vision

4th-LEVEL ADVANCEMENT

Size Medium; AC +2 natural armor; Attack 2 hooves (1d4), slam (1d4 secondary); Ability Scores Str +4, Dex -2, Con +2

Onwu Azu

[Source]

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 5 ft. swim 70 ft.; Attack bite (1d4 plus attach and bleed); Ability Scores Str 12, Dex 16, Con 12, Int 1, Wis 13, Cha 6; Special Qualities low-light vision, keen scent, racial skill bonus: +8 Swim, ferocity, glide; CMD can’t be tripped.

7th-Level Advancement

Size Medium; Attack bite (1d6 plus attach and bleed); Ability Scores Str +4, Dex -2, Con +2

Attach (Ex)

When an onwu azu hits with a bite attack, it automatically grapples its foe, though the target isn’t considered to be grappling the onwu azu. Each round the onwu azu is grappling its foe, it automatically deals its bite damage.

Glide (Ex)

An onwu azu can launch itself into the air and glide for up to 1 minute (depending on the water and weather conditions [GM’s discretion]). When gliding, it has a fly speed of 60 feet with clumsy maneuverability and gains Flyby Attack.

Keen Scent (Ex)

An onwu azu can notice creatures by scent within a 180-foot radius underwater and can detect blood in the water at ranges of up to 1 mile.

Ornithomimosaur

[Source]

This bipedal dinosaur has long legs built for speed and a long neck that gives it an ostrichlike profile.

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 40 ft.; AC +1 natural armor; Attack 2 claws (1d8); Ability Scores Str 11, Dex 15, Con 12, Int 2, Wis 13, Cha 8; Special Qualities low-light vision, scent.

7th-Level Advancement

Speed 60 ft.; AC +2 natural armor; Attack 2 claws (1d8 plus 1d4 bleed); Ability Scores Str +2, Dex +2, Con +2; Special Quality sprint.

Ostrich

Source PCS:OLoP

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 40 ft.; AC +1 natural armor; Attack claw (1d4); Ability Scores Str 13, Dex 16, Con 12, Int 2, Wis 13, Cha 11; Special Qualities low-light vision.

4th-Level Advancement

Size Medium; Speed 60 ft.; Attack claw (1d6); Ability Scores Str +4, Dex –2, Con +2; Special Qualities crouch.

Crouch (Ex)

An ostrich can hide in plain sight as a bush or shrub by crouching down and concealing its head and legs. It makes a Stealth check as normal, but anyone who observes it from within 30 feet automatically sees through the ruse.

Pachycephalosaurus

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 30 ft.; AC +3 natural armor; Attack gore (1d8); Ability Scores Str 15, Dex 16, Con 13, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 5.

7th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +2 natural armor; Attack gore (1d10); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex –2, Con +4; Special Attacks clobbering charge.

Clobbering Charge (Ex)

When a pachycephalosaurus hits a target with its slam attack at the end of a charge, it can initiate a bull rush as a free action to move the struck target back in the same direction as the dinosaur’s charge. The pachycephalosaurus cannot move with the target of the bull rush. If a pachycephalosaurus scores a critical hit against a creature with its slam attack at the end of a charge, it also staggers the target for 1 round. If the victim succeeds at a DC 18 Fortitude save, the stagger effect is negated, but the victim still suffers the effects of the dinosaur’s bull rush attempt. The save DC is Strength-based.

Panda

[Source]

Normally slow moving and docile, pandas are capable of surprising bursts of activity when needed.

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 30 ft.; AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d4), 2 claws (1d3); Ability Scores Str 13, Dex 12, Con 14, Int 2, Wis 13, Cha 9; Special Qualities low-light vision.

7th-Level Advancement

Size Medium; AC +3 natural armor; Attack bite (1d6), 2 claws (1d4); Ability Scores Str +4, Dex –2, Con +4; Special Attacks powerful bite.

Pangolin, Dire

[Source]

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 30 ft, burrow 5 ft; AC +6 natural armor; Attack 2 claws (1d4)

Ability Scores Str 12, Dex 10, Con 17, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 6

Special Qualities low-light vision, scent.

4th-Level Advancement

Size Medium; Attack 2 claws (1d6); Ability Scores Str +4, Dex -2, Con +2.

Razor Scales (Ex)

A dire pangolin’s scales come to fine slicing edges. A creature that strikes a dire pangolin while it is taking a total defense action with a melee weapon, an unarmed strike, or a natural weapon takes 1d8 + Strength modifier points of slashing damage. Melee weapons with reach do not endanger a user in this way.

Parasaurolophus

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 30 ft.; AC +2 natural armor; Attack tail (1d6); Ability Scores Str 11, Dex 18, Con 9, Int 2, Wis 13, Cha 10; Special Qualities low-light vision, scent.

7th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +2 natural armor; Attack tail (1d8); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex –2, Con +4; Special Qualities trample (1d8).

Plesiosaurus

[Source]

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 5 ft., swim 60 ft.; AC +1 natural armor; Attack bite (1d8); Ability Scores Str 12, Dex 15, Con 12, Int 2, Wis 15, Cha 9; Special Qualities keen scent, low-light vision, scent.

4th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +3 natural armor; Attack bite (2d6); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex -2, Con +4; Special Qualities ambush attack +1d6, bleed (1).

Pony

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 40 ft.; AC +2 natural armor; Attack 2 hooves (1d3); Ability Scores Str 13, Dex 13, Con 12, Int 2, Wis 11, Cha 4; Special Qualities low-light vision, scent.

4th-Level Advancement

Ability Scores Str +2, Con +2; Special Qualities combat trained.

Porcupine, Giant

[Source]

This lumbering forest creature is adorned with an array of long, sharp quills that protrude from its coarse pelt.

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 30 ft.; AC +1 natural armor; Attack tail slap (1d4); Ability Scores Str 14, Dex 12, Con 15, Int 2, Wis 13, Cha 5; Special Attacks quills (as porcupine quills; Special Qualities low-light vision, scent.

4th-Level Advancement

Size Medium; AC +2 natural armor; Attack tail slap (1d6); Ability Scores Str +2, Dex –2, Con +4; Special Attacks quills (as giant porcupine quills).

Prionosuchus

[Source]

This primeval crocodile is equally effective in the water and on land. Its jaws are capable of crushing things with great force.

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 20 ft., swim 30 ft.; AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d8 plus grab); Ability Scores Str 13, Dex 14, Con 15, Int 1, Wis 12, Cha 4; Special Attacks constrict (1d8); Special Qualities scent.

7th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (2d6 plus grab); Ability Scores Str +4, Dex –2, Con +4; Special Attacks constrict (2d6).

Pteranodon

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 10 ft., fly 50 ft. (clumsy); Attack bite (1d8); Ability Scores Str 8, Dex 21, Con 10, Int 2, Wis 14, Cha 12; Special Qualities low-light vision, scent.

7th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (2d6); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex –2, Con +4.

Python, Riding

Source: PRG:MC

Note This companion was originally intended for kobolds. Consult your GM before choosing this animal. A kobold cavalier can select this as a mount instead of a dog or pony.

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 30 ft.; AC +1 natural armor; Attack bite (1d6); Ability Scores Str 11, Dex 14, Con 13, Int 1, Wis 10, Cha 4; CMD (can’t be tripped); Special Qualities blindsight 60 ft.

4th-Level Advancement

Ability Scores Str +2, Con +2; Special Qualities combat training (see Handle Animal).

Quetzalcoatlus

[Source]

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; AC +2 natural armor; Speed 30 ft., fly 50 ft. (clumsy); Attack bite (1d8); Ability Scores Str 9, Dex 21, Con 10, Int 2, Wis 14, Cha 12; Special Qualities low-light vision, scent.

9th-level Advancement

Size Large; AC +3 natural armor; Attack bite (2d6/×3), 2 wings (1d4); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex –2, Con +4; Special Qualities razor-sharp beak.

Razor-Sharp Beak (Ex)

A quetzalcoatlus’s razor-sharp beak has a critical modifier of x3.

Ram

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 40 ft.; AC +1 natural; Attack gore (1d3); Ability Scores Str 10, Dex 17, Con 11, Int 2, Wis 14, Cha 7; Special Qualities low-light vision, scent.

4th-Level Advancement

Size Medium; Attack gore (1d4); Ability Scores Str +4, Dex –2, Con +2; Special Attacks powerful charge (1d8); Bonus Feat Improved Bull Rush.

Ram, Barbed

[Source]

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 40 ft.; AC +1 natural; Attack gore (1d4); Ability Scores Str 10, Dex 17, Con 11, Int 2, Wis 14, Cha 7; Special Qualities low-light vision, scent.

4th-Level Advancement

Size Medium; Attack gore (1d6); Ability Scores Str +4, Dex –2, Con +2; Special Attacks bleed (gore, 1), powerful charge (gore, 1d8).

Rat, Dire

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 40 ft., climb 20 ft., swim 20 ft.; Attack bite (1d4); Ability Scores Str 10, Dex 17, Con 12, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 4; Special Qualities low-light vision, scent.

4th-Level Advancement

Attack bite (1d4 plus disease [filth fever: onset 1d3 days; frequency 1/day; effect 1d3 Dex damage and 1d3 Con damage; cure 2 consecutive saves, Con-based DC]); Ability Scores Str +2, Con +2.

Raven, Giant

[Source]

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 20 ft., fly 50 ft. (average); Attack bite (1d4); Ability Scores Str 8, Dex 13, Con 10, Int 2, Wis 15, Cha 7; Special Qualities low-light vision, scavenger.

4th-Level Advancement

Size Medium; AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d6); Ability Scores Str +4, Dex +2, Con +2.

Rhinoceros

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; AC +4 natural armor; Speed 40 ft.; Attack gore (1d8); Ability Scores Str 14, Dex 14, Con 15, Int 2, Wis 13, Cha 5; Special Qualities scent.

7th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +3 natural armor; Attack gore (2d6); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex –2, Con +4; Special Qualities powerful charge (gore, 2d8).

Roc

Rocs taken as animal companions by druids or rangers are typically newly hatched birds—a baby roc is the size of a person and ready for flight and hunting within minutes of hatching. Unfortunately for druids seeking animal companions of legendary size, an animal companion roc is limited to Large size—still large enough for a Medium druid or ranger to use the flying beast as a mount.

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; AC +5 natural armor; Speed 20 ft., fly 80 ft.; Attack 2 talons (1d4), bite (1d6); Ability Scores Str 12, Dex 19, Con 9, Int 2, Wis 13, Cha 11; Special Qualities low-light vision.

7th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +3 natural armor; Attack 2 talons (1d6 plus grab), bite (1d8); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex –2, Con +4.

Saber-Toothed Cat

[Source]

Somewhat smaller than the more ferocious saber-toothed tiger, the saber-toothed cat is nonetheless an impressive predatory creature.

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 40 ft.; AC +1 natural armor; Attack 2 claws (1d4 plus grab); Ability Scores Str 15, Dex 15, Con 13, Int 2, Wis 13, Cha 8; Special Attacks saber-toothed bite (1d10 bite attack, only on a grapple check to deal damage); Special Qualities low-light vision, scent.

7th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +2 natural armor; Attack 2 claws (1d6 plus grab); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex –2, Con +4; Special Attacks pounce, saber-toothed bite (2d8 bite attack, only on a grapple check to deal damage).

Salamander, Cave

Source: PRG:MC

Note This companion was originally intended for kobolds. Consult your GM before choosing this animal. A kobold cavalier can select this as a mount instead of a dog or pony.

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 40 ft.; AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d6); Ability Scores Str 13, Dex 12, Con 13, Int 1, Wis 12, Cha 4; Special Qualities darkvision 60 ft.

4th-Level Advancement

Ability Scores Str +2, Con +2; Special Qualities combat training (see Handle Animal).

Salamander, Giant

[Source]

This oversized amphibian has a mouth full of tiny but rather sharp teeth.

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 20 ft., swim 30 ft.; AC +3 natural armor; Attack bite (1d4); Ability Scores Str 13, Dex 14, Con 15, Int 1, Wis 12, Cha 4; Special Qualities amphibious, tremorsense 30 ft. (underwater only), scent.

4th-Level Advancement

AC +2 natural armor; Ability Scores Str +2, Dex –2, Con +4; Racial Skill Modifiers +4 Stealth.

Scythe Horn

[Source]

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 40 ft.; AC +4 natural armor; Attack antlers (1d8); Ability Scores Str 14, Dex 15, Con 13, Int 2, Wis 16, Cha 6; Special Qualities low-light vision, scent; Special Attacks trample (DC is Strength-based)

7th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +4 natural armor; Attack antlers (2d6); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex -2, Con +4

Seahorse

Source: PRG:B4

Starting Statistics

Size Large; Speed swim 30 ft.; AC +4 natural armor; Attack bite (1d4); Ability Scores Str 16, Dex 13, Con 15, Int 1, Wis 12, Cha 6; SQ low-light vision.

4th-Level Advancement

Attack bite (1d6); Ability Scores Str +2, Con +2; SQ anchor.

Shark

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed swim 60 ft.; AC +4 natural armor; Attack bite (1d4); Ability Scores Str 13, Dex 15, Con 15, Int 1, Wis 12, Cha 2; Special Qualities low-light vision, scent.

4th-Level Advancement

Size Medium; Attack bite (1d6); Ability Scores Str +4, Dex –2, Con +2; Special Qualities blindsense 30 ft.

Shark, Hammerhead

[Source]

This unusual shark is named for its blocky, rectangular head. The creature’s eyes are on each side of its head.

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed swim 60 ft.; AC +3 natural armor; Attack bite (1d6); Ability Scores Str 13, Dex 14, Con 12, Int 1, Wis 15, Cha 6; Special Qualities aquatic, low-light vision, scent.

7th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +3 natural armor; Attack bite (1d8); Ability Scores Str +2, Dex –2, Con +4; Special Qualities blindsense 30 ft.

Shrike, Impaler

Source PAP97

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 10 ft., fly 60 ft. (average); Attack bite (1d4); Ability Scores Str 12, Dex 13, Con 13, Int 2, Wis 14, Cha 7; Special Qualities low-light vision.

7th-Level Advancement

Size Medium; AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d6); Ability Scores Str +2, Con +2; Special Attacks impale.

Impale (Ex)

When an impaler shrike has a creature at least one size smaller than itself grappled in its beak, it can move the creature to a dangerous location, such as a spike or a broken tree limb. This works like the reposition combat maneuver, except the shrike can move an opponent to an occupied square. An impaler shrike still provokes an attack of opportunity using this ability, so it typically pins its victim before attempting this maneuver. As part of this reposition, an impaler shrike can attempt a melee touch attack against an AC of 15 to impale the victim on a nearby spike or similar object. If this attack is successful, the victim takes an amount of piercing damage appropriate for the impaling object’s size.

Skittergoat

[Source]

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 30 ft.; AC +1 natural; Attack gore (1d4); Ability Scores Str 13, Dex 14, Con 11, Int 2, Wis 10, Cha 5; Special Qualities low-light vision.

4th-Level Advancement

Size Medium; Attack gore (1d6); Ability Scores Str +4, Dex –2, Con +2; Special Qualities egg cracker.

Egg Cracker (Ex)

A skittergoat’s horns are able to crack through the tough shells of ankheg eggs. When a skittergoat charges, its gore attack is resolved against the target’s touch AC. In addition, when breaking an object, a skittergoat ignores 1 point of the object’s hardness.

Skunk, Giant

[Source]

Its unmistakable black-and-white-striped coloration gives a clear warning sign to any who’ve experienced this foul-smelling creature’s ire.

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 30 ft.; AC +1 natural armor; Attack bite (1d6), 2 claws (1d4); Ability Scores Str 9, Dex 14, Con 13, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 9; Special Attacks spray (ranged touch attack, 30-ft. range, musk, usable 1/day); Special Qualities low-light vision, musk (Fort save or sickened for 1d6 rounds, Con-based DC), scent.

7th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d8), 2 claws (1d6); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex –2, Con +4; Special Attacks spray (usable 2/day); Special Qualities musk (Fort save or nauseated for 1d3 rounds).

Snake, Constrictor

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 20 ft., climb 20 ft., swim 20 ft.; AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d3 plus grab); Ability Scores Str 15, Dex 17, Con 13, Int 1, Wis 12, Cha 2; Special Qualities low-light vision, scent.

4th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +1 natural armor; Attack bite (1d4); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex –2, Con +4; Special Attacks constrict 1d4.

Snake, Reef

[Source]

Highly venomous and an excellent swimmer, the brightly colored reef snake is at home in tidal waters but can slither about on land if needed.

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 10 ft., swim 40 ft.; AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d4 plus poison); Ability Scores Str 10, Dex 15, Con 12, Int 1, Wis 13, Cha 2; Special Attacks poison (frequency 1 round [6]; effect 1 Str damage; cure 1 save; Con-based DC); Special Qualities low-light vision, hold breath, scent.

7th-Level Advancement

Ability Scores Str +2, Dex +2.; Special Attacks poison (frequency 1 round [6]; effect 1d2 Str damage; cure 2 saves; Con-based DC]).

Snake, Spitting Cobra

[Source]

This brightly colored snake can spit its venom, giving it a dangerous ranged attack.

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 20 ft., climb 20 ft.; AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d3); Ability Scores Str 8, Dex 15, Con 11, Int 1, Wis 12, Cha 2; Special Attacks poison (frequency 1 round [6]; effect blurred vision [20% miss chance] 1 round; cure 1 save; Con-based DC), spit (ranged touch attack, 10-foot range, poison, usable every 2d4 rounds); Special Qualities low-light vision, scent.

7th-Level Advancement

Ability Scores Dex +2, Con +2; Special Attacks poison (frequency 1 round [6]; effect blindness 1 round; cure 1 save; Con-based DC).

Snake, Viper

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 20 ft., climb 20 ft., swim 20 ft.; AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d3 plus poison [Frequency 1 round (6), effect 1 Con damage, cure 1 save, Con-based DC]); Ability Scores Str 8, Dex 17, Con 11, Int 1, Wis 12, Cha 2; Special Qualities low-light vision, scent.

4th-Level Advancement

Size Medium; Attack bite (1d4 plus poison); Ability Scores Str +4, Dex –2, Con +2.

Snapping Turtle

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 20 ft., swim 20 ft.; AC +10 natural armor; Attack bite (1d6); Ability Scores Str 8, Dex 10, Con 9, Int 1, Wis 13, Cha 6; Special Qualities low-light vision, hold breath, scent.

7th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d8 plus grab), Ability Scores Str +8, Dex –2, Con +4

Spinosaurus

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 30 ft., swim 20 ft.; AC +3 natural armor; Attack bite (1d6), 2 claws (1d4); Ability Scores Str 18, Dex 15, Con 15, Int 2, Wis 13, Cha 3.

7th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d8), 2 claws (1d6); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex –2, Con +4.

Squid

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; AC +1 natural armor; Speed swim 60 ft., jet 240 ft.; Attack tentacles (1d4 plus grab), bite (1d3); Ability Scores Str 14, Dex 15, Con 11, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 2; Special Qualities low-light vision, ink cloud.

Ink Cloud (Ex)

A squid can emit a 5-foot-radius cloud of ink once per minute as a free action while underwater. This cloud provides total concealment. The ink persists for 1 minute.

4th-Level Advancement

Ability Scores Str +2, Con +2.

Squid, Giant

[Source]

Although this creature isn’t nearly the size of a true giant squid, it remains large enough to do serious damage to foes with its many tentacles.

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed swim 40 ft., jet 90 ft.; AC +1 natural armor; Attack bite (1d6), tentacles (1d4 plus grab); Ability Scores Str 12, Dex 15, Con 13, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 3; Special Qualities aquatic, low-light vision.

7th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d8), tentacles (1d6 plus grab); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex –2, Con +4; Special Attacks constrict (1d6); Special Qualities ink cloud (20-ft. radius)

Squirrel, Giant Tree

[Source]

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 30 ft, climb 30 ft; AC +1 natural armor; Attack bite (1d4)

Ability Scores Str 12, Dex 17, Con 12, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 4

Special Qualities low-light vision, scent.

4th-Level Advancement

Size Medium; Attack bite (1d6); Ability Scores Str +4, Dex -2, Con +2.

Stag

Source: PRG:B4

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Attack gore (1d4); Ability Scores Str 10, Dex 19, Con 14, Int 2, Wis 15, Cha 8; SQ low-light vision, scent.

4th-Level Advancement

Size Medium; Attack gore (1d6), 2 hooves (1d4); Ability Scores Str +2, Dex –2, Con +2.

Stegosaurus

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; AC +6 natural armor; Speed 30 ft.; Attack tail (2d6); Ability Scores Str 10, Dex 18, Con 10, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 10; Special Qualities low-light vision, scent.

7th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +3 natural armor; Attack tail (2d8 plus trip); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex –2, Con +4.

Stingray

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed swim 40 ft.; Attack sting (1d3 plus poison [frequency 1 round (4), effect 1d2 Dex and 1 Con damage, cure 1 save, Con-based DC]); Ability Scores Str 6, Dex 15, Con 13, Int 1, Wis 13, Cha 2; Special Qualities low-light vision.

4th-Level Advancement

Size Medium; AC +1 natural armor; Attack sting (1d4); Ability Scores Str +4, Dex -2, Con +2; Special Qualities blindsense 30 ft.

Styracosaurus

Source: PRG:B4

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 30 ft.; AC +6 natural armor; Attack gore (1d8); Ability Scores Str 10, Dex 13, Con 11, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 7; SQ low-light vision, scent.

7th-Level Advancement

Size Large, AC +3 natural armor; Attack gore (2d6); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex –2, Con +4; SQ ferocity, reflexive strike.

Therizinosaurus

[Source]

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 30 ft.; AC +4 natural armor; Attack 2 claws 1d6; Ability Scores Str 12, Dex 18, Con 10, Int 2, Wis 15, Cha 11; Special Qualities low-light vision, scent, sprint.

7th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +3 natural armor; Attack 2 claws 1d8; Ability Scores Str +8, Dex -2, Con +4; Special Qualities bleed (1d6), sweeping strike.

Thylacine

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 30 ft.; Attack bite (1d4); Ability Scores Str 12, Dex 15, Con 16, Int 2, Wis 13, Cha 7; Special Qualities low-light vision, powerful jaws.

Powerful Jaws (Ex)

A thylacine’s muscular jaws threaten a critical hit on a natural roll of 19 or 20.

4th-Level Advancement

Size Medium; AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d6); Ability Scores Str +4, Dex -2, Con +4.

Titanoboa

[Source]

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 30 ft., climb 30 ft., swim 30 ft.; AC +4 natural armor; Attack bite (1d4); Ability Scores Str 15, Dex 15, Con 11, Int 2, Wis 17, Cha 8; Special Qualities low-light vision, scent.

7th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d6); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex –2, Con +4; Special Qualities constrict (1d6), grab.

Toad, Giant

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 30 ft.,swim 30 ft.; AC +1 natural armor; Attack bite (1d6); Ability Scores Str 15, Dex 13, Con 16, Int 1, Wis 9, Cha 6; Special Qualities low-light vision, scent.

4th-Level Advancement

Ability Scores Str +2, Dex +2; Special Qualities poison skin (poison—contact, frequency 1 round (4), effect 1d2 Wis damage, cure 1 save, Con-based DC]), swallow whole.

Poison Skin (Ex)

A creature that strikes a giant toad with an unarmed strike or natural weapon exposes itself to the toad’s poisonous skin.

Tortoise

Source: PRG:B4

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 10 ft.; AC +6 natural; Attack bite (1d4); Ability Scores Str 14, Dex 8, Con 16, Int 2, Wis 13, Cha 9; SQ low-light vision

7th-Level Advancement

Size Large; Speed 10 ft.; AC +8 natural; Attack bite (1d6); Ability Scores Str +4, Dex –2, Con +2; Bonus Feat Great Fortitude

Triceratops

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 30 ft.; AC +6 natural armor; Attack gore (1d8); Ability Scores Str 10, Dex 13, Con 11, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 7.

7th-Level Advancement

Size Large, AC +3 natural armor; Attack gore (2d6); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex –2, Con +4; Special Qualities powerful charge (gore, 2d8).

Troodon

[Source]

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 40 ft.; Attack bite (1d4), 2 claws (1d3); Ability Scores Str 7, Dex 17, Con 10, Int 2, Wis 14, Cha 13; Special Qualities easily trained, low-light vision, scent.

4th-Level Advancement

Size Medium; AC +1 natural armor; Attack bite (1d6), 2 claws (1d4); Ability Scores Str +4, Dex +4, Con +4.

Trumpeter Swan

Source: PRG:B4

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 10 ft., fly 80 ft. (average); Attack bite (1d4), 2 wings (1d3); Ability Scores Str 10, Dex 15, Con 12, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 5; SQ low-light vision.

4th-Level Advancement

Ability Scores Str +2, Con +2.

Tylosaurus

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 20 ft., swim 50 ft.; AC +3 natural armor; Attack bite (1d6); Ability Scores Str 10, Dex 17, Con 10, Int 2, Wis 13, Cha 9; Special Qualities low-light vision, scent.

7th-level Advancement: Size Large; AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d8 plus grab); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex –2, Con +4.

Tyrannosaurus

Starting Statistics

Size Medium, Speed 30 ft.; AC +4 natural armor; Attack bite (1d8); Ability Scores Str 14, Dex 16, Con 10, Int 2, Wis 15, Cha 10; Special Qualities low-light vision, scent.

7th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +3 natural armor; Attack bite (2d6 plus grab); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex –2, Con +4; Special Qualities powerful bite.

Powerful Bite (Ex)

A tyrannosaurus applies twice its Strength modifier to bite damage.

Uintatherium

[Source]

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; AC +4 natural; Speed 30 ft.; Attack bite (1d8); Ability Scores Str 14, Dex 12, Con 17, Int 1, Wis 13, Cha 3; Special Qualities scent.

7th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +3 natural armor; Attack bite (2d6); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex -2, Con +4.

Velociraptor

Source: PRG:B4

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 60 ft.; AC +1 natural armor; Attack 2 talons (1d6), bite (1d4); Ability Scores Str 11, Dex 17, Con 17, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 14; Special Qualities low-light vision, scent.

7th-Level Advancement

Size Medium; AC +2 natural armor; Attack 2 talons (1d8), bite (1d6), 2 claws (1d4) Ability Scores Str +4, Dex –2, Con +2; Special Attacks pounce.

Vulture, Giant

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; AC +2 natural armor; Speed 10 ft., fly 50 ft. (average); Attack bite (1d8); Ability Scores Str 12, Dex 15, Con 14, Int 2, Wis 15, Cha 7; Special Qualities low-light vision, +4 on saves vs. disease.

7th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (2d6); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex –2, Con +4.

Vulture, Whisper

Source: Orcs

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 10 ft., fly 60 ft. (average); AC +1 natural armor; Attack bite (1d6); Ability Scores Str 12, Dex 15, Con 12, Int 2, Wis 13, Cha 7; SQ low-light vision.

4th-Level Advancement

Ability Scores Str +2, Con +2.

Walrus

Source PCS:AA

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 20 ft., swim 40 ft.; AC +3 natural armor; Attack gore (1d6); Ability Scores Str 14, Dex 13, Con 14, Int 2, Wis 13, Cha 9; Special Qualities hold breath, low-light vision.

7th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +4 natural armor; Attack gore (1d8); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex –2, Con +4; Special Qualities fatal gore(A walrus’ gore attack threatens on a 19-20).

Warcat

Source: Orcs

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 40 ft.; AC +4 natural armor; Attack bite (1d6), 2 claws (1d4); Ability Scores Str 15, Dex 15, Con 14, Int 2, Wis 11, Cha 5; Special Attacks rake (1d4); SQ low-light vision, scent.

7th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d8), 2 claws (1d6); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex –2, Con +4; Special Attacks grab, pounce, rake (1d6).

Weasel, Giant

Source: PRG:B4

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 30 ft., climb 10 ft.; AC +1 natural armor; Attack bite (1d4); Ability Scores Str 10, Dex 19, Con 13, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 10; Special Attacks blood drain (1 Con), grab; SQ low-light vision, scent.

4th-Level Advancement

Size Medium; Attack bite (1d6); Ability Scores Str +4, Dex –2, Con +2.

Wolf

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 50 ft.; AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d6 plus trip); Ability Scores Str 13, Dex 15, Con 15, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 6; Special Qualities low-light vision, scent.

7th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d8 plus trip); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex –2, Con +4.

Wolfdog

[Source]

This creature is a dependable hybrid of wolf and dog.

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 40 ft.; AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d6); Ability Scores Str 15, Dex 15, Con 13, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 6; Special Qualities low-light vision, scent.

4th-Level Advancement

Ability Scores Str +2, Con +2; Attack bite (1d6 plus 1d4 bleed).

Whale, Blue

[Source]

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed swim 80 ft.; AC +1 natural armor; Attack tail slap (1d8); Ability Scores Str 11, Dex 19, Con 10, Int 2, Wis 14, Cha 6; Special Qualities low-light vision, hold breath.

7th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +2 natural armor; Attack tail slap (2d6); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex -2, Con +4.

Whale, Narwhal

[Source]

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed swim 80 ft.; AC +1 natural armor; Attack bite (1d6); Ability Scores Str 11, Dex 19, Con 10, Int 2, Wis 14, Cha 6; Special Qualities low-light vision, hold breath.

7th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d8); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex -2, Con +4; Special Qualities blindsight 120 ft., tusk(A charging narwhal can make a single gore attack with its tusk in place of its normal bite attack. If it hits, the tusk deals 2d6 points of damage, plus twice it’s primary attack damage modifier with a ×3 critical multiplier).

Whale, Orca

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed swim 80 ft.; AC +1 natural armor; Attack bite (1d6); Ability Scores Str 11, Dex 19, Con 10, Int 2, Wis 14, Cha 6; Special Qualities low-light vision, hold breath.

7th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d8); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex –2, Con +4; Special Qualities blindsight 120 ft.

Wolliped

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 50 ft.; AC +1 natural armor, Attack gore (1d6); Ability Scores Str 14, Dex 16, Con 12, Int 2, Wis 11, Cha 4; Special Qualities low-light vision, scent.

7th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +3 natural armor; Attack gore (1d8); Ability Scores Str +4, Dex –2, Con +4; Special Abilities spit, trample.

Yak

[Source]

Stout and stubborn, the yak is sure footed and dependable in rough terrain.

Starting Statistics

Size Large; Speed 30 ft.; AC +4 natural armor; Attack gore (1d8); Ability Scores Str 14, Dex 10, Con 12, Int 2, Wis 10, Cha 5; Special Qualities low-light vision, scent.

4th-Level Advancement

AC +2 natural armor; Ability Scores Str +4, Con +4; Special Qualities pack animal (speed is never modified by encumbrance).

Zebra

[Source]

The iconic black and white stripes of the zebra make it instantly recognizable.

Starting Statistics

Size Large; Speed 50 ft.; AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d4), 2 hooves (1d4); Ability Scores Str 14, Dex 15, Con 13, Int 2, Wis 14, Cha 6; Special Qualities low-light vision, scent.

4th-Level Advancement

Ability Scores Dex +2, Con +2.

The hooves are primary attacks.

Aberration Companions

Choker

Source LG:LH

Prerequisite(s): Elder Voice, Stealth 4 ranks, any evil alignment

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 20 ft. climb 10 ft.; AC +2 natural armor; Attack 2 tentacles (1d4 plus grab); Ability Scores Str 14, Dex 14, Con 11, Int 4, Wis 13, Cha 7; Special Qualities darkvision 60 ft; Special Attacks strangle, constrict (1d4)

7th-Level Advancement

AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d8 plus trip); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex -2, Con +4; Special Qualities quickness; Special Attacks grab (Large)

Ettercap

Source LG:LH

Prerequisite(s): Elder Voice, Craft (trapmaking) 4 ranks, any evil alignment

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 30 ft. climb 30 ft.; Attack bite (1d4 plus poison) and 2 claws (1d3); Ability Scores Str 12, Dex 19, Con 17, Int 6, Wis 15, Cha 8; Special Qualities darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision, +8 Craft (trapmaking); Special Attacks poison (frequency 1 round [6], effect 1d2 Dex damage, cure 2 consecutive saves, Con-based DC)

7th-Level Advancement

Size Medium; AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d6 plus poison) and 2 claws (1d4); Ability Scores Str +2, Dex-2, Con +2; Special Qualities spider empathy (HD+4) Special Attacks traps, web (ranged, Con-based DC, HP equal to Con)

Gibbering Mouther

Source LG:LH

Prerequisite(s): Elder Voice, Knowledge (dungeoneering) 7 ranks

Starting Statistics

Size Small; AC +4 natural armor Speed 10 ft., swim 20 ft.; Attack 6 bites (1d3 plus grab); Ability Scores Str 8, Dex 19, Con 22, Int 4, Wis 13, Cha 2; Special Qualities all-around vision, darkvision 60 ft., amorphous (Immune: critical hits, precision damage), +4 Perception; Special Attacks blood drain

9th-Level Advancement

Size Medium; AC +2 natural armor; Attack 6 bites (1d4 plus grab) Ability Scores Str +2, Dex -2, Con +2; Special Attacks gibbering (Con-based DC), ground manipulation, spittle (ranged, Con-based DC)

11th-Level Advancement

Special Qualities DR 5/bludgeoning; Special Attacks Engulf (6d4 damage plus 2 Con damage, AC flat-footed half of natural armor, 4 hp)

Grick

Source LG:LH

Prerequisite(s): Elder Voice, Stealth 4 ranks

Starting Statistics

Size Small; AC +1 natural armor; Speed 30 ft. climb 30 ft.; Attack bite (1d3) and 4 tentacles (1d3); Ability Scores Str 10, Dex 16, Con 11, Int 3, Wis 14, Cha 5; Special Qualities darkvision 60 ft., scent, +8 stealth in rocky terrain; DR 5/ magic; CMD can’t be tripped

7th-Level Advancement

Size Medium; AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d4) and 4 tentacles (1d4); Ability Scores Str +2, Dex -2, Con +2; DR 10/ magic

Otyugh

Source LG:LH

Prerequisite(s): Elder Voice, Knowledge (dungeoneering) 7 ranks

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; AC +6 natural armor; Speed 20 ft.; Attack bite (1d6 plus disease) and 2 tentacles (1d4 plus grab); Ability Scores Str 10, Dex 12, Con 9, Int 5, Wis 14, Cha 5; Special Qualities darkvision 60 ft., scent, +8 stealth in lair, +5 ft. range for tentacle; Immune disease Special Attacks disease Filth Fever (onset 1d3 days, frequency 1/ day, effect 1d3 Dex damage, d3 Con damage, cure 2 consecutive saves, Con– based DC)

9th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d8 plus disease) and 2 tentacles (1d6 plus grab); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex -2, Con +4; Special Attacks constrict (tentacle, 1d6)

Rust Monster

Source LG:LH

Prerequisite(s): Elder Voice

Starting Statistics

Size Small; AC +3 natural armor; Speed 40 ft., climb 10 ft.; Attack bite (1d2) and antennae (rust); Ability Scores Str 8, Dex 19, Con 11, Int 2, Wis 13, Cha 8; Special Qualities darkvision 60 ft., scent metals 90 ft.; Special Attacks rust (1/4 hp in damage, 2nd hit broken, 4th hit destroyed)

9th-Level Advancement

Size Medium AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d3) and antennae (rust); Ability Scores Str +2, Dex -2, Con +2; Special Attacks rust (as normal)

Tentamort

Source LG:LH

Prerequisite(s): Elder Voice

Starting Statistics

Size Small; AC +4 natural armor; Speed 20 ft., climb 20 ft.; Attack sting (1d4 plus poison) and tentacle (1d4 plus grab); Ability Scores Str 13, Dex 15, Con 12, Int 1, Wis 14, Cha 6; Special Qualities all-around vision, blindsense 30 ft., darkvision 60 ft.; Special Attacks poison (frequency 2 rounds, effect 1d4 Con damage plus nausea, cure 1 save, Con-based DC), constrict (1d4)

7th-Level Advancement

Size Medium; AC +2 natural armor; Attack sting (1d6 plus poison) and tentacle (1d6 plus grab); Ability Scores Str +2, Dex -2, Con +2; Special Qualities Reach +5 ft.; Special Attacks constrict (1d6)

Accursed Companions

When a character calls upon the aid and companionship of one of nature’s children, she forges a sacred pact to care for and cherish that creature. In exchange, the animal companion serves as her guide and guardian.

The bond between the two strengthens, and the animal companion moves beyond its primal instincts and its soul blossoms. This transcendence is both beautiful and wondrous, but as with all magic, there is always a cost.

As an animal companion’s consciousness grows, it can sometimes attract the attention of the spiritual energies that hide in plain sight everywhere. While some of these forces are good or indifferent, others lurk in the void, in the deepest shadows where death waits. When the right moment comes, these darker entities latch onto these proud companions with a vicious hunger. Should the character fail to protect her companion, corruption ebbs forth and fills the once-magnificent creatures with vile intent. Cursed and corrupted, these companions return to their masters broken, scarred, and distraught. Theirs is a curse they are bound to share, for when mortals fail to protect their bonded companions, so too shall those mortals suffer.

When a cavalier, druid, hunter, ranger, or other character loses an animal companion to a disturbingly gruesome death, particularly if that fate could have been avoided through an act the character chose not to or was unable to take, the soul of the slain animal companion sometimes remains bound to the character. In such cases, this scarred soul infests the next companion the character takes.

Gaining an Accursed Companion

Any character with the animal companion or mount class ability can choose to gain an accursed animal companion once a previous animal companion has suffered a violent, humiliating, or particularly horrible death. The character must then choose to gain an accursed companion while performing the ritual to replace the slain companion. At the GM’s discretion, the player might automatically gain an accursed companion unless she takes the time to seek atonement for allowing her previous companion to die.

Accursed Companion Manifestations

An accursed companion’s unnatural condition manifests in one of the following ways, chosen at the time the companion is gained. Once selected, the choice cannot be changed. Who gets to choose the manifestation depends on the GM’s preference (the manifestation may even be randomly determined).

All manifestations grant a boon in combat to the animal companion but a disadvantage to the master. An animal companion’s accursed manifestation can be activated in one of two ways: the companion’s master can deliberately trigger a manifestation by making a successful DC 20 Handle Animal or wild empathy check as a move action, or the manifestation can take place when a specific trigger occurs, as detailed in each manifestation’s entry.

When an accursed companion manifests its condition, the companion’s master can resist or mitigate the debilitating side effect with a successful Will save (DC = 10 + 1/2 the accursed companion’s HD + the accursed companion’s Wisdom modifier [minimum +0]). However, manifestations that are constant (such as festering flesh or unsavory friends) have an equally constant effect on the companion’s master, and these effects cannot be mitigated or resisted in any way. An accursed companion can only be affected by a manifestation once per hour unless the manifestation is constant. All side effects on an accursed companion’s master are mind-affecting effects.

Bestial Flashes (Su)

The companion is haunted by the previous companion’s fear and pain during its death.

This manifestation is triggered automatically whenever the accursed companion takes damage from a single blow in excess of half its current hit points. When an accursed companion suffers bestial flashes, it gains a +2 morale bonus on all attack rolls and damage rolls made on natural attacks, and gains a +4 morale bonus on rolls to confirm critical hits. Once triggered, a bestial flash lasts for 1 minute. When a bestial flash occurs, the mind of the companion’s master is overwhelmed with images of feral savagery. She becomes confused for 1d4 rounds and is then sickened for the remainder of the minute that the bestial flash persists. On a successful Will save, the master is instead sickened for only 1d4 rounds.

Bloodthirsty (Su)

The companion becomes consumed with bloodlust that drives it into a frenzy of savage ferocity. This manifestation is triggered automatically whenever the accursed companion makes a successful critical hit with a natural attack. When the companion becomes bloodthirsty, it flies into a rage and gains +2 Constitution and +2 Strength, but it also takes a –2 penalty to its AC. The rage lasts until the battle is over or for 1 minute, whichever is shorter. It cannot end its rage voluntarily. The companion’s master is overwhelmed with rage as well for this period, although this rage is unfocused and distracting, preventing the master from doing anything but growling, hissing, shrieking, and making other animalistic howls, during which time the master cannot speak or use spells with verbal components. A successful Will save reduces the duration of the master’s rage to 1 round.

Festering Flesh (Su)

The companion looks horrific and smells worse. Its rancid flesh reeks of rot and crawls with fleas, ticks, and other vile parasites. Despite its obvious grotesqueness, the creature is quite affectionate, perhaps even overly and inappropriately so. This manifestation is always active—the accursed companion is immune to the sickened and nauseated condition. The master, on the other hand, becomes consumed by fears of contagion to the extent that she takes a –2 penalty on all saving throws against disease effects.

Palsy (Su)

The poor creature is stricken with palsy.

It drools constantly and its muscles spasm with tics and twitches. The palsy doesn’t impact its abilities, and actually aids the accursed companion when it loses mobility from other sources. The first time each day that the accursed companion becomes paralyzed, grappled or otherwise has its movement impaired, a freedom of movement effect automatically activates on the accursed companion. This effect persists for 1 minute, during which time the companion’s master becomes nauseated unless she succeeds at a Will save (in which case she is merely sickened for the duration).

Rabid Vomit (Ex)

A crust of froth lines the rim of the accursed companion’s mouth. This manifestation is triggered automatically on the third round of any combat—on this round, the accursed companion always takes a standard action to vomit diseased pus and bile in a 15-foot cone (after moving, if it can, to capture as many enemies in the area of effect as possible). All creatures in this area must succeed at a Fortitude saving throw (DC = 10 + 1/2 the accursed companion’s HD + the accursed companion’s Constitution modifier) or become nauseated for 1d4 rounds and contract rabies. On a successful save, the targets are merely sickened for 1d4 rounds. When the accursed companion makes this vomit attack, its master is overwhelmed by the sensation of a mouthful of diseased bile. She is stunned for 1 round and nauseated for 1d4 rounds thereafter unless she succeeds at a Will save, in which case she is merely sickened for 1d4 rounds.

Scavenger (Su)

This companion is particularly intrigued by undeath, often playing with carcasses and presenting decaying body parts as gifts to its master. This manifestation is triggered automatically when the companion successfully damages a corporeal undead with a natural attack. For 1 minute, the companion gains a +2 bonus on all attack rolls, damage rolls, and saving throws against undead. During this time, the companion’s master becomes more susceptible to the undead, and takes a –2 penalty to all mind-affecting effects created by any undead creature.

Unexpected Frenzy (Su)

The accursed companion looks normal, but some conditions or phrases cause the animal to fly into a murderous frenzy. When an accursed companion gains this condition, the GM determines three specific situations that can trigger the manifestation of the unexpected frenzy, such as a character petting the companion on the head, a keyword or key phrase such as “good dog,” or the sight of a specific type of creature within 10 feet. The first time each day one of the three triggers occurs, the accursed companion flies into its frenzy. Its eyes glow, and any sounds it makes take on an eerie, hollow echo. The companion acts as if under the effects of haste for 1d4 rounds before returning to normal, and it typically attacks the source of its trigger. While her companion is frenzied, the master is overwhelmed with shame and despair, suffering as if under the effects of a crushing despair spell for twice the length of the accursed companion’s frenzy. A successful Will save negates this effect.

Unsavory Friends (Su)

The companion manages to attract the company of less desirable species. It has an uncanny knack for finding centipedes, bats, mice, and other vermin, even in areas where such pests might not be all that common. Even more unusual, the companion makes it a habit to play with such creatures and becomes angry and defensive if anything threatens its vermin friends. This manifestation is constant.

Immune to the distraction effect caused by all swarms, the animal companion is comfortable and even welcomes the nauseating sensation of its crawling friends. The companion’s master, unfortunately, never gets used to finding squirming bugs or wriggling maggots in the companion’s vicinity and takes a –4 penalty on all saving throws against any swarm’s distraction ability.

Magical Beast Companions

The following creatures can be chosen as Magical Beast companions by a character with the Beast Speaker feat. Their entries and advancement are the same as for animal companions, with two exceptions. First, creatures with an Intelligence score of 3 or higher have one or more additional prerequisites the character must meet to select the companion. Second, each beast companion has a mastery ability that it can use only if the character it is bonded to has the Beast Speaker Mastery feat. The minimum level to gain this ability is listed in parentheses. The save DC for any of a beast companion’s special abilities is 10 + half the beast companion’s HD + the beast companion’s Constitution modifier.

Basilisk

Source PPC:HoG

Starting Statistics

Size: Medium; Speed 20 ft.; AC +4 natural armor; Attack bite (1d4); Ability Scores Str 16, Dex 10, Con 15, Int 2, Wis 13, Cha 11; Special Qualities darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision, gaze (one target within 30 ft., paralysis 1d4 rounds, Fort negates, once per day).

9th-Level Advancement

AC +2 natural armor; Ability Scores Dex +4, Con +4; Attack bite (1d6); Special Qualities gaze (three times per day).

Mastery (11th level)

Size The basilisk’s gaze attack functions as flesh to stone (caster level equals basilisk’s HD) instead of inflicting paralysis.

Behir

Source PPC:HoG

Prerequisite(s): Diplomacy or Intimidate 7 ranks, Knowledge (arcana) 7 ranks.

Starting Statistics

Size: Medium; Speed 40 ft., climb 20 ft.; AC +6 natural armor; Attack bite (1d6); Ability Scores Str 16, Dex 12, Con 16, Int 7, Wis 14, Cha 12; Special Attacks breath weapon (20-ft. line, 4d6 electricity damage, Reflex half, once per day), grab; Special Qualities electricity resistance 10.

Mastery (11th level)

Size:  Large; AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d8); Ability Scores Str +4, Dex –2, Con +2; Special Attacks breath weapon (three times per day), constrict 1d8; Special Qualities immune to electricity.

Bulette

Source PPC:HoG

Starting Statistics

Size: Medium; Speed 40 ft., burrow 20 ft.; AC +4 natural armor; Attack bite (1d6), 2 claws (1d4); Ability Scores Str 16, Dex 14, Con 16, Int 2, Wis 13, Cha 6.

Mastery (11th level)

Size Large; AC +4 natural armor; Attack bite (1d8), claws (1d6); Ability Scores Str +4, Dex –2, Con +2; Special Attacks leap (When charging, it can attempt a DC 20 Acrobatics check to jump into the air and land next to its enemies. If successful, it can make four claw attacks against foes in reach but cannot make a bite attack).

Death Worm

Source PPC:HoG

Prerequisite(s): Survival 7 ranks.

Starting Statistics

Size: Medium; Speed 20 ft., burrow 20 ft.; AC +6 natural armor; Attack bite (1d6 plus poison); Ability Scores Str 16, Dex 14, Con 16, Int 3, Wis 10, Cha 5; Special Attacks poison (frequency 1 round [6]; effect 1d2 Con damage; cure 2 saves, Con-based DC); Special Qualities acid resistance 10, darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision, tremorsense 60 ft., electricity resistance 10.

Mastery (11th level)

Size Large; AC +4 natural armor; Attack bite (1d8 plus poison); Attack Ability Scores Str +4, Dex –2, Con +2; Special Attacks breath weapon (30-ft. line, 8d6 acid damage, Reflex half, once per day); Special Qualities immune to acid, immune to electricity.

Griffon

Source LG:LH

Prerequisite(s): Beast-Speaker, Ride 7 ranks

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 30 ft., fly 80 ft. (average); AC +4 natural armor; Attack bite (1d4), 2 talons (1d4); Ability Scores Str 10, Dex 17, Con 12, Int 5, Wis 13, Cha 8; Special Qualities darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision, Scent; +4 Acrobatics, +4 Perception;

7th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d6), 2 talons (1d6); Ability Scores Str +6, Dex -2, Con +4; Special Attacks pounce, rake (2 talons, 1d4)

Hippogriff

Source LG:LH

Prerequisite(s): Beast-Speaker

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 10 ft., fly 100 ft. (average); AC +1 natural armor; Attack bite (1d4), 2 claws (1d3); Ability Scores Str 10, Dex 17, Con 10, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 9; Special Qualities darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision, Scent; +4 Perception;

4th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +1 natural armor; Attack bite (1d6), 2 talons (1d4); Ability Scores Str +5, Dex -2, Con +4

Manticore

Source LG:LH

Prerequisite(s): Beast-Speaker, Intimidate 4 ranks, Survival 7 ranks

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 30 ft., fly 50 ft. (clumsy); AC +4 natural armor; Attack bite (1d6), 2 claws (1d8), or spikes (ranged 1d4, 12 per 24 hours); Ability Scores Str 12, Dex 17, Con 14, Int 7, Wis 12, Cha 9; Special Qualities darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision, Scent; +4 Perception, +4 Survival when tracking

7th-Level Advancement

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

Maw

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 20 ft.; AC +4 natural; Attack bite (1d8) or claw (1d3); Ability Scores Str 12, Dex 12, Con 14, Int 1, Wis 12, Cha 2; Special Qualities +4 saves vs. disease and poison

7th-level Advancement

Size Medium; AC +2 natural; Attack bite (1d10 plus disease) or claw (1d4); Ability Scores Str +4, Dex -2, Con +2

Disease (red ache)

Bite-injury; save Fortitude, Con-based DC; onset 1d3 days; frequency 1/day; effect 1d6 Str damage; cure 2 consecutive saves

Mule-Lizard

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 20 ft.; AC +2 natural; Attack bite (1d4); Ability Scores Str 12, Dex 12, Con 14, Int 1, Wis 12, Cha 2; Special Qualities Low-light vision, scent, adaptive camouflage, strong-legged

4th-Level Advancement

Size Medium; Attack bite (1d8); Ability Scores Str +4, Dex -2, Con +2

Adaptive Camouflage (Ex)

If given 8 hours in a new environment, the mule-lizard can changed the colors and patterns in its skin to grant itself a +4 bonus on Stealth checks. Alternatively, the master of the mule lizard can provoke it to take on more flamboyant colors, basically taking on patterns and colors of the master’s choice but they lose the Stealth bonus.

Strong-legged (Ex)

The mule-lizard is bipedal but has stable, strong legs. They gain a +4 bonus on their CMD vs. bull-rush and trip. Additionally, they may carry loads as if they were a quadruped and may carry riders up to their size.

Owlbear

Source LG:LH

Prerequisite(s): Beast-Speaker

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 30 ft; AC +3 natural armor; Attack bite (1d4), 2 claws (1d4 plus grab); Ability Scores Str 11, Dex 14, Con 14, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 10; Special Qualities darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision, Scent;

7th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d5), 2 claws (1d6 plus grab); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex -2, Con +4

Ridge Flier

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 10 ft., fly 80 ft. (average); AC +1 natural; Attack bite (1d4); Ability Scores Str 12, Dex 17, Con 12, Int 1, Wis 14, Cha 10; Special Qualities Low-light vision, sense intruder, hyper-aggression racial skill bonus: +4 Perception

4th-Level Advancement

AC +1 natural; Ability Scores Str +2, Con +2

Sense Intruder (Ex)

Ridge fliers have a preternatural ability to sense when a creature has entered their territory. A ridge flier gains a +20 bonus to Perception checks to notice the presence of a creature nearby. This only allows them to know there is a creature within 100 feet of them, they must make a standard Perception check (without the bonus) to pinpoint the intruder.

Hyper-aggression (Ex)

If a ridge flier can see a creature that they do not recognize as part of their flock or other individual they are trained to accept, there is a 10% chance every minute that they will fly into a rage and attack the invading creature. The ridge flier gains a +2 bonus to Strength and Constitution, a +8 bonus to Perception to find the target of its rage, and a -2 penalty to its AC. The rage lasts until the creature is dead or 1 minute, whichever is shorter. The ridge flier cannot end this rage voluntarily.

If the ridge flier enters a combat not already under the effects of the hyper-aggression, or the original target is killed during the combat, the chance that the ridge flier enters the rage is increased to 50% each round. The combat-induced rage is directed at a random qualifying target in sight.

Sun Falcon

Source PPC:HoG

Prerequisite(s): Diplomacy 7 ranks, Knowledge (arcana) or Knowledge (religion) 7 ranks.

Starting Statistics

Size: Tiny; Speed 10 ft., fly 60 ft. (good); AC +2 natural armor; Attack talons (1d4 plus burn); Ability Scores Str 10, Dex 17, Con 12, Int 5, Wis 14, Cha 15; Special Attacks breath weapon (30-ft. line, 3d6 fire, Reflex half, once per day), burn (1d4).

9th-Level Advancement

Size Small; AC 19 +4 natural armor; Attack talons (1d6 plus burn); Ability Scores Str +2, Con +4, Cha +2; Special Attacks breath weapon (three times per day), burn (1d6).

Mastery (11th level)

Size Three times per day, the sun falcon can blast an intense wave of heat and light in a 20-foot cone as a standard action. Creatures within this area must succeed at a Reflex save or take 1d6 points of fire damage and be blinded for 1d4+1 rounds. Creatures that succeed at this save take no fire damage and are instead dazzled for 1 round. The save DC is Charisma-based.

Worg

Source LG:LH

Prerequisite(s): Beast-Speaker, Intimidate 4 ranks, Ride 4 ranks, any evil alignment

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 50 ft.; AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d6 plus trip); Ability Scores Str 17, Dex 15, Con 13, Int 6, Wis 14, Cha 10; Special Qualities darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision, Scent; +2 Perception, +2 Stealth, +2 Survival

7th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d8 plus trip); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex -2, Con +4

Other Magical Beast Companions 

The following creatures can be chosen as Magical Beast companions by a character with the Monstrous Mount feat. Their entries and advancement are the same as for animal companions, with two exceptions. First, creatures with an Intelligence score of 3 or higher have one or more additional prerequisites the character must meet to select the companion. Second, each beast companion has a mastery ability that it can use only if the character it is bonded to has the Monstrous Mount Mastery feat. The minimum level to gain this ability is listed in parentheses. The save DC for any of a beast companion’s special abilities is 10 + half the beast companion’s HD + the beast companion’s Constitution modifier.

Griffon

Prerequisite(s): Diplomacy, Intimidate, or Handle Animal 5 ranks; Ride 5 ranks.

Starting Statistics

Size Large; Speed 30 ft., fly 40 ft. (average; unable to carry a rider while flying); AC +4 natural armor; Attack bite (1d6); Ability Scores Str 16, Dex 15, Con 16, Int 5, Wis 13, Cha 8; Languages Common (cannot speak); Special Qualities darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision, scent.

7th-Level Advancement

Speed 40 ft., fly 80 ft. (average; unable to carry a rider while flying); AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d6), 2 talons (1d6); Ability Scores Str +2, Con +2; Special Attacks pounce, rake (1d6).

Mastery (7th Level)

The griffon can carry a rider while flying, but reduces its fly speed by half while doing so.

Hippocampus

Starting Statistics

Size Large; Speed 5 ft., swim 40 ft.; AC +4 natural armor; Attack bite (1d4); Ability Scores Str 16, Dex 9, Con 15, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 11; Special Qualities darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision, scent, water dependency.

4th-Level Advancement

Speed swim 60 ft.; Attack bite (1d6); Ability Scores Str +2, Dex +4.

Mastery (7th Level)

The hippocampus’s swim speed increases by 20 feet, and it gains a tail slap secondary attack that deals 1d4 points of damage plus half its Strength bonus.

Hippogriff

Starting Statistics

Size Large; Speed 40 ft., fly 60 ft. (average; unable to carry a rider while flying); AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d6); Ability Scores Str 15, Dex 15, Con 14, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 9; Special Qualities darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision, scent.

4th-Level Advancement

Speed 40 ft., fly 100 ft. (average; unable to carry a rider while flying); Attack bite (1d6), 2 claws (1d4); Ability Scores Str +2, Con +2.

Mastery (7th Level)

The hippogriff can carry a rider while flying, but reduces its fly speed by half while doing so.

Worg

Prerequisite(s): Alignment within one step of neutral evil.

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 50 ft.; AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d6); Ability Scores Str 17, Dex 15, Con 13, Int 6, Wis 14, Cha 10; Languages Common, Goblin; Special Qualities darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision, scent.

4th-Level Advancement

AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d8 plus trip); Ability Scores Str +2, Con +2.

Mastery (7th Level)

Once per day as a standard action, the worg can make a fearful howl. This functions as the fear cone (30 ft.) version of the fear universal monster rule.

Plant Companions

Prerequisite(s) To gain a plant companion the druid must be an elf and possess the treesinger druid archetype.

Each plant companion has different starting sizes, speed, attacks, ability scores, and special qualities. All plant attacks are made using the creature’s full base attack bonus unless otherwise noted. Plant attacks add the plant’s Strength modifier on the damage roll, unless it has only one attack, in which case it adds 1-1/2 times its Strength modifier. Some plant companions have special abilities, such as scent. Plant companions cannot gain armor or weapon proficiency feats, even as they advance in hit dice, and cannot use manufactured weapons at all unless their description says otherwise.

As you gain levels, your plant companion grows in power as well. It gains the same bonuses that are gained by animal companions, noted on Table: Animal Companion Base Statistics. Each plant companion gains an additional bonus, usually at 4th or 7th level, as listed with each plant choice. Instead of taking the listed benefit at 4th level, you can instead choose to increase the companion’s Strength and Constitution by 2.

Blood Maize

Source LG:LH

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 20 ft.; AC +1 natural armor; Attack 3 slams (1d3 plus bleed); Ability Scores Str 10, Dex 16, Con 11, Int 2, Wis 11, Cha 15; Special Qualities low-light vision, tremorsense 60 ft. change foliage (Su), root deep; Special Attacks Bleed (1d3)

4th-Level Advancement

Size Medium; Ability Scores Str +2, Dex -2, Con +2; Special Attacks blinding bloom, bleed (1d6)

Cactus, Hunting

[Source]

Able to crawl swiftly on five rootlike legs, the hunting cactus has long arms it can slam foes with—arms covered with hundreds of thin, sharp needles.

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 30 ft.; AC +3 natural armor; Attack 2 slams (1d6); Ability Scores Str 14, Dex 13, Con 17, Int 2, Wis 13, Cha 6; Special Qualities needles (a creature grappling a hunting cactus or attacking it with a natural attack or unarmed strike takes 1d4 points of piercing damage); CMD +6 vs. trip.

7th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +2 natural armor; Attack 2 slams (1d8); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex –2, Con +2; Special Qualities low-light vision.

These slam attacks deal both bludgeoning and piercing damage.

Cactus, Sniper Cactus

[Source]

This single-stalked cactus sports dozens of long, thin needles. Capable of crawling on three stalklike roots, the sniper cactus can fire its thorns with deadly accuracy.

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 20 ft.; AC +2 natural armor; Attack gore (1d4) or thorn* (ranged attack, 60-foot range, 1d8 piercing damage. *This attack gains no bonus from this creature’s Strength score on damage rolls.); Ability Scores Str 10, Dex 13, Con 14, Int 1, Wis 13, Cha 6; Special Qualities low-light vision; CMD +2 vs. trip.

4th-Level Advancement

Size Medium; AC +2 natural armor; Attack gore (1d6) or 2 thorns (ranged attack, 60-foot range, 2d6 piecing damage); Ability Scores Dex +2, Con +2.

Carnivorous Flower

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 30 ft., climb 10 ft.; AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d6); Ability Scores Str 10, Dex 17, Con 15, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 10; Special Qualities low-light vision, scent.

4th-Level Advancement

Size Medium; Attack bite (2d6); Ability Scores Str +4, Dex –2, Con +2; Special Attacks rage (1/day, as the barbarian class feature for 6 rounds).

Corpse-Eater Fungus

[Source]

This pale mass of fungal matter looks something like a spider with a thorny, acidic mouth in place of a body.

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 30 ft.; AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d6 plus 1d2 acid); Ability Scores Str 14, Dex 13, Con 12, Int 1, Wis 11, Cha 4; Special Attacks spit acid (ranged touch attack, 30-foot range, 1d6 acid damage); Special Qualities darkvision 60 ft.; CMD +12 vs. trip.

4th-Level Advancement

Size Medium; AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d8 plus 1d4 acid); Ability Scores Str +4, Dex –2, Con +2; Special Attacks spit acid (ranged touch attack, 30-foot range, 1d8 acid damage); Special Qualities darkvision 60 ft.

Crawling Vine

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 20 ft., climb 20 ft.; AC +2 natural armor; Attack slam (1d4); Ability Scores Str 13, Dex 17, Con 13, Int 1, Wis 12, Cha 2; Special Attacks grab; Special Qualities low-light vision, scent.

4th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +1 natural armor; Attack slam (1d6); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex –2, Con +4; Special Attacks constrict 1d6.

Creeping Puffball

[Source]

This surprisingly mobile, multicolored ball of fungus crawls around on a nest of dozens of little filament-like “legs.” Its poisonous spores cause those affected to endure bright, dazzling spots of color.

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 30 ft.; AC +1 natural armor; Attack slam (1d4 plus poison); Ability Scores Str 12, Dex 15, Con 14, Int 1, Wis 12, Cha 9; Special Attacks poison (frequency 1 round [4]; effect 1d2 Wis damage and dazzled; cure 1 save; Con-based DC); Special Qualities darkvision 60 ft., defensive puff (1/minute as an immediate action when hit, the fungus can expose one adjacent creature to its poison); CMD can’t be tripped.

4th-Level Advancement

Size Medium; AC +1 natural armor; Attack slam (1d6 plus poison); Ability Scores Str +4, Dex –2, Con +2.

Gulper Plant

[Source]

This bulbous green plant can climb or crawl via a network of vines. Its central reservoir can gulp down foes to digest them in an internal well of acid, holding them tight while they struggle.

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 20 ft., climb 10 ft.; AC +1 natural armor; Attack 2 vines (1d4 plus grab); Ability Scores Str 12, Dex 11, Con 13, Int 1, Wis 10, Cha 3; Special Attacks swallow whole (1d6 acid); Special Qualities freeze, low-light vision; CMD can’t be tripped.

7th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +2 natural armor; Attack 2 vines (1d6 plus grab); Ability Scores Str +6, Dex –2, Con +2; Special Attacks swallow whole (1d8 acid).

This attack is a primary natural attack that deals bludgeoning damage.

Jack-o’-Lantern

Source LG:LH

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 15 ft.; AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d4), slam (1d3 plus strangling ensnare); Ability Scores Str 13, Dex 9, Con 10, Int 2, Wis 14, Cha 7; Special Qualities pumpkin form; Special Attacks strangling ensnare, explode

4th-Level Advancement

Size Medium; AC +1 natural armor; Attack bite (1d6), slam (1d4 plus strangling ensnare); Ability Scores Str +2, Dex -2, Con +2; Special Attacks fear aura, breath weapon (20 ft- cone, 1d10 fire, Reflex save, Con-based DC, usable every 1d4 rounds)

Puffball (Floating Fungus)

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 20 ft., fly 60 ft. (average); AC +1 natural armor; Attack thorn (1d4 plus poison); Ability Scores Str 10, Dex 15, Con 12, Int 2, Wis 14, Cha 6; Special Attacks poison (Frequency 1 round [6], Effect 1 Con damage, Cure 1 save, Con-based DC); Special Qualities low-light vision.

4th-Level Advancement

Ability Scores Str +2, Con +2.

Rash Creeper

[Source]

This mass of creeping vines and leaves slithers almost like a snake. Contact with this predatory plant causes a sickening and sometimes debilitating rash.

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 20 ft., climb 20 ft.; AC +1 natural armor; Attack slam (1d4 plus poison); Ability Scores Str 10, Dex 15, Con 13, Int 1, Wis 11, Cha 2; Special Attacks poison (frequency 1 round [4]; effect 1 Dex damage and sickened for 1 round; cure 1 save; Con-based DC); Special Qualities low-light vision; CMD can’t be tripped.

4th-Level Advancement

Size Medium; AC +2 natural armor; Attack slam (1d6 plus poison); Ability Scores Str +4, Dex –2, Con +2; Special Attacks poison (frequency 1 round [4]; effect 1d2 Dex damage and sickened for 1 round; cure 2 saves; Con-based DC).

Sapling Treant

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 30 ft., climb 30 ft.; AC +1 natural armor; Attack 2 slams (1d6); Ability Scores Str 15, Dex 10, Con 12, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 7; Special Qualities double damage against objects, low-light vision.

4th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +2 natural armor; Attack 2 slams (1d8); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex –2, Con +4.

Slithering Sundew

[Source]

Looking something like a two-headed serpent, this slithering plant strikes with two sticky, constricting slams.

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 20 ft.; AC +1 natural armor; Attack 2 slams (1d4 plus 1d2 acid plus grab); Ability Scores Str 14, Dex 17, Con 13, Int 1, Wis 12, Cha 6; Special Attacks constrict (1d8 acid); Special Qualities low-light vision; CMD can’t be tripped.

7th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +2 natural armor; Attack 2 slams (1d6 plus 1d3 acid plus grab); Ability Scores Str +6, Dex –2, Con +4; Special Attacks constrict (2d6 acid).

Snapping Flytrap

[Source]

This mobile flytrap features two spiky jaws and scuttles about on a tangle of roots.

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 20 ft.; AC +2 natural armor; Attack 2 bites (1d4 plus grab); Ability Scores Str 12, Dex 15, Con 14, Int 1, Wis 12, Cha 5; Special Qualities low-light vision; CMD can’t be tripped.

7th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +2 natural armor; Attack 3 bites (1d6 plus grab); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex –2, Con +4.

Vermin Companions

Source: PZO1117

Vermin companions follow the same rules as animal companions, advancing their Hit Dice and other abilities per Table: Animal Companion Base Statistics. Vermin companions can be trained as if they were animals using the Handle Animal skill.

Mindless: Vermin companions have no Intelligence score and possess the mindless trait. In spite of this, vermin companions may learn one trick, plus additional bonus tricks as noted on Table: Animal Companion Base Statistics. If a vermin animal companion gains an ability score increase (at 4 Hit Dice, 8 Hit Dice, and so on), the druid can apply this increase to the companion’s Intelligence, changing it from — to 1, at which point the companion loses the mindless quality and is able to know up to 3 tricks per point of Intelligence, plus the additional bonus tricks, as per Handle Animal. Vermin companions have no skill points or feats as long as they have the mindless quality.

Trip: Because many vermin have multiple limbs, they are very difficult to trip. As a result, a CMD entry has been included for each, indicating the bonus to CMD such vermin receive against trip attacks.

Ant, Giant

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 30 ft., climb 20 ft.; AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d4 plus grab); Ability Scores Str 10, Dex 12, Con 15, Int —, Wis 12, Cha 10; Special Qualities low-light vision, scent; CMD trip +8.

4th-Level Advancement

Size Medium; Attack bite (1d6 plus grab), sting (1d4 plus poison); Ability Scores Str +4, Dex –2, Con +2; Special Attacks poison ( frequency 1 round [4], effect 1 Str damage, cure 1 save, Con-based DC).

Assassin Bug, Giant

[Source]

This long-legged, beetle-like insect can spew a stream of poison at its foes from a distance.

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 30 ft., fly 30 ft. (clumsy); AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d4 plus poison), 2 claws (1d3); Ability Scores Str 13, Dex 15, Con 13, Int —, Wis 10, Cha 2; Special Attacks poison (frequency 1 round [4]; effect 1d2 Dex; cure 1 save; Con-based DC), poison stream (exposes all creatures in a 15-ft. line to poison, Reflex save negates; Dex-based DC; usable every 1d4 rounds as a standard action); Special Qualities darkvision 60 ft.; CMD trip +8.

4th-Level Advancement

Size Medium; AC +1 natural armor; Attack bite (1d6 plus poison), 2 claws (1d4); Ability Scores Str +4, Dex –2, Con +2; Special Attacks poison (frequency 1 round [4]; effect 1d2 Dex; cure 2 saves; Con-based DC).

Beetle, Giant

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 20 ft., fly 20 ft. (poor); AC +6 natural armor; Attack bite (1d6); Ability Scores Str 13, Dex 12, Con 13, Int —, Wis 11, Cha 4; Special Qualities darkvision; CMD trip +8.

4th-Level Advancement

Size Medium; Attack bite (1d8); Ability Scores Str +4, Dex –2, Con +2; Special Attacks trample (1d4).

Caterpillar, Giant

[Source]

This many-legged wormlike creature is a larval form of a moth or butterfly, but as long as it remains a vermin companion, it will not go through this metamorphosis.

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 30 ft., climb 30 ft.; AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d6), bristles (1d4 plus poison); Ability Scores Str 14, Dex 13, Con 13, Int —, Wis 11, Cha 2; Special Attacks bristles (a creature attacking the giant caterpillar with a natural attack or non-reach melee weapon must succeed at a Reflex save or take damage as if the caterpillar had struck the creature with its bristles attack; Dex-based DC with a +2 racial bonus), poison (frequency 1 round [4]; effect 1d2 Str damage; cure 1 save; Con-based DC); Special Qualities compression, darkvision 60 ft.; CMD can’t be tripped.

4th-Level Advancement

Size Medium; AC +1 natural armor; Attack bite (1d8), bristles (1d6 plus poison); Ability Scores Str +4, Dex –2, Con +2.

This is a secondary natural attack that deals piercing damage.

Centipede, Giant

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 20 ft., climb 20 ft.; AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d4 plus poison); Ability Scores Str 8, Dex 17, Con 11, Int —, Wis 10, Cha 2; Special Attacks poison (frequency 1 round [6], effect 1 Dex damage, cure 1 save, Con-based DC); Special Qualities darkvision 60 ft.; CMD can’t be tripped.

4th-Level Advancement

Size Medium; Attack bite (1d6 plus poison); Ability Scores Str +4, Dex –2, Con +2.

Centipede, Giant Whiptail

[Source]

The long thin tendrils that lash out from this centipede’s tail can trip foes with surprising ease.

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 40 ft., climb 40 ft.; AC +3 natural armor; Attack bite (1d6 plus poison); Ability Scores Str 9, Dex 13, Con 13, Int —, Wis 10, Cha 2; Special Attacks poison (frequency 1 round [4]; effect 1d2 Dex damage; cure 1 save; Con-based DC); Special Qualities darkvision 60 ft.; CMD can’t be tripped.

7th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d8 plus poison), tail slap (1d2 nonlethal plus trip); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex –2, Con +4.

This attack gains no bonus from the creature’s Strength score on damage rolls.

Cockroach, Giant

[Source]

Swift and unsettling, the giant cockroach is notoriously difficult to slay. These creatures prefer dark places and seem to have no opposition to crawling through filth.

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 30 ft., climb 20 ft., fly 20 ft. (poor); AC +1 natural armor; Attack bite (1d4); Ability Scores Str 9, Dex 10, Con 17, Int —, Wis 11, Cha 2; Special Qualities darkvision 60 ft., hold breath, light sensitivity, tremorsense 60 ft.; CMD +8 vs. trip; Bonus Feat Endurance.

4th-Level Advancement

Speed 30 ft., climb 30 ft., fly 40 ft. (poor); AC +2 natural armor; Ability Scores Str +2, Dex +2, Con +2; Bonus Feat Diehard.

Crab, Giant

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 30 ft., swim 20 ft.; AC +5 natural armor; Attack 2 claws (1d3 plus grab); Ability Scores Str 13, Dex 14, Con 13, Int —, Wis 11, Cha 4; Special Attacks constrict (1d3); Special Qualities aquatic, darkvision, water dependency (survive out of water for 1 hour per point of Con, after which it begins to suffocate as if it were drowning); CMD trip +12.

4th-Level Advancement

Size Medium; Attack 2 claws (1d4 plus grab); Ability Scores Str +2, Dex –2, Con +2; Special Attacks constrict (1d4).

Giant Muck Crab

Prerequisite: ability to have vermin companions

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 20 ft. swim 20 ft.; AC +5 natural; Attack 2 claws (1d3 plus grab); Ability Scores Str 12, Dex 12, Con 12, Int -, Wis 10, Cha 1; Special Attacks constrict (1d3); Special Qualities amphibious, darkvision, racial skill bonus: +4 Stealth in muddy or swampy terrain; CMD trip +12

4th-level Advancement

Size Medium; Attack 2 claws (1d4 plus grab); Ability Scores Str +4, Dex -2, Con +2; Special Attacks constrict (1d4)

Thundercloud Jellyfish

Requirement the the Beast Speaker feat

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed fly 20 ft. (perfect); AC +2 natural; Attack tentacle melee touch (1d6 electricity plus paralysis); Ability Scores Str 6, Dex 12, Con 14, Int -, Wis 12, Cha 1; Special Attacks paralysis (Conbased DC); Special Qualities blindsight 60 feet, blind, amorphous, shocking tentacles; DR 10/slashing or piercing; CMD cannot be tripped

7th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +2 natural; Attack tentacle melee touch (1d8 electricity plus paralysis); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex -2, Con +4

Shocking Tentacles (Ex)

A thundercloud jellyfish’s arms deliver electricity damage and a paralysis effect with a melee touch attack. The creature’s Strength modifier is used for the attack roll but is not added to damage. Additionally, when large size, the arms have a 10-foot reach. The arms are unable to grapple unless the target creature is 3 size categories smaller than the thundercloud Jellyfish. The arms are predominantly for bringing plant material to the mouth within the bell, not for picking up or wrapping around larger foes.

Dragonfly, Giant

[Source]

These long-winged insects have dazzlingly colorful bodies.

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 20 ft., fly 40 ft. (perfect); AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d8); Ability Scores Str 13, Dex 17, Con 12, Int —, Wis 12, Cha 9; Special Qualities darkvision 60 ft.; CMD +8 vs. trip.

4th-Level Advancement

Size Medium; Speed 20 ft., fly 80 ft. (perfect); AC +3 natural armor; Attack bite (2d6); Ability Scores Str +4, Dex –2, Con +2; Bonus Feat Flyby Attack.

Eurypterid

[Source]

Also known as sea scorpions, these aquatic insects have pincers and a long stinger.

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 20 ft., swim 40 ft.; AC +2 natural armor; Attack 2 claws (1d3), sting (1d3 plus poison); Ability Scores Str 10, Dex 11, Con 12, Int —, Wis 13, Cha 2; Special Qualities darkvision 60 ft.; Special Attacks poison (frequency 1 round [4]; effect 1 Con damage; cure 1 save; Con-based DC); CMD +8 vs. trip.

7th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +3 natural armor; Attack 2 claws (1d4), sting (1d4 plus poison); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex –2, Con +4; Special Attacks poison (frequency 1 round [6]; effect 1d2 Con damage; cure 1 save; Con-based DC).

Leech, Giant

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 5 ft., swim 20 ft.; AC +0 natural armor; Attack bite (1d4 plus attach); Ability Scores Str 9, Dex 14, Con 12, Int —, Wis 10, Cha 1; Special Attacks attach, blood drain (1 Str); Special Qualities amphibious, blindsense 30 ft., scent, susceptible to salt; CMD can’t be tripped.

7th-Level Advancement

Size Medium; Attack bite (1d6 plus attach); Ability Scores Str +2, Dex –2, Con +2; Special Attacks blood drain (1 Str and 1 Con damage); Special Qualities blindsight 30 ft.

Locust, Giant

[Source]

The giant locust has long limber legs and the ability to spit a caustic glob of noxious goo.

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 20 ft., climb 20 ft., fly 20 ft. (poor); AC +3 natural armor; Attack bite (1d6); Ability Scores Str 12, Dex 17, Con 11, Int —, Wis 10, Cha 7; Special Attacks spit goo (ranged touch attack, 30-foot range, sickened for 1 round); Special Qualities +18 Acrobatics when jumping, darkvision 60 ft., leap (can take 10 on Acrobatics checks to jump, even when distracted or threatened); CMD +8 vs. trip.

4th-Level Advancement

Size Medium; Speed 20 ft., climb 20 ft., fly 60 ft. (average); AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d8); Ability Scores Str +4, Dex –2, Con +2; Special Attacks voracious (bite attack deals double damage to creatures with the plant subtype and to objects made of paper, wood, or other plant materials).

Locust, Giant, Weta

Source LG:LH

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 20 ft., climb 20 ft., fly 20 ft. (poor); AC +3 natural armor; Attack bite (1d4) or 2 kicks (1d3, bludgeoning and piercing); Ability Scores Str 13, Dex 16, Con 10, Int -, Wis 10, Cha 7; Special Qualities +18 Acrobatics when jumping, darkvision 60 ft., leap (can take 10 on Acrobatics checks to jump, even when distracted or threatened); CMD +8 vs. trip.; Special Attacks spit goo (ranged touch attack, 30-foot range, sickened for 1 round)

4th-Level Advancement

Size Medium; Speed 20 ft., climb 20 ft., fly 60 ft. (average); AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d6) or 2 kicks (1d4, bludgeoning and piercing); Ability Scores Str +4, Dex -2, Con +2; Special Attacks voracious (bite attack deals double damage to creatures with the plant subtype and to objects made of paper, wood, or other plant materials).

Mantis Shrimp, Giant

[Source]

This colorful aquatic vermin has powerful claws capable of striking with blinding speed.

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 40 ft., swim 30 ft.; AC +3 natural armor; Attack 2 pincers (1d6); Ability Scores Str 12, Dex 17, Con 14, Int —, Wis 13, Cha 6; Special Qualities aquatic blindsense 10 ft., darkvision 60 ft., sonic resistance 5; CMD +12 vs. trip.

7th-Level Advancement

Size Medium; AC +2 natural armor; Attack 2 pincers (1d8); Ability Scores Str +6, Dex –2, Con +2; Special Attacks speedy pincers (can make iterative attacks with one of its pincer attacks); Special Qualities blindsight 10 ft., sonic resistance 10.

Mosquito, Giant

[Source]

Between its bloodthirsty nature and the annoying drone of its wings, the giant mosquito is a much-loathed creature. Unlike its smaller cousins, a giant mosquito can easily kill larger creatures by draining them of their blood.

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 20 ft., fly 60 ft. (good); AC +1 natural armor; Attack bite (1d6 plus bleed and grab); Ability Scores Str 14, Dex 21, Con 15, Int —, Wis 13, Cha 6; Special Attacks bleed (1d4), grab; Special Qualities darkvision 60 ft.; CMD +8 vs. trip.

7th-Level Advancement

Size Medium; AC +1 natural armor; Attack bite (1d8 plus bleed and grab); Ability Scores Str +4, Dex –2, Con +2; Special Attacks bleed (2d4), blood drain (1d2 Constitution).

Scorpion, Giant

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 40 ft.; AC +1 natural armor; Attack 2 claws (1d4 plus grab) and sting (1d4 plus poison); Ability Scores Str 11, Dex 12, Con 12, Int —, Wis 10, Cha 2; Special Attacks poison ( frequency 1 round (6), effect 1 Str damage, cure 1 save, Con-based DC); Special Qualities darkvision, tremorsense 30 ft; CMD trip +12.

7th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +3 natural armor; Attack 2 claws (1d6 plus grab) and sting (1d6 plus poison); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex –2, Con +4; Special Attacks poison ( frequency 1 round [6], effect 1d2 Str damage, cure 1 save, Con-based DC); Special Qualities tremorsense 60 ft.

Slug, Giant

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 20 ft.; AC +4 natural armor; Attack tongue (1d4 plus 1 acid); Ability Scores Str 13, Dex 8, Con 13, Int —, Wis 10, Cha 1; Special Attacks spit acid (ranged touch attack, 30 foot range, 1d6 acid damage); Special Qualities blindsense 30 ft., DR 5/slashing or piercing, susceptible to salt; CMD can’t be tripped.

7th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +2 natural armor; Attack tongue (1d6 plus 1d2 acid); Ability Scores Str +2, Dex –2, Con +2; Special Attacks spit acid (ranged touch attack, 30-foot range, 1d8 acid damage); Special Qualities blindsight 30 ft.

Solifugid, Giant

[Source]

This vermin’s double set of vertical mandibles make this giant solifugid a particularly ferocious-looking companion. Its speed allows it to strike at its enemies from cover without them knowing what happened.

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 50 ft., climb 30 ft.; AC +1 natural armor; Attack bite (1d6), 2 claws (1d3); Ability Scores Str 12, Dex 15, Con 15, Int —, Wis 11, Cha 2; Special Qualities darkvision 60 ft.; CMD +12 vs. trip.

4th-Level Advancement

Size Medium; AC +3 natural armor; Attack bite (1d8), 2 claws (1d4); Ability Scores Str +4, Dex –2, Con +2; Special Attacks pounce, rend (2 claws, 1d4).

Spider, Giant

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 30 ft., climb 30 ft.; AC +0 natural armor; Attack bite (1d4 plus poison); Ability Scores Str 6, Dex 17, Con 10, Int —, Wis 10, Cha 2; Special Attacks poison (frequency 1 round [4], effect 1 Str damage, cure 1 save, Con-based DC); Special Qualities darkvision, tremorsense 30 feet; CMD trip +12.

4th-Level Advancement

Size Medium; AC +1 natural armor; Attack bite (1d6 plus poison); Ability Scores Str +4, Dex –2, Con +2.

Spider, Giant Spitter

Requirement ability have vermin companions)

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 30 ft. climb 30 ft.; Attack bite (1d4 plus poison), spit ranged touch (30 ft., poison); Ability Scores Str 5, Dex 20, Con 10, Int -, Wis 10, Cha 1; Special Qualities darkvision, tremorsense 30 feet; CMD trip +12

4th-Level Advancement

Size Medium; AC +1 natural; Attack bite (1d6 plus poison), spit (30 ft., poison); Ability Scores Str +4, Dex -2, Con +2

Poison Bite-injury or spit-contact; save fortitude, Conbased DC; frequency 1/round for 4 rounds; effect 1d2 Con damage, 1d2 Dex damage; cure 2 consecutive saves

Spider, Web Tyrant

[Source]

The web tyrant spider’s bright coloration and long legs make for a stunning but unnerving companion.

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 30 ft., climb 30 ft.; AC +1 natural armor; Attack bite (1d4); Ability Scores Str 10, Dex 17, Con 10, Int —, Wis 10, Cha 2; Special Attacks web; Special Qualities darkvision 60 ft.; CMD +12 vs. trip.

4th-Level Advancement

Size Medium; AC +1 natural armor; Attack bite (1d6); Ability Scores Str +4, Dex –2, Con +2.

Termite, Giant

[Source]

The giant termite has a set of large powerful mandibles, and it is particularly effective when fighting alongside other termite companions.

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 30 ft., climb 30 ft.; AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d6); Ability Scores Str 12, Dex 11, Con 12, Int —, Wis 12, Cha 7; Special Attacks swarming (two giant termites can share the same space, and if they both attack the same target, they are considered to be flanking that foe); Special Qualities darkvision 60 ft.; CMD +8 vs. trip.

4th-Level Advancement

Size Medium; AC +3 natural armor; Attack bite (1d8 plus 1d6 acid); Ability Scores Str +4, Dex –2, Con +2; Special Attacks gnaw (bite attack ignores hardness of 5 or less).

Wasp, Giant

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 20 ft., fly 60 ft. (good); AC +2 natural armor; Attack sting (1d6 plus poison); Ability Scores Str 10, Dex 14, Con 11, Int —, Wis 13, Cha 4; Special Attacks poison ( frequency 1 round [6], effect 1 Dex damage, cure 1 save, Con-based DC); Special Qualities darkvision; CMD trip +8.

7th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +2 natural armor; Attack sting (1d8 plus poison); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex –2, Con +4.

Wasp, Giant, Tarantula Hawk

Source LG:LH

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 20 ft., fly 60 ft. (good); AC +2 natural armor; Attack sting (1d6 plus painful sting and poison); Ability Scores Str 10, Dex 14, Con 11, Int -, Wis 13, Cha 4; Special Qualities darkvision; CMD +8 vs. trip.; Special Attacks painful sting (sickened, 1d4 rounds, fortitude save, Con-based DC), poison (frequency 1 round [6], effect 1 Dex damage, cure 1 save, Con-based DC)

7th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +2 natural armor; Attack sting (1d8 plus painful sting and poison); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex -2, Con +4

Intelligent Animals

Source: PCS:AA

One of the surest ways to complicate the relationship between an adventurer and her animal companion is to cast awaken on the beast. The moment the spell takes effect, an animal companion ceases to be a class feature, and instead becomes a person—an NPC whose Intelligence has increased by 3d6 (potentially making it as smart as or smarter than the caster), and who has an increased Charisma score and knows at least one spoken language.

An adventurer considering awakening his animal companion should keep in mind the awaken spell’s potential drawbacks. Most pointedly, awakened animals can no longer serve as companions, and the character must follow the rules for Leadership if he wishes to take the animal as an official cohort. Further, an intelligent animal can be difficult to manage. After awakening, animals are predisposed to be friendly toward whoever cast the spell— in this case, presumably their masters. Yet if an animal was mistreated during its time as a companion, or is treated poorly after its awakening, that friendliness is mixed with a sense of confusion that can last anywhere from a few moments to a few hours as the animal reconciles the abuse with the great gift it’s been given. Since awaken is not a charm or mind-control spell, there’s nothing to prevent awakened animals from resenting mistreatment in the same way a normal person of their intelligence level would, and they’re no more inclined to be automatically servile than anyone else. More than one careless druid has found her awakened animal companion refusing to follow instructions, leaving to pursue its own goals, or even seeking vengeance for its former “enslavement.”

On the flip side, there are many advantages to awakening an animal companion. If treated well, an awakened animal may become a valuable member of an adventuring party, adding new perspective to problems and fighting alongside its friends. Awakened animals can also make stealthy and reliable snoops (for who guards her words in front of a dog?), teach adventurers about their native environments, act as guides, and provide a valuable surprise weapon against enemies who think them mere brutes. Druids, in particular, may find awakening animal companions appealing—either because they wish to become true friends with their companions, or because they would value the animals‘ skills as allies. A devious druid, upon witnessing an enemy mistreating its companion, may even cast awaken in secret upon the beast, trusting that its natural instincts will make it turn on its oppressor.

Although the personalities of awakened animals are as varied as those of adventurers, augmented animals often exhibit traits hearkening back to their species. Similarly, certain types of animals may favor specific classes, battle tactics, or even weapons. The following are examples of some broad animal groups’ commonalities.

Avians: Raptors such as eagles, hawks, and owls—as well as more bizarre fliers—tend to develop aloof, detached personalities, while smaller individuals are often more social and high-strung. Awakened avian animals keenly observe the world around them—often understanding it much better than their demure natures might imply— and are adept at inferring others’ desires, motives, and intentions. These intelligent flyers are shrewdly calculating and opportunistic, especially when it comes to ensuring their own survival. Awakened birds can often be found high above a fracas, coldly deciding on the best course of action, and only entering a fray when it’s in their best interest or that of their friends.

In combat, avian animals enjoy taking opponents by surprise, favoring training as rogues and ninjas, though they may also enjoy a bard’s ability to soar above the fray and inspire with their songs and majestic screeches. In these capacities, the birds often use their winged stealth to their advantage, taking cover in trees and then striking quickly and silently. Awakened avian animals use their natural weapons, but often with a twist—devious awakened flyers have been known to drop smoke shot, chain shot, and even bombs on unsuspecting enemies.

Land Mammals (Large): Relishing their brute size and strength, large mammals—such as bison, lions, and rhinoceroses—tend to divide along predator/prey lines. Herbivores tend to be generally docile but easily spooked or enraged, while predators are aggressive and cunning, constantly seeking social dominance. Whether they’re among cowering villagers or in a raiding party, these animals love to tell stories of their physical prowess, and awakened large animals tend to be the worst kind of braggadocios.

In combat, most large animals gravitate toward brash, volatile tactics, becoming barbarians or fighters who enjoy wading into battle before thinking. The exceptions are those hunters like the great cats that rely on stealth and tracking, who are just as likely to become rogues or rangers as they are to become barbarians. Some large mammals, however, have been known to become samurai, replacing their natural affinity for recklessness with precision and discipline.

Large mammals recognize the value in using their natural weapons, and augment those weapons in any way they can. For a rhinoceros, that might mean sharpening its deadly horn, while a lion might tip its claws with poison and a bison might overrun its enemies with spiked chainmail affixed to its chest.

Land Mammals (Small and Medium): Encompassing perhaps the widest variety of species—including creatures like cheetahs, hyenas, ponies, and weasels—Small and

Medium mammals tend to adopt mischievous, resourceful personalities when awakened. Used to living in vast ecosystems full of larger predators, these creatures are accustomed to using any advantage they have, banding together with allies or manipulating others to serve their own designs.

In battle, these animals tend to be smart and savvy, shrewd at observing situations and determining whether it would be most advantageous to fight or run. Those animals who prefer combat to diplomacy tend to value speed and stealth, thus making barbarians and rogues natural choices, yet the natural curiosity of many smaller animals may also lead them to the study of magic, from wizardry to druidism, which brings their own environments under their control. These creatures tend to be opportunistic, perpetually on the lookout for interesting magic items to help augment their natural abilities.

Aquatic Animals: Often as mysterious as the depths in which they live, ocean dwellers are predisposed to developing deep, philosophical personalities when awakened. The reflective natures of animals such as giant squid, whales, and dolphins typically manifest in one of two ways: they either find majesty in nature or adopt a religion. Once awakened, aquatic animals also tend to be the most creative and artistic group of creatures.

Of all awakened creatures, aquatic animals are the most likely to become clerics or paladins—or cult leaders, for that matter. Aquatic animals who eschew religion may instead pursue training as druids or bards, or crave the intellectual stimulation of wizardry. In battle, aquatic animals prefer to rely on the gifts their personal beliefs provide, casting divine spells or weaving intricate battle songs and spells. As a rule, aquatic animals eschew combat and fight only when necessary for survival unless an enemy threatens something the animal holds sacred. Because they so dislike combat, aquatic animals rarely alter their natural weapons.

Primates: Perhaps the most human in their perspectives, augmented primates such as monkeys, baboons, and gorillas tend to have a wide range of personalities. Most are highly social and communicative, though this does not always make them great allies as they form intense attachments, manipulate others, and vie for dominance. Perhaps reflecting their impulsive personalities, primates generally pursue whatever paths seem appropriate in any given moment, and are likely to multiclass, training as anything from barbarians, fighters, rangers, and rogues, to exotic callings such as gunslingers and even magi. Those smaller primates used to traveling quickly through trees make great burglars and sailors, while gorillas and chimpanzees make better mercenaries and berserkers, charging into foes with terrifying force. The weapons primates wield also run the gamut. A gorilla might choose an enormous club, a chimpanzee a two-handed sword that lets him take advantage of his tremendous strength, and a monkey a hand crossbow or blunderbuss.

Reptiles: From the lizard to the constrictor snake to the ankylosaurus, awakened reptiles tend to be haughty and disdainful toward others. They eschew company whenever possible, preferring instead to be alone with their increasingly complex thoughts. Although their gruff exteriors can be off-putting, once an adventurer has earned an awakened reptile’s friendship, it lasts for a lifetime.

When they are forced to pursue a discipline, smaller reptiles favor esoteric orders and studies, perhaps becoming druids, oracles, or even witches, while larger reptiles—such as dinosaurs—are often content to remain savagely effective barbarians. Poisonous creatures might become rogues, ninjas, and assassins, supplementing their own poisons with those of others. Though not necessarily evil, reptiles often retain predatory streaks that can seem cruel to others, and some crave violence and the thrill of the hunt over all. In combat, as in most things, reptiles rarely show anger or passion, instead pursuing their goals with cold, emotionless drive, their expressions nearly impossible for other creatures to read.

Controlling Companions

How a companion works depends on the campaign as well as the companion’s nature, intelligence, and abilities. In some cases, the rules do not specify whether you or the GM controls the companion. If you’re entirely in control, the companion acts like a subsidiary PC, doing exactly what you want just like a true PC. If the GM is control, you can make suggestions or attempt to influence the companion, but the GM determines whether the creature is willing or able to attempt what you want.

Aspects of Control

Whether you or the GM controls a particular companion depends largely on the creature’s intelligence and level of independence from you.

Nonsentient Companions: a nonsentient companion (one with animal-level intelligence) is loyal to you in the way a well-trained dog is—the creature is conditioned to obey your commands, but its behavior is limited by its intelligence and it can’t make altruistic moral decisions—such as nobly sacrificing itself to save another. Animal companions, cavalier mounts, and purchased creatures (such as common horses and guard dogs) fall into this category. In general they’re GM-controlled companions. You can direct them using the Handle Animal skill, but their specific behavior is up to the GM.

Sentient Companions: a sentient companion (a creature that can understand language and has an Intelligence score of at least 3) is considered your ally and obeys your suggestions and orders to the best of its ability. It won’t necessarily blindly follow a suicidal order, but it has your interests at heart and does what it can to keep you alive. Paladin bonded mounts, familiars, and cohorts fall into this category, and are usually player-controlled companions.

Eidolons: Outside the linear obedience and intelligence scale of sentient and nonsentient companions are eidolons: intelligent entities magically bound to you. Whether you wish to roleplay this relationship as friendly or coerced, the eidolon is inclined to obey you unless you give a command only to spite it. An eidolon would obey a cruel summoner’s order to save a child from a burning building, knowing that at worst the fire damage would temporarily banish it, but it wouldn’t stand in a bonfire just because the summoner said to. An eidolon is normally a player-controlled companion, but the GM can have the eidolon refuse extreme orders that would cause it to suffer needlessly.

Magical Control: Charm person, dominate person, and similar effects turn an NPC into a companion for a limited time. Most charm-like effects make the target friendly to you—the target has to follow your requests only if they’re reasonable, and has its own ideas about what is reasonable. For example, few creatures consider “hand over all your valuables” or “let me put these manacles on you” a reasonable request from a friend. You might have to use Diplomacy or Intimidate checks to influence a charmed ally, and the GM has the final say as to what happens. Though the target of a charm effect considers you a friend, it probably feels indifferent at best toward the other PCs and won’t listen to requests from them. a creature under a dominate effect is more of a puppet, and you can force it to do anything that isn’t suicidal or otherwise against its well-being. Treat it as player-controlled, with the GM making its saving throws to resist inappropriate commands.

Common Exceptions: Some companions are exceptions, such as an intelligent companion who doesn’t bear exceptional loyalty toward you (for example, a hired guard), a weaker minion who is loyal to you but lacks the abilities or resources to assist in adventuring tasks, and a called outsider (such as from planar ally) who agrees to a specific service but still has a sense of self-preservation. You can use Bluff, Diplomacy, and Intimidate to influence such companions, but the GM is the final arbiter of their actions. For example, a PC might use threats to convince a caravan guard to hold back an ogre for a few rounds or to prevent her zealous followers from attacking a rival adventurer, but the GM makes the decision whether the guard runs away after getting hit once or the followers attack when provoked.

The GM may deviate from the above suggestions, such as allowing a druid to control an animal companion directly, creating a more equivalent or even antagonistic relationship between a summoner and an eidolon, or roleplaying a mentoring relationship between a veteran warhorse and the young paladin who inherited his loyalty. Before you create a character with a companion creature (or decide to add a companion in play), the GM should explain to everyone how much influence you and the GM each have over the creature’s actions. That way, everyone is fully informed about all aspects of dealing with the companion.

The specifics of controlling a companion vary for different campaigns. a gritty campaign where animal companions can’t do anything that real animals can’t do forces the GM to act as a check against you pushing the bounds of creativity. a high-fantasy game where familiars are nearly as important to the storyline as the PCs—or are played as near-PCs by other players—is a very different feel and can create interesting roleplaying opportunities.

An evil campaign where companions are unwilling slaves of the PCs creates a dynamic where the PCs are trying to exploit them as much as possible—perhaps even sacrificing and replacing them as needed—and treat them more like living tools than reluctant allies.

Issues of Control

The GM should keep in mind several factors when it comes to companions, whether handling them as suggested above or altering the balance to give you more or less control.

Ease of Play: Changing who controls a companion can make the game easier or harder for the GM. Controlling a cohort in combat is one more complex thing for the GM to deal with. The GM must keep track of a cohort’s tactics and motivations and how those affect it in combat while keeping her own knowledge of the monsters separate from the cohort’s knowledge; otherwise, the cohort will outshine the PCs with superior tactics. Giving you control over these decisions (while still allowing the GM to veto certain actions) alleviates some of the burden and allows you to plan interesting tactics between yourself and your cohort, much as you would have mastered during times you trained together.

Conversely, giving a player full control over the actions of two characters can slow down the game. If you’re prone to choice paralysis, playing two turns every round can drag the game to a halt. If this is a problem, the GM should suggest that another player help run the companion or ask you to give up the companion and alter yourself to compensate (such as by choosing a different feat in place of Leadership, taking a domain instead of a druid animal companion, or selecting the “companions” option for a ranger’s hunter’s bond ability instead of an animal).

Game Balance: Even a simple change like allowing players to directly control companions has repercussions in the game mechanics. For example, if a druid has complete control over an animal companion, there’s no reason for her to put ranks in Handle Animal, freeing up those ranks for other valuable skills like Perception. If a wizard with a guard dog doesn’t have to use a move action to make a Handle Animal check to have the dog attack, he has a full set of actions each round and a minion creature that doesn’t require investing any extra time to “summon” it. If companion animals don’t have to know specific tricks, the PC can use any animal like an ally and plan strategies (like flanking) as if the animal were much smarter than it actually is.

With intelligent companions such as cohorts, giving you full control means you’re controlling two characters and can take twice as many actions as the other players. The GM can create a middle ground, such as requiring you to put ranks in Handle Animal but not requiring you to make checks, or reducing the action needed to command an animal, but these decisions should be made before the companion joins the group.

Sharing Information: Whenever you control multiple creatures, there are issues of sharing information between you and your companions. Some companions have special abilities that facilitate this sort of communication, such as a familiar’s empathic link or an eidolon’s bond senses ability, but most companions are limited to what they can observe with their own senses. For example, if a wizard using see invisibility knows there is an invisible rogue across the room, he can’t just direct his guard dog to attack the rogue; he has to use the seek command to move the dog to the general area of the rogue, and even then he can’t use the attack command to attack the rogue because the rogue isn’t an “apparent enemy.” If the GM allows the wizard to make the dog fight the invisible rogue, that makes the animal much more versatile than normal, and also devalues the special nature of a true empathic or telepathic bond with a companion. If the dog is allowed to work outside the PC’s line of sight, it devalues abilities such as a wizard’s ability to scry on his familiar. Of course, intelligent companions using speech can bypass some of these limitations (such as telling a cohort there’s an invisible rogue in the corner).

Advancing Companions

Another issue is who gets to control the companion’s advancement. Animal companions, eidolons, and cohorts all advance much like PCs, making choices about feats, skills, special abilities, and (in the case of cohorts) class levels. Whoever controls the companion’s actions also makes decisions about its advancement, but there is more of a shared role between you and the GM for some types of companions.

Animal Companion: Advancement choices for an animal companion include feats, skills, ability score increases, and tricks.

If the companion’s Intelligence score is 2 or lower, it is limited to a small selection of feats. You should decide what feats the animal learns, though the GM should have a say about whether a desired feat is appropriate to the animal’s type and training—fortunately, the feats on the list are appropriate for just about any animal. If the animal’s Intelligence is 3 or higher (whether from using its ability score increase or a magic item), it can select any feat that it qualifies for. You should decide what feat it learns, subject to GM approval, although the creature’s higher intelligence might mean it has its own ideas about what it wants to learn.

As with feats, you should decide what skills your animal companion learns, chosen from the Animal Skills list and subject to GM approval. If the animal’s Intelligence score is 3 or higher, it can put its ranks into any skill, with the GM’s approval. Of course, the animal might not have the physical ability to perform certain skills (a dog can’t create disguises, an elephant can’t use the Ride skill, and so on).

Ability score increases are straightforward when it comes to physical ability scores—training an animal to be stronger, more agile, or tougher are all reasonable tasks. Training an animal to be smarter, more intuitive, or more self-aware is less easy to justify—except in the context where people can cast spells and speak with animals.

Because you’re responsible for using the Handle Animal skill to teach your companion its tricks, you decide what tricks the companion learns. If you’re not skilled at training animals or lack the time to do it yourself, you can hire an expert trainer to do it for you or use the downtime system to take care of this training.

Cohort: Advancement choices for a cohort include feats, skills, ability score increases, and class levels.

A cohort is generally considered a player-controlled companion, and therefore you get to decide how the cohort advances. The GM might step in if you make choices that are inappropriate for the cohort, use the cohort as a mechanism for pushing the boundaries of the game rules, or treat the cohort unfairly. a cohort is a loyal companion and ally to you, and expects you to treat him fairly, generously, without aloofness or cruelty, and without devoting too much attention to other minions such as familiars or animal companions. The cohort’s attitude toward you is generally helpful (as if using the Diplomacy skill); he complies with most of your requests without any sort of skill check, except for requests that are against his nature or put him in serious peril.

If you exploit your cohort, you’ll quickly find your Leadership score shrinking away. Although this doesn’t change the cohort’s level, the cohort can’t gain levels until your Leadership score allows for a level increase, so if you’re a poor leader, you must wait longer for your cohort to level up. In extreme cases, the cohort might abandon you, and you’ll have to recruit a new cohort.

Examples of inappropriate advancement choices are a good-aligned companion selecting morally questionable feats, a clumsy cohort suddenly putting many ranks in Disable Device (so he can take all the risks in searching for traps instead of you), a spellcaster cohort taking nothing but item creation feats (so you get access to plenty of cheap magic items at the cost of just one feat, Leadership), a fighter cohort taking a level in wizard when he had no previous interest in magic, or you not interacting with your cleric cohort other than to gain defensive spells from a different class or a flanking bonus.

When you select the Leadership feat, you and the GM should discuss the cohort’s background, personality, interests, and role in the campaign and party. Not only does this give the GM the opportunity to reject a cohort concept that goes against the theme of the campaign, but the GM can plan adventure hooks involving the cohort for future quests. The random background generator can help greatly when filling in details about the cohort. Once the discussion is done, writing down a biography and personality profile of the cohort helps cement his role in the campaign and provides a strong reference point for later talks about what is or is not appropriate advancement for the cohort.

Eidolon: Compared to an animal companion or cohort, an eidolon is a unique type of companion—it is intelligent and loyal to you, and you have absolute power over whether it is present in the material world or banished to its home plane. You literally have the power to reshape the eidolon’s body using the transmogrify spell, and though technically the eidolon can resist this—the Saving Throw is “Will negates (harmless)”—it is assumed that the eidolon complies with what you want. After all, the eidolon can’t actually be killed while summoned; at worst, it might experience pain before damage sends it back to its home plane. This means the eidolon is usually willing to take great risks to help you. If swimming through acid was the only way to save you, it would do so, knowing that it won’t die and will recover. The eidolon is a subservient creature whose very nature depends upon your will, so you decide what feats, skill points, ability score increases, and evolutions the eidolon gains as it advances.

Follower: Because a follower is much lower level than you, it’s generally not worth determining a follower’s exact feats and skill ranks, as he would be ineffective against opponents appropriate for your level. In most cases, knowing the follower’s name, gender, race, class, level, and profession is sufficient, such as “Lars, male human expert 1, sailor.” Since followers lack full stat blocks, the issue of advancing them is irrelevant. If your Leadership score improves, just add new followers rather than advancing existing ones. However, if events require advancing a follower (such as turning a follower into a cohort to replace a dead cohort), use the same guidelines as for cohorts.

Hirelings: Hirelings don’t normally gain levels. If the GM is running a kingdom-building campaign where hireling NPCs are heavily involved, you might suggest ways for NPCs to advance, but the final decision is up to the GM. If you want more control over your hireling’s feats, skills, and class levels, you should select that hireling as a follower with the Leadership feat.

Mounts: Common mounts (such as horses or riding dogs bought from a merchant, rather than mounts that are class features) don’t normally advance. If extraordinary circumstances merit a mount gaining Hit Dice, and you have Handle Animal ranks and take an interest in training the animal, use the same guidelines as those for animal companions.

Intelligent Animals

Increasing an animal’s Intelligence to 3 or higher means it is smart enough to understand a language. However, unless an awaken spell is used, the animal doesn’t automatically and instantly learn a language, any more than a human child does. The animal must be taught a language, usually over the course of months, giving it the understanding of the meaning of words and sentences beyond its trained responses to commands like “attack” and “heel.”

Even if the animal is taught to understand a language, it probably lacks the anatomy to actually speak (unless awaken is used). For example, dogs, elephants, and even gorillas lack the proper physiology to speak humanoid languages, though they can use their limited “vocabulary” of sounds to articulate concepts, especially if working with a person who learns what the sounds mean.

An intelligent animal is smart enough to use tools, but might lack the ability to manipulate them. a crow could be able to use simple lockpicks, but a dog can’t. Even if the animal is physically capable of using a tool, it might still prefer its own natural body to manufactured items, especially when it comes to weapons. An intelligent gorilla could hold or wield a sword, but its inclination is to make slam attacks. No amount of training (including weapon proficiency feats) is going to make it fully comfortable attacking in any other way.

Even if an animal’s Intelligence increases to 3 or higher, you must still use the Handle Animal skill to direct the animal, as it is a smart animal rather than a low-intelligence person (using awaken is an exception—an awakened animal takes orders like a person). The GM should take the animal’s Intelligence into account when determining its response to commands or its behavior when it doesn’t have specific instructions. For example, an intelligent wolf companion can pick the weakest-looking target if directed to do so, and that same wolf trapped in a burning building might push open a door or window without being told.

Remembering Companions and Followers

There are several ways to make sure a companion doesn’t get lost or forgotten.

Props: Physical props can help you, the other players, and the GM remember companions. If the campaign uses miniatures on the tabletop, the companion should have its own miniature or token. If all the adventurers move forward, it’s easy to see that a lonely miniature was left behind. Even without miniatures, having a physical representation of the companion on the tabletop keeps it in mind. Whether this is a stuffed animal, a toy, an action figure, a cardboard stand-up, a GameMastery Face Card, or a simple character sheet with a colorful illustration, this kind of reminder gives the companion a presence on the tabletop.

Another Player: If you regularly forget the presence of your companion and the GM is busy dealing with the rest of the game, another player can take over playing the companion. If the second player has an introverted character or one whose actions in combat are fast and efficient, allowing that player to control the companion gives him another opportunity to have some time in the spotlight. The second player should roll initiative separately for the companion so the companion’s actions don’t get forgotten on either turn—giving the companion its own turn reinforces its role in the party.

Allowing another character to play the companion also gives the group additional roleplaying opportunities. You might feel silly talking as both your character and your cohort, but more comfortable having a dialogue with your cohort when it’s played by someone else (this also keeps the cohort from blindly doing whatever you say). Wearing a hat or mask, or holding up a small flag or banner to represent the companion can help other players keep track of who is acting when you speak.

Casual Observer: Some gaming groups have a casual player, friend, spouse, or child who isn’t interested in playing a normal character for the campaign, but likes to watch the game or be nearby when everyone else is playing. That person might be interested in playing a companion for one or more sessions (especially if it’s a creature that’s funny and cute). This is an opportunity for that person to get involved in the game without the responsibility of being a full contributing member to the group—and just might be the hook that convinces that observer to become active in the game.

If playing a companion goes well, the GM may create a one-shot spin-off adventure in which all the players play companion creatures instead of normal PCs (perhaps because the PCs are captured, incapacitated, or merely sleeping), returning to the normal campaign when that adventure is completed.

Often, a companion is forgotten about when it’s not needed. a familiar hides in a backpack and only comes out when the sorcerer needs to spy on something or deliver a spell with a range of touch. An animal companion or cohort follows the druid silently and acts only when a skill check or attack roll is needed. An eidolon is used as a mount or an expendable resource in battle. You and the GM need to remember that a companion is a creature, not an unthinking tool, and can’t simply be ignored.

Followers are a little more complex because there can be so many of them and they don’t usually adventure with you. You and the GM should keep notes about each follower (or group of followers, if there are several in a common location such as a temple) and link this information to the followers’ base of operations. For example, the GM’s notes about the capital city should mention the thieves’ guild informant follower of the rogue PC. Artwork representing the follower (even a simple piece of free clip art found online) can be a stronger reminder than a name that’s easily lost in a page full of words.

Followers also have a unique companion role in that they spend most of their time away from you, and might use that time positively or negatively. Just because a follower is low level and you’re not doesn’t mean the follower stops being a person with needs, fears, and a role to play in your heroic story. Even if you dismiss the follower aspect of the Leadership feat as baggage, a follower is going to pay attention to what you do, and if this hero-worship grows tarnished from neglect or abuse, that very same follower provides an opportunity for the GM to demonstrate how bad will among the common folk can negatively affect an adventurer’s life (see Reputation for more information).

Companion Plot Hooks

Having a companion in the party is an incredible opportunity for the GM to introduce plot elements into a campaign—and more interesting plots than “the companion has been kidnapped!” The players have a general idea about their characters’ pre-adventurer histories, but a companion is a bit of a mystery. What did it do before it met you? What is its motivation for joining the adventuring party? What are its goals? What does it do when you aren’t around?

Animal Companion

Unless you raised your animal companion from birth, it has its own history and secrets that are likely important and could surprise you. a druid’s wolf companion might have been saved by a famous ranger, fought in an orc tribe’s arena, or escaped a wizard’s experimental lab. What happens when that wolf recognizes that helpful ranger, savage orc, or mad wizard? Is the wolf aggressive when the druid isn’t around? Does it have behavior quirks like not letting anyone touch the druid when she’s sleeping, even allies trying to wake her? What if the companion was once a humanoid, but was cursed or polymorphed into a different shape and lost its memory about its original identity? What if another druid previously cast awaken on it, and it has been pretending to be a common animal so it can watch over or spy on a PC? The answers to these questions are the seeds to side plots or entire adventures.

Animal companions can also incite fear or prejudice among ignorant townsfolk. Most villages don’t want rowdy adventurers bringing wolves, bears, lions, giant snakes, and especially dinosaurs into the town square, and innkeepers don’t usually want the larger animals staying in rooms with guests. Stables might charge more to board exotic animals or entirely refuse to do so, and might not have appropriate food for them. If a village is experiencing attacks on its livestock, angry people might be quick to blame a carnivorous animal companion. Conversely, innocent children could have a circus-like fascination with exotic animal companions and help break the ice between visiting adventurers and suspicious locals.

Cohort

A cohort could have a former life as a criminal that she abandoned after being inspired by your heroic deeds. Just like a PC, a cohort has family and friends, with hopes and concerns for those people. The cohort might be a target for your enemies who are unwilling or unable to strike directly at you (though be careful to avoid making the cohort become a liability or look incompetent). a cohort who is critically injured by a monster might develop a fear about that kind of monster and avoid attacking it. She may have secret vices or virtues that become more prominent over time and can directly affect her relationship with you. If the cohort has an animal companion, you might also suffer some indirect repercussions for the animal’s behavior or reputation.

Eidolon

An eidolon has the same mystery as a cohort, except its origins are far weirder. It might have been linked to another summoner before its bond with you. It might be a natural creature altered by planar energies and banished to a far realm, or a former adventurer lost in a disastrous mission to an unknown plane. If it resembles a more conventional planar monster (such as an archon, a dretch, or an elemental), it might have been accidentally summoned or called by a sloppy spellcaster and could have some familiarity with other people in the world. Though an eidolon’s soul is strongly tied to its summoner, it has an existence in another world when it is away, and in that world it might be a bully, champion, or slave. How it reacts to things during its limited time on the Material Plane is influenced by its unknown past and secret life.

An eidolon always has the appearance of a fantastical creature, and attracts as much attention as any unfamiliar animal would. Fortunately for you, you can send the eidolon away to its extraplanar home, allowing you to do business in town and move about normally without drawing unwanted attention. However, if you call the eidolon in an emergency without warning the local authorities, townsfolk might assume it is a marauding monster bent on tearing them limb from limb, requiring hasty explanations and diplomacy to prevent panic.

Familiar

Plot hooks for familiars are similar to those for animal companions, as they can have the same unknown backgrounds and instinctive reactions to people they knew when they were just common animals. Fortunately, familiars are usually small creatures that can easily pass for common pets as long as they don’t do anything that reveals their unusual intelligence. Most townsfolk aren’t averse to a common cat, a trained hawk, or even a snake, though innkeepers and merchants might ask that such animals be kept in a cage to prevent them from getting loose and causing any damage.

Remember that a familiar has an empathic link to its master, and its animal instincts can lead to plot hooks. For example, a toad familiar might project feelings of hunger whenever a member of a fly-demon cult is nearby, a bat familiar might express curiosity about the words a weird hermit is muttering under his breath, and a rat familiar might feel fear when a dangerous assassin walks into the room. A more powerful familiar can speak with other animals of its kind, and if left to roam, it could pick up interesting news about a town or an army camp.

Follower

A follower should be more than an acquaintance or an employee. a follower is devoted to you in the same way a cohort is, but has fewer resources at his disposal and in most cases isn’t an adventurer. The follower sees you as a hero or celebrity—someone to emulate. Though it’s easy to treat followers as a single, nameless group, a smart player realizes that they don’t have to group together. Followers can be spread out over multiple settlements and have multiple roles. For example, if you have a Leadership score of 10, you can have five 1st-level followers: a city guard in the capital, an acolyte at the high temple, an informant in the thieves’ guild, an adept in a frontier village, and a strange child saved from a goblin’s hunger. Gaining followers is an opportunity for you to look back over your adventuring career, recall important or noteworthy NPCs, and solidify the bonds between those NPCs and you.

Choosing followers gives you a network of loyal contacts who trust and respect you. Though they might not have the resources or backbone to fight on your behalf, they’re always on the lookout for ways to help you in any way they can. In effect, they are trustworthy NPC contacts (Trust score 4; see Contacts). The city guard might invite you to gamble with the other guards or arrange to have your armor polished. The acolyte might have tips about an upcoming religious festival and the clergy’s concerns about a nearby plague. The informant might have news about mysterious disappearances or volunteer to keep an eye on your rival. a thug might bully the truth out of a tight-lipped witness or provide inside information on her employer. The adept might send messages about strange events from the wildlands. The strange child might have precognitive visions, perhaps from budding magical powers.

If you ever lose or dismiss your cohort, selecting a replacement from among your followers not only gives you an excuse to spend some downtime training that follower to become your new cohort, but rewards the loyalty of all the other followers, as they see that you treat them as near equals.

The GM should use these followers as plot hooks. Instead of having rumors from an unknown source reach your ears from no specific source, a named follower could present that information. Instead of having you hunt for information about a cataclysm prophesied to occur in 3 days, a scholarly follower could find a scroll or book about the prophecy and bring it to you. The desperate stable-boy follower can approach you about money to pay off his father’s gambling debts to a crooked bookkeeper. The poor merchant can ask you for help dealing with a charismatic man trying to convince his daughter to become a prostitute. By using a follower for a plot hook, the GM lets the player know that the character can trust the follower’s intentions, and keeps the PC’s past involvement with that NPC relevant.

As you reach higher Leadership scores, you gain dozens of followers. Rather than these followers all being spread thinly across every possible settlement in the campaign, it’s more likely that many of these individual followers know each other well, possibly by working together, spending time at the same temple or academy, or being members of the same family, and you should expand these clusters of followers in an organic way. For example, the other guards who gamble with you could become new followers, the acolyte can train other acolytes or spread the good word about you, the informant might persuade others in the thieves’ guild that you’re a valuable ally, the adept’s entire village might begin to see you as a hero and savior, and the strange child could become a wizard’s apprentice and convince the entire cabal to befriend you. If you ever decide to build a fort or found a temple or guild, you already have a group of like-minded and skilled followers ready and willing to help.

Reviving And Replacing Companions

Adventuring is a dangerous career, and sometimes an animal companion, cohort, or familiar dies or is lost. a change in your alignment or religion might drive away your cohort, or the cohort’s role in the story might end based on discussion between you and the GM. An extended voyage in a dangerous environment might convince a druid to free a trusted companion that would otherwise suffer and die if forced to travel (such as a polar bear in the desert). a ranger might discover a rare specimen of a favorite type of creature and want to claim it as his own in order to protect it from poachers. Regardless of the cause, when a companion dies or is lost, you need to replace it. This creates an opportunity for roleplaying.

Reviving a Dead Companion

A lost animal companion, cohort, familiar, or follower can be raised or resurrected with spells such as raise dead, resurrection, or true resurrection. For a cohort or follower with character levels, these kinds of spells give the character one or more negative levels—a price worth paying if the alternative is death. Creatures with no character levels (such as animal companions and familiars) count as 1st level for the purpose of these spells, and therefore they take Constitution drain instead of negative levels. a nonsentient companion is assumed to be willing to return to life unless you were cruel to it or directly responsible for its death.

In most cases, the companion probably remembers its last moments alive and understands that you’re the reason why it is alive again. For a lower-level cohort or a non-adventuring follower, the gift of a second chance at life is something very treasured and earns you great respect and devotion. You can gain the reputation of “fairness and generosity” for the purposes of the Leadership feat.

Using reincarnate is an alternative option, but has a similar effect on a companion’s loyalty and affection. Few humans would choose to be reincarnated as a bugbear or kobold, but if the choice is that or death, a new life in a new body is generally preferred. For an animal companion, the GM should create a random table of creatures similar to its original form—for example, a lion might be reincarnated as a leopard, cheetah, or tiger.

Finding a Replacement

In some cases, replacing an animal companion or familiar can be as easy as purchasing an animal of the desired type and declaring it your new companion. Attuning a familiar to its new master requires a ritual. Choosing an animal companion requires 24 hours of prayer. The ceremony can also be used to attract and bond with an animal appropriate to the local environment. However, you might want to wait for the campaign to present an appropriate companion, such as an animal you rescue from a cruel enemy that you tame with the ritual or ceremony. In terms of game mechanics, there is no difference between any of these options, and you should work with the GM to find a replacement method that is appropriate to the campaign.

Replacing a lost or killed cohort or follower involves a similar collaboration between you and the GM to create a character who is appropriate for the campaign and valuable to you (and hopefully to the rest of the party). You might want to elevate a follower to a cohort, select another known NPC to become a cohort, or start from scratch by introducing a new NPC to the party. Keep in mind that your Leadership score might have changed, especially if you were responsible for the previous cohort’s death—and that sort of tragedy creates roleplaying opportunities for the new cohort.

Animal Companions from Other Publishers

Table: 3rd Party Publisher Animal Choices
Name Size Use for… Terrain* Source
Ant, Riding M   Any JBE:CM
Cave Salamander L   Any Underground JBE:CM
Darkling Beetle, Giant L   Any Underground JBE:CM
Dodo, riding L   Plane of Shadows JBE:SFSPPC
Eagle, Riding L     JBE:CM
Elk, Riding L   Plains (temperate, cold) JBE:CM
Gila Monster, Giant M   Desert (warm) JBE:CM
Hawk, Riding M     JBE:CM
Nightcrawler, giant S   Plane of Shadows JBE:SFSPPC
Ostrich, Riding L   Deserts or plains (warm) JBE:CM
Shade Ferret M   Plane of Shadows JBE:SFSPPC
Spider, Riding     Any JBE:CM
Tumble Pig M   Plains JBE:CM
Umbral Vulture S   Plane of Shadows JBE:SFSPPC
Wolfhound L   Any JBE:CM

1 Ranger
2 Cavalier
3 Cavalier (at least 4th level)
4 Paladin (ask GM if not a heavy horse or pony)

Ankheg

Source: Speak with Animals: Magical Beast Companions 1

This companion is available via the Beast Speaker feat. The 11th-level mastery benefit is given if the character takes the Beast Speaker Mastery feat.

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 30 ft., burrow 20 ft.; AC +5 natural armor; Attack bite (1d8 plus 1d4 acid and grab); Ability Scores Str 12, Dex 12, Con 15, Int 1, Wis 13, Cha 6; Special Qualities darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision, tremorsense 60 ft.; CMD +8 vs. trip

9th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (2d6 plus 1d4 acid and grab); Ability Scores Str +4, Dex -2, Con +2; Special Attacks spit acid

Spit Acid (Ex)

Once every 6 hours, the ankheg can spit a 30-foot line of acid. Creatures struck by this acid take 4d4 points of acid damage. A Reflex save halves the damage (save is Con based). Once used, the ankheg must wait 6 hours to be able to use it again. During the waiting period, the ankheg‘s bite loses its acid damage.

Ant, Riding

Source: JBE:CM

Special A cavalier can choose this as a mount.

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 40 ft., climb 30 ft.; AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d6 plus grab); Ability Scores Str 14, Dex 10, Con 17, Int —, Wis 10, Cha 6; Special Qualities low-light vision, scent; CMD trip +8.

4th-Level Advancement

Ability Scores Str +2, Int +2; Special Qualities combat trained.

Bunnicorn

Source: Speak with Animals: Magical Beast Companions 1

This companion is available via the Beast Speaker feat. The 11th-level mastery benefit is given if the character takes the Beast Speaker Mastery feat.

Prerequisite(s): Good-aligned, Heal 3 ranks

Starting Statistics

Size Tiny; Speed 60 ft.; AC +1 natural armor; Attack gore (1d3); Ability Scores Str 3, Dex 20, Con 9, Int 5, Wis 12, Cha 14; Special Qualities darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision, scent, racial skill bonus: +8 Acrobatics when jumping; Special Attacks healing horn

9th-Level Advancement

Size Small; AC +2 natural armor; Attack gore (1d4); Ability Scores Str +4, Dex -2, Cha +2; Spell-Like Abilities detect evil (at will)

Mastery (11th-Level)

Spell-Like Abilities magic circle against evil (constant), neutralize poison (constant)

Healing Horn (Sp)

A bunnicorn can heal a creature of their choosing as a standard action by touching their horn to a target. They may use this ability a number of times equal to their Charisma modifier. They heal 1d6 hit points of damage per 2 HD they possess. They may not heal themself in this way.

Chikfari

Source: Speak with Animals: Magical Beast Companions 1

This companion is available via the Beast Speaker feat. The 11th-level mastery benefit is given if the character takes the Beast Speaker Mastery feat.

Prerequisite(s): Knowledge (dungeoneering) 3 ranks

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 50 ft. climb 30 ft.; AC +4 natural armor; Attack bite (1d6) or kick (2d6); Ability Scores Str 11, Dex 18, Con 13, Int 6, Wis 14, Cha 11; Special Qualities darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision, racial skill bonus: +10 Acrobatics when jumping; Special Attacks chikfari poison devastating kick

9th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d8) or kick (2d8); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex -2, Con +4

Chikfari Poison Bite

Type: injury; effect 1 Con damage; save fortitude Con-based DC; frequency 1/round (6 rounds); cure 1 save

Devastating Kick

A chikfari’s massive rear legs are incredibly powerful (dealing +1 1/2 its Strength modifier in damage and having a critical multiplier of x3. Whenever a chikfari hits a target of its size or smaller, it may make a free bull rush attempt to knock the target away, though the chikfari cannot move with the target if it does.

Chimera

Source: Speak with Animals: Magical Beast Companions 1

This companion is available via the Beast Speaker feat. The 11th-level mastery benefit is given if the character takes the Beast Speaker Mastery feat.

Prerequisite(s): Speak Draconic

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 30 ft., fly 50 ft. (poor); AC +3 natural armor; Attack bite (1d6), bite (1d4), gore (1d4), 2 claws (1d2); Ability Scores Str 7, Dex 16, Con 11, Int 4, Wis 13, Cha 10; Special Qualities darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision, scent; CMD +4 vs. trip; Special Attacks breath weapon (2d6, 20/10 ft.)

9th-Level Advancement

Size Medium; AC +3 natural armor; Attack bite (1d8), bite (1d6), gore (1d6), 2 claws (1d4); Ability Scores Str +4, Dex -2, Con +2; Special Attacks breath weapon 4d6, 30/15 ft.

Mastery (11th-Level)

Size Large; AC +3 natural armor; Attack bite (2d6), bite (1d8), gore (1d8), 2 claws (1d6); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex -2, Con +4; Special Attacks breath weapon (6d6, 40/20 ft.)

Breath Weapon (Su)

A chimera’s breath weapon depends on the color of its dragon head, as summarized on the table below. Regardless of its type, a chimera’s breath weapon is usable once every 1d4 rounds, deals the damage listed in its advancement above, and allows a Reflex save for half damage. The save DC is Constitution-based.

The range of the breath weapon is listed in the advancements above. The first number is for lines, the second for cones. For example, the base chimera deals 2d6 with their breath weapon. If they are a black- or blue-dragon chimera, their breath weapon is a 20-foot line. Otherwise it is a 10-foot cone.

To determine a chimera’s head color and breath weapon randomly, roll 1d10 and consult the table below:

d20 Head Color Breath Weapon
1-2 Black Line of acid
3-4 Blue Line of lightning
5-6 Green Cone of acid
7-8 Red Cone of fire
9-10 White Cone of cold

Cooshee (Elven Dog)

Source: TOP:FF

Prerequisite(s) Elf or Half-Elf only

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 40 ft.; AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d4 plus trip), claws (1d3); Ability Scores Str 11, Dex 19, Con 13, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 6.; Special Qualities scent

4th-Level Advancement

Size Medium; Attack bite (1d6 plus trip), claws (1d4); Ability Scores +4 Str, –2 Dex, +4 Con; Special Qualities sprint.

Darkling Beetle, Giant

Source: JBE:CM

Special A cavalier can choose this as a mount.

Starting Statistics

Size Large; Speed 30 ft., burrow 30 ft.; AC +5 natural armor; Attack bite (1d4); Ability Scores Str 14, Dex 13, Con 17, Int —, Wis 12, Cha 2; Special Qualities darkvision 60 ft., scent; CMD overrun, trip +12.

4th-Level Advancement

Ability Scores Int +2; Special Qualities combat trained.

Dodo, Riding

Source: JBE:SPPC

Special A medium cavalier can choose this as a mount.

Starting Statistics

Size Large; Speed 50 ft.; AC +3 natural armor; Attack bill slam (1d8); Ability Scores Str 16, Dex 15, Con 15, Int 2, Wis 11, Cha 6; Special Qualities low-light vision, scent

4th-Level Advancement

Ability Scores Str +2, Con +2; Special Qualities combat trained, darkvision 30 ft.

Eagle, Riding

Source: JBE:CM

Special A cavalier can choose this as a mount.

Starting Statistics

Size Large; Speed 10 ft., fly 80 ft. (average); AC +0 natural armor; Attack bit (1d6), 2 talons (1d4); Ability Scores Str 14, Dex 13, Con 12, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 8; Special Qualities low-light vision.

4th-Level Advancement

Ability Scores Str +2; Special Qualities combat trained.

Elk, Riding

Source: JBE:CM

Special A cavalier can choose this as a mount.

Starting Statistics

Size Large; Speed 50 ft.; AC +3 natural armor; Attack 2 hooves* (1d6); Ability Scores Str 14, Dex 15, Con 14, Int 2, Wis 13, Cha 6; Special Qualities low-light vision, scent.

* This is a secondary natural attack, see Combat for more information on how secondary attacks work.

4th-Level Advancement

Ability Scores Dex +2, Con +2; Special Qualities combat trained.

Enfield

Source: Speak with Animals: Magical Beast Companions 1

This companion is available via the Beast Speaker feat. The 11th-level mastery benefit is given if the character takes the Beast Speaker Mastery feat.

Prerequisite(s): Knowledge (nature) 3 ranks

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 40 ft., burrow 10 ft., fly 80 ft. (average); AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d4 plus trip) and 2 talons (1d4); Ability Scores Str 12, Dex 17, Con 15, Int 5, Wis 16, Cha 6; Special Qualities darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision, scent, racial skill bonus +4 Survival when tracking by scent

9th-Level Advancement

Size Medium; Attack bite (1d6 plus trip) and 2 talons (1d6); Ability Scores Str +4, Dex -2, +2 ???

Gila Monster, Giant

Source: JBE:CM

Special A cavalier can choose this as a mount.

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 20 ft.; AC +4 natural armor; Attack bite (1d3 plus poison [frequency 1 round (6), effect 1d2 Con damage, cure 1 save, Con-based DC]); Ability Scores Str 16, Dex 8, Con 17, Int 1, Wis 15, Cha 6; Special Qualities darkvision 60 ft., scent.

4th-Level Advancement

Ability Scores Str +2, Con +2; Special Qualities combat trained.

Grey Render

Source: Speak with Animals: Magical Beast Companions 1

This companion is available via the Beast Speaker feat. The 11th-level mastery benefit is given if the character takes the Beast Speaker Mastery feat.

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 30 ft.; AC +3 natural armor; Attack bite (1d8), 2 claws (1d4 plus grab); Ability Scores Str 13, Dex 17, Con 18, Int 3, Wis 14, Cha 8; Special Qualities darkvision 60 ft. low-light vision, scent, double damage against object, racial skill bonus: +4 Perception.

9th-Level Advancement

Size Medium; AC +4 natural armor; Attack bite (1d10), 2 claws (1d6 plus grab); Ability Scores Str +4, Dex -2, Con +2; Special Attacks rend (2 claws 1d6+ 1.5 Str)

Mastery (11th-Level)

Size Large; AC +4 natural armor; Attack bite (2d6), 2 claws (1d8 plus grab); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex -2, Con +4; Special Attacks rend (2 claws 1d8 +1.5 Str)

Hawk, Riding

Source: JBE:CM

Special A cavalier can choose this as a mount.

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 10 ft., fly 60 ft. (average); AC +1 natural armor; Attack bite (1d6), 2 talons (1d4); Ability Scores Str 12, Dex 13, Con 14, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 6; Special Qualities low-light vision.

4th-Level Advancement

Ability Scores Dex +2; Special Qualities combat trained.

Hollow Hound

Source: Speak with Animals: Magical Beast Companions 1

This companion is available via the Beast Speaker feat. The 11th-level mastery benefit is given if the character takes the Beast Speaker Mastery feat.

Prerequisite(s): Perception 3 ranks

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 40 ft. fly 20 ft. (perfect); Attack bite (1d4 plus trip); Ability Scores Str 13, Dex 17, Con 13, Int 5, Wis 17, Cha 6; Special Qualities darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision, exuded mist, scent, racial skill bonus +4 Survival when tracking by scent

9th-Level Advancement

Size Medium; AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d6 plus trip); Ability Scores Str +4, Dex -2, Con +2

Exuded Mist (Su)

A hollow hound is constantly exuding a mist from their paws, tail and eyes. The cumulative mist that forms around them grants a constant 10% concealment. This concealment does not stack with the concealment granted by obscuring mist or similar spells or from natural fog or smoke.

Hydra

Source: Speak with Animals: Magical Beast Companions 1

This companion is available via the Beast Speaker feat. The 11th-level mastery benefit is given if the character takes the Beast Speaker Mastery feat.

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 20 ft., swim 20 ft.; AC +2 natural armor; Attack 3 bites (1d4); Ability Scores Str 11, Dex 16, Con 12, Int 2, Wis 11, Cha 9; Special Qualities darkvision 60 ft. low-light vision, scent, fast healing 2, racial skill bonus: +2 Perception.

9th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +2 natural armor; Attack 4 bites (1d6); Ability Scores Str +2, Dex -2, Con +2; Special Qualities fast healing 4

Mastery (11th-Level)

Size Huge; AC +2 natural armor; Attack 5 bites (1d8); Ability Scores Str +4, Dex -2, Con +4; Special Qualities fast healing 5

Nightcrawler, Giant

Source: JBE:SPPC

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 20 ft., burrow 30 ft.; AC +0 natural armor; Attack bite (1d4); Ability Scores Str 12, Dex 16, Con 12, Int —, Wis 10, Cha 1; Special Qualities darkvision 60 ft., tremorsense 60 ft.; CMD cannot be tripped.

4th-Level Advancement

Size Medium; AC +1 natural armor; Attack bite (1d6); Ability Scores Str +4, Dex –2, Con +2

Ostrich, Riding

Source: JBE:CM

Special A cavalier can choose this as a mount.

Starting Statistics

Size Large; Speed 50 ft.; AC +0 natural armor; Attack bite (1d6); Ability Scores Str 12, Dex 18, Con 13, Int 1, Wis 12, Cha 4; Bonus Feat Run; Special Qualities low-light vision, scent.

4th-Level Advancement

Ability Scores Str +2, Con +2; Special Qualities combat trained.

Remorhaz

Source: Speak with Animals: Magical Beast Companions 1

Prerequisite(s): Endurance

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 30 ft., burrow 20 ft.; AC +3 natural armor; Attack bite (2d6); Ability Scores Str 10, Dex 18, Con 13, Int 5, Wis 12, Cha 10; Special Qualities darkvision 60 ft. low-light vision, tremorsense 60 ft., Immunities fire cold; CMD +4 vs. grapple; Special Attacks heat

9th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +3 natural armor; Attack bite (2d8); Ability Scores Str +6, Dex -2, Con +4

Heat (Su)

An enraged remorhaz generates heat so intense that anything touching its body takes 4d6 points of fire damage. Creatures striking a remorhaz with natural attacks or unarmed strikes are subject to this damage, but not creatures striking with melee weapons. The heat can melt or burn weapons any weapon that strikes a remorhaz is allowed a DC 19 Fortitude save to avoid taking damage. The save DC is Constitution-based. When the remorhaz companion grows to large size, the fire damage increases to 6d6.

Salamander, Cave

Source: JBE:CM

Special A cavalier can choose this as a mount.

Starting Statistics

Size Large; Speed 40 ft.; AC +4 natural armor; Attack bite (1d4), 2 claws (1d3); Ability Scores Str 16, Dex 11, Con 17, Int 1, Wis 13, Cha 5; Special Qualities darkvision 60 ft., scent.

4th-Level Advancement

Ability Scores Str +2, Con +2; Special Qualities combat trained.

Shade Ferret

Source: JBE:SPPC

Special A Small cavalier can choose this as a mount.

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 40 ft.; AC +2 natural armor; Attack 2 claws (1d3), bite (1d4); Ability Scores Str 13, Dex 13, Con 15, Int 2, Wis 13, Cha 8; Special Qualities blindsight 60 ft., scent, stand on hind legs

Stand on Hind Legs (Ex)

When making a full attack, a shade ferret must stand on its hind legs. This causes the shade ferret to take a –2 penalty on all Reflex saves for the round.

4th-Level Advancement

Ability Scores Str +2, Con +2; Special Qualities combat trained, superior scent

Superior Scent (Ex)

This ability functions like the scent ability except that it can detect an opponent within 120 feet. This range is increased to 240 feet when upwind and decreases to 60 feet when downwind. Strong and overpowering scents can still be detected at twice or three times their normal range, respectively. Additionally, this ability provides a +12 racial bonus to all Survival checks when tracking by scent.

Spider, Riding

Source: JBE:CM

Special A cavalier can choose this as a mount.

Starting Statistics

Size Large; Speed 40 ft., climb 40 ft.; AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d6 plus poison); Ability Scores Str 10, Dex 15, Con 13, Int —, Wis 10, Cha 2; Special Attacks poison (frequency 1 round [4], effect 1 Str damage, cure 1 save, Con-based DC); Special Qualities darkvision, tremorsense 30 feet; CMD overrun, trip +12.

4th-Level Advancement

Ability Scores Str +2, Int +2; Special Qualities combat trained.

Tazelwurm

Source: Speak with Animals: Magical Beast Companions 1

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 40 ft.; AC +2 natural armor; Attack 2 claws (1d4), bite (1d10); Ability Scores Str 11, Dex 16, Con 12, Int 2, Wis 15, Cha 15; Special Qualities darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision, scent, tremorsense 60 ft., racial skill bonus +4 Stealth; CMD can’t be tripped; Special Attacks ambush

9th-Level Advancement

Size Large; AC +2 natural armor; Attack 2 claws (1d6), bite (2d6); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex -2, Con +4

Ambush (Ex)

If a tazelwurm catches an opponent flat-footed it gains a +4 circumstance bonus to its attack roll for that round.

Tumble Pig

Source: JBE:CM

Special A cavalier can choose this as a mount.

Starting Statistics

Size Medium; Speed 40 ft.; AC +1 natural armor; Attack bite (1d3); Ability Scores Str 12, Dex 15, Con 17, Int 2, Wis 10, Cha 8; Special Qualities low-light vision, scent.

4th-Level Advancement

Attack bite (1d4); Ability Scores Str +2; Special Qualities combat trained.

Umbral Vulture

Source: JBE:SPPC

Starting Statistics

Size Small; Speed 10 ft., fly 60 ft. (average); AC +1 natural armor; Attack bite (1d4); Ability Scores Str 10, Dex 15, Con 12, Int 2, Wis 15, Cha 5; Special Qualities darkvision 60 ft., +4 on saves vs. diseases

4th-Level Advancement

Size Medium; AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d6); Ability Scores Str +2, Con +2

Wolfhound

Source: JBE:CM

Special A cavalier can choose this as a mount.

Starting Statistics

Size Large; Speed 40 ft.; AC +3 natural armor; Attack bite (1d6); Ability Scores Str 17, Dex 12, Con 15, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 8; Special Qualities low-light vision, scent.

7th-Level Advancement

Ability Scores Str +2, Dex +2; Special Qualities combat trained.

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