Animal Bond (Gestalt)

Your empathy with nature allows you to form a close bond with an animal.

Prerequisite: Animal Empathy, Character level 4th, cannot already have an animal companion or equivalent ability.

Benefit: You gain an animal companion, as the druid’s nature bond ability or as the cavalier’s mount ability. Your effective druid (or cavalier) level for this animal companion is equal to your character level – 3.