Plant Companion

You relate better to flora than fauna, and have a plant creature as a companion instead of an animal.

Prerequisites: Knowledge (nature) 1 ranks, ability to cast detect animals or plants, ability to gain an animal companion (as per the Nature Bond or Hunter’s Bond abilities).

Benefit: You are able to select a companion from the Plant Choices list below. This creature follows the normal rules for animal companions, with the following modifications:

• Plants have good Fortitude saves, but poor Reflex saves. Use the values in the Will save column on Table: Animal Companion Base Statistics for Reflex saves as well.
• Plant companions can have ranks in the following skills: Climb (Str), Escape Artist (Dex), Intimidate (Cha), Perception* (Wis), Stealth* (Dex), Survival (Wis), Swim (Str). All of the skills marked with an (*) are class skills for plant companions. Plant companions with an Intelligence of 3 or higher can put ranks into any skill. Plant companions with no Intelligence score gain no skill ranks.
• Plant companions can select from the following feats: Alertness, Athletic, Blind-Fight, Combat Reflexes, Diehard, Dodge, Endurance, Great Fortitude, Improved Grapple, Improved Initiative, Improved Natural Armor, Improved Natural Attack, Improved Trip, Intimidating Prowess, Iron Will, Lightning Reflexes, Lunge, Power Attack, Run, Skill Focus, Stealthy, Toughness, Weapon Finesse, and Weapon Focus. Plant companions with an Intelligence of 3 or higher can select any feat they are physically capable of using. Plant companions with no Intelligence score gain no feats. GMs might expand this list to include feats from other sources.
• You can handle your plant companion using Handle Animal as if it were an animal.
• A plant companion with no Intelligence score gains no tricks. A plant companion with an Intelligence of 3 or higher neither gains nor needs tricks to perform actions.