Campaign Design - Base Classes: Animal Companion List

Animal Companion List

The following is a list of many of the kinds of animals that may be called by druids, outdoorsmen, and rangers as animal companions. This list is not exhaustive - almost any animal with the same general characteristics as those listed here would be suitable as animal companions. Note that the statistics listed here don't include the bonuses these animals would get for actually being an animal companion. To add those benefits, consult the animal companions page.

A character of sufficiently high level can select her animal companion from one of the higher level lists, applying the indicated adjustment to their effective druid level (in parentheses) for purposes of determining the companion’s characteristics and special abilities.

1st Level or Higher (Effective Druid Level -)
Animal	Source
Baboon	MM
Badger	MM
Barracuda	SW
Camel	MM
Cat, Tressym	FRCS
Chuckwalla	SS
Compsognathus (Dinosaur)	D318
Coyote	SS
Dire Rat	MM
Dog	MM
Dog, Riding	MM
Donkey	SS
Eagle	MM
Eel	SW
Eel, Reef	CoFP
Fastieth	ECS
Gyrfalcon	FB
Hawk	MM
Horse, Heavy	MM
Horse, Light	MM
Horse, Valenar Riding	ECS
Hyena	MM
Lizard, Horned	SS
Owl	MM
Owl, Moon	SS
Owl, Snowy	FB
Pony	MM
Porpoise	MM
Rhamphorhynchus (Dinosaur)	D318
Sea Lion	SW
Seal	SW
Serval	SS
Shark, Medium	MM
Snake, Medium Sea	SW
Snake, Medium Viper	MM
Snake, Small Sea	SW
Snake, Small Viper	MM
Squid	MM
Stingray	SW
Swindlespitter (Dinosaur)	MM3
Turtle, Sea	CoFP
Turtle, Snapping	SW
Vulture	SS
Wolf	MM

2nd Level or Higher (Effective Druid Level -1)
Animal	Source
Hawk, Sea	CoFP

4th Level or Higher (Effective Druid Level -3)
Animal	Source
Ape	MM
Bear, Black	MM
Bison	MM
Boar	MM
Branta	FB
Cheetah	MM
Clawfoot (Dinosaur)	ECS
Crocodile	MM
Dimetrodon (Dinosaur)	D318
Dire Badger	MM
Dire Bat	MM
Dire Eel	SW
Dire Toad	MM2
Dire Weasel	MM
Fleshraker (Dinosaur)	MM3
Horrid Rat	ECS
Leopard	MM
Leopard, Snow	FB
Lizard, Monitor	MM
Peccary	SS
Pteranodon (Dinosaur)	D318
Puma	SS
Sailsnake	MM4
Shark, Large	MM
Snake, Constrictor	MM
Snake, Large Sea	SW
Snake, Large Viper	MM
Wolverine	MM

7th Level or Higher (Effective Druid Level -6)
Animal	Source
Bear, Brown	MM
Crocodile, Giant	MM
Cryptoclidus (Dinosaur)	MM2
Deinonychus (Dinosaur)	MM
Dire Ape	MM
Dire Barracuda	SW
Dire Boar	MM
Dire Hawk	MM2
Dire Peccary	SS
Dire Wolf	MM
Dire Wolverine	MM
Elamosaurus (Dinosaur)	MM
Horrid Badger	ECS
Horrid Bat	ECS
Horrid Weasel	ECS
Lion	MM
Megaloceros	FB
Protoceratops (Dinosaur)	SS
Rhinoceros	MM
Snake, Huge Sea	SW
Snake, Huge Viper	MM
Terror Bird	FF
Tiger	MM

10th Level of Higher (Effective Druid Level -9)
Animal	Source
Bear, Polar	MM
Bloodstriker (Dinosaur)	MM3
Dire Lion	MM
Dire Puma	SS
Dire Snake	MM2
Dire Tortoise	SS
Dire Vulture	SS
Glyptodon	FB
Helicoprion	D318
Hippopotamus	SS
Horrid Ape	ECS
Horrid Bear	ECS
Legendary Eagle	MM2
Megaraptor (Dinosaur)	MM
Pachycephalosaurus (Dinosaur)	D318
Sea Tiger	MM3
Shark, Huge	MM
Snake Giant Constrictor	MM
Smilodon	FB
Whale, Orca	MM

13th Level or Higher (Effective Druid Level -12)
Animal	Source
Allosaurus (Dinosaur)	MM2
Ankylosuarus (Dinosaur)	MM2
Diprotodon	SS
Dire Bear	MM
Dire Elk	MM2
Elephant	MM
Giant Banded Lizard	SS
Ichthyosaur (Dinosaur)	SW
Legendary Ape	MM2
Octopus, Giant	MM
Parasaurolophus	D318
Woolly Mammoth	FB

16th Level or Higher (Effective Druid Level -15)
Animal	Source
Archelon	SW
Dire Elephant	MM2
Dire Rhinoceros	FF
Dire Shark	MM
Dire Tiger	MM
Legendary Snake	MM2
Megatherium	FF
Quetzalcoatlus (Dinosaur)	MM2
Roc	MM
Stegosaurus (Dinosaur)	D318
Squid, Giant	MM
Triceratops (Dinosaur)	MM
Tyrannosaurus (Dinosaur)	MM
Zeuglodon	FB

19th level or Higher (Effective Druid Level -18)
Animal	Source
Mosasaur (Dinosaur)	SW
Plesiosaur (Dinosaur)	SW

21st Level or Higher (Effective Druid Level -20)
Animal	Source
Diplodocus (Dinosaur)	D318
Giganotosaurus (Dinosaur)	D318

24th Level or Higher (Effective Druid Level -23)
Animal	Source
Liopleurodon (Dinosaur)	D318

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Animal Companions

Druids, outdoormen, and rangers may have an animal companion. An animal companion is different from a normal animal of its kind in many ways. An animal companion is superior to a normal animal of its kind and has special powers based upon its master's effective druid level, as described below. A character of sufficiently high level in the druid, outdoorsman, or ranger classes can select her animal companion from the animal companion list.

Animal Companion Table
Class Level	Bonus Hit Dice	Natural Armor Adjustment	Strength/Dexterity Adjustment	Bonus Tricks	Special
1st - 2nd	+0	+0	+0	1	Link, Share Spells
3rd - 5th	+2	+2	+1	2	Evasion
6th - 8th	+4	+4	+2	3	Devotion
9th - 11th	+6	+6	+3	4	Multiattack
12th - 14th	+8	+8	+4	5	-
15th - 17th	+10	+10	+5	6	Improved Evasion
18th - 20th	+12	+12	+6	7	-

Animal Companion Basics
Use the base statistics for a creature of the companion’s kind, but make the following changes.

Class Level: The character’s effective druid level. Druid, outdoorsman, and ranger class levels stack with one another for the purpose of determining the companion’s abilities and the alternative lists available to the character.

Bonus Hit Dice: Extra eight-sided (d8) Hit Dice, each of which gains a Constitution modifier, as normal. Remember that extra Hit Dice improve the animal companion’s base attack and base save bonuses. An animal companion’s base attack bonus is the same as that of a druid of a level equal to the animal’s Hit Dice. An animal companion has good Fortitude and Reflex saves (treat it as a character whose level equals the animal’s Hit Dice). An animal companion gains additional skill points and feats for bonus Hit Dice as normal for advancing a monster’s Hit Dice.

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

Strength/Dexterity Adjustment: 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 animal companion's master 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 animal companion;s master selects these bonus tricks, and once selected, they can’t be changed.

Link (Ex): An animal companion's master 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 animal companion's master gains a +4 circumstance bonus on all wild empathy checks and Handle Animal checks made regarding an animal companion.

Share Spells (Ex): At the option of the animal companion's master option, she may have any spell (but not any spell-like ability) she casts upon herself also affect her animal companion. The animal companion must be within 5 feet of her at the time of casting to receive the benefit. If the spell or effect has a duration other than instantaneous, it stops affecting the animal companion if the companion moves farther than 5 feet away and will not affect the animal again, even if it returns to the master before the duration expires.

Additionally, the animal companion's master may cast a spell with a target of "You" on her animal companion (as a touch range spell) instead of on herself. An animal companion's master and her animal companion can share spells even if the spells normally do not affect creatures of the companion’s type (animal).

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

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.

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