Archives of Nethys
Companions
Source Player Core pg. 206Some adventurers travel with loyal allies known as companions.
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Source Rage of Elements pg. 40
Your companion is an air elemental, such as a zephyr hawk.
PFS Note Druids of the specifically listed orders may also take the other elementals (e.g. a wave order druid may take a water elemental companion).
Access You are a member of the storm order.
Size Small
Melee [one-action] gust (finesse), Damage 1d6 bludgeoning
Str +1, Dex +2, Con +1, Int -4, Wis +1, Cha +1
Hit Points 4
Skill Stealth
Senses darkvision
Speed fly 50 feet
Support Benefit Your air elemental swirls around you with concealing gusts, making it harder for your foes to hit you and possibly giving you a moment to hide. Until the start of your next turn, if you hit with a Strike and deal damage to a creature in your air elemental's reach, you are concealed to that creature until the start of your next turn.
Advanced Maneuver Circling Flyby
Circling Flyby [two-actions]
Source Rage of Elements pg. 40Your air elemental flies in a circle, blowing gusts at your foes before returning back to its starting position. The air elemental Flies up to half its Speed, makes two gust Strikes, then Flies up to half its Speed again to return to its original location. Both attacks count toward the air elemental's multiple attack penalty, but the penalty doesn't increase until after it makes both attacks.
Antelope
Animal Minion Source Howl of the Wild pg. 90
Your companion is an antelope or other similar animal, such as a dik-dik, gazelle, or wildebeest.
Size Medium or Large
Melee [one-action] horns (finesse), Damage 1d6 piercing
Melee [one-action] hoof (agile, finesse), Damage 1d4 bludgeoning
Str +2, Dex +3, Con +2, Int -4, Wis +1, Cha +0
Hit Points 6
Skill Survival
Senses low-light vision
Speed 40 feet
Special mount
Support Benefit The antelope impales your distracted foes. Until the start of your next turn, while riding your antelope, your Strikes that damage a creature in your antelope’s reach also deal 1d6 persistent bleed damage. If your antelope is nimble or savage, the persistent bleed damage increases to 2d6.
Advanced Maneuver Bounding Retreat
Bounding Retreat [two-actions]
Source Howl of the Wild pg. 90The antelope Leaps twice. If it has a rider, it can leave them in an empty space as it Leaps out of it.
Ape
Animal Minion Source Player Core pg. 206
Your companion is an ape or other primate.
Size Small
Melee [one-action] fist, Damage 1d8 bludgeoning
Str +3, Dex +1, Con +2, Int -4, Wis +2, Cha +0
Hit Points 8
Skill Intimidation
Senses low-light vision
Speed 25 feet, climb 25 feet
Support Benefit Your ape threatens your foes with menacing growls. Until the start of your next turn, if you hit and deal damage to a creature in your ape's reach, the creature becomes frightened 1.
Advanced Maneuver Frightening Display
Frightening Display [one-action]
Source Player Core pg. 206Your ape makes a loud and frightening display, throwing a foe off balance. The ape attempts to Demoralize the target creature; this display gains the visual trait and doesn't require language. While frightened by this ability, the target is off-guard to your ape.
Arboreal Sapling
Uncommon Minion Plant Source Player Core pg. 206
Your companion is a walking tree, a cousin of the great arboreal wardens and regents. An arboreal sapling has the plant trait instead of the animal trait, but it otherwise functions normally as an animal companion. They are typically only selected by animal order druids who are also members of the leaf order.
Access You are a member of the leaf order.
Size Small
Melee [one-action] branch, Damage 1d8 bludgeoning
Str +3, Dex +1, Con +2, Int -4, Wis +2, Cha +0
Hit Points 8
Skill Stealth
Senses low-light vision
Speed 25 feet
Support Benefit Your arboreal sapling plants roots around your foe, impeding its movement. Until the start of your next turn, if you hit and deal damage to a creature in your arboreal sapling's reach, the first square the creature moves into after taking that damage is difficult terrain.
Advanced Maneuver Throw Rock
Throw Rock [one-action]
Source Player Core pg. 206The arboreal sapling Interacts to pick up a rock within reach or retrieve a stowed rock, then throws it with a ranged rock Strike that deals 2d6 bludgeoning (3d6 for a specialized companion) damage with a range increment of 30 feet.
Augdunar
Legacy Content
Animal MinionSource Highhelm pg. 109
Your companion is an augdunar, a powerful breed of mule favored by the dwarves of Highhelm.
Size Medium
Melee [one-action] hoof, Damage 1d8 bludgeoning
Str +3, Dex +1, Con +3, Int -4, Wis +1, Cha +0
Hit Points 10
Skill Athletics
Senses low-light vision, scent (imprecise) 30 feet
Speed 25 feet
Special mount
Support Benefit The augdunar shifts its weight, proffering you an item. You Interact to draw a weapon or item that is being carried by the augdunar.
Advanced Maneuver Weighted Kick
Weighted Kick [two-actions]
Source Highhelm pg. 109Your augdunar gives a heavy kick with its hind legs, bringing the weight of its burden on the target. It makes a hoof Strike. On a successful hit, the augdunar automatically Shoves the target back 5 feet (10 feet on a critical success).
Bacallia
Uncommon Animal Minion Source Shining Kingdoms pg. 77
Your companion is an alpaca-like pack animal selectively bred for its lustrous fur.
PFS Note Characters from Druma have access to this option.
Size Medium
Melee [one-action] foot, Damage 1d8 bludgeoning
Str +2, Dex +2, Con +2, Int -4, Wis +1, Cha +1
Hit Points 8
Skill Survival
Senses low-light vision
Speed 40 feet
Special mount; your bacallia ignores the harmful effects of mild, severe, and extreme cold or heat, selected when you gain the companion
Support Benefit Your bacallia’s shining fur reflects light into your enemy’s eyes. Until the start of your next turn, creatures within your bacallia’s reach that you damage with your Strikes are dazzled.
Advanced Maneuver Spit
Spit [one-action]
FlourishSource Shining Kingdoms pg. 77
The bacallia regurgitates a portion of its stomach’s contents as a ranged spit Strike that deals a base of 1d6 acid damage with a range increment of 10 feet. The damage is 2d6 for a mature bacallia and 3d6 for a specialized one. A living creature hit with this Strike is also sickened 1 (sickened 2 on a critical hit).
Badger
Animal Minion Source Player Core pg. 207
Your companion is a badger, wolverine, or other big mustelid.
Size Small
Melee [one-action] jaws, Damage 1d8 piercing
Melee [one-action] claw (agile), Damage 1d6 slashing
Str +2, Dex +2, Con +2, Int -4, Wis +2, Cha +0
Hit Points 8
Skill Survival
Senses low-light vision, scent (imprecise, 30 feet)
Speed 25 feet, burrow 10 feet, climb 10 feet
Support Benefit Your badger digs around your foe's position, interfering with its footing. Until the start of your next turn, if you hit and deal damage to a creature your badger threatens, the target can't use a Step action (unless it can Step through difficult terrain) until it moves from its current position.
Advanced Maneuver Badger Rage
Badger Rage [one-action]
Concentrate Emotion MentalSource Player Core pg. 207
Requirements The badger isn’t fatigued or raging.
The badger enters a state of pure rage that lasts for 1 minute, until there are no enemies it can perceive, or until it falls unconscious, whichever comes first. It can't voluntarily stop raging. While raging, the badger is affected in the following ways.
- It deals 4 additional damage with its bite attacks and 2 additional damage with its claw attacks.
- It takes a –1 penalty to AC.
- It can't use actions that have the concentrate trait. The animal companion can Seek even while raging.
Bat
Animal Minion Source Player Core pg. 207
Your companion is a particularly large bat, such as a giant bat.
Size Small
Melee [one-action] jaws (finesse), Damage 1d6 piercing
Melee [one-action] wing (agile, finesse), Damage 1d4 slashing
Str +2, Dex +3, Con +2, Int -4, Wis +1, Cha +0
Hit Points 6
Skill Stealth
Senses echolocation 20 feet (the bat can use hearing as a precise sense within this range), low-light vision
Speed 15 feet, fly 30 feet
Support Benefit Your bat flaps around your foes' arms and faces, getting in the way of their attacks. Until the start of your next turn, creatures in your bat's reach that you damage with Strikes take a –1 circumstance penalty to their attack rolls.
Advanced Maneuver Wing Thrash
Wing Thrash [two-actions]
Source Player Core pg. 207The bat thrashes wildly with its wings, making wing Strikes against up to three adjacent foes. Each attack counts toward the bat's multiple attack penalty, but the penalty only increases after all the attacks have been made.
Bear
Animal Minion Source Player Core pg. 207
Your companion is a black, grizzly, polar, or other type of bear.
Size Small
Melee [one-action] jaws, Damage 1d8 piercing
Melee [one-action] claw (agile), Damage 1d6 slashing
Str +3, Dex +2, Con +2, Int -4, Wis +1, Cha +0
Hit Points 8
Skill Intimidation
Senses low-light vision, scent (imprecise, 30 feet)
Speed 35 feet
Support Benefit Your bear mauls your enemies when you create an opening. Until the start of your next turn, each time you hit a creature in the bear's reach with a Strike, the creature takes 1d8 slashing damage from the bear. If your bear is nimble or savage, the slashing damage increases to 2d8.
Advanced Maneuver Bear Hug
Bear Hug [one-action]
Source Player Core pg. 207Requirements The bear’s last action was a successful claw Strike.
The bear makes another claw Strike against the same target. If this Strike hits, the target is also grabbed, as if the bear had successfully Grappled the target.
Beetle
Legacy Content
Animal MinionSource Grand Bazaar pg. 54
Your animal companion is a large, flightless stag beetle.
Size Medium or Large
Melee [one-action] mandible, Damage 1d8 piercing
Melee [one-action] foot (agile), Damage 1d6 bludgeoning
Str +3, Dex +1, Con +3, Int -4, Wis +1, Cha +0
Hit Points 8
Skill Survival
Senses low-light vision
Speed 35 feet
Special mount
Support Benefit Your beetle stomps around and smashes into foes, knocking them off balance or pushing them aside when you create an opening. Until the start of your next turn, while riding on your beetle, your Strikes that deal damage either make the target flat-footed until the end of your next turn or move the target 5 feet away from the beetle (this is forced movement). The target chooses which effect occurs.
Advanced Maneuver Hustle
Hustle [two-actions]
Source Grand Bazaar pg. 54The beetle moves at incredible speed. It Strides three times.
Bird
Animal Minion Source Player Core pg. 208
Your companion is a bird of prey, such as an eagle, hawk, or owl.
Size Small
Melee [one-action] jaws (finesse), Damage 1d6 piercing
Melee [one-action] talon (agile, finesse), Damage 1d4 slashing
Str +2, Dex +3, Con +1, Int -4, Wis +2, Cha +0
Hit Points 4
Skill Stealth
Senses low-light vision
Speed 10 feet, fly 60 feet
Support Benefit The bird pecks at your foes' eyes when you create an opening. Until the start of your next turn, your Strikes that damage a creature that your bird threatens also deal 1d4 persistent bleed damage, and the target is dazzled until it removes the bleed damage. If your bird is nimble or savage, the persistent bleed damage increases to 2d4.
Advanced Maneuver Flyby Attack
Flyby Attack [two-actions]
Source Player Core pg. 208The bird Flies and makes a talon Strike at any point along the way.
Boar
Animal Minion Source Player Core pg. 208
Your companion is a boar or pig.
Size Small
Melee [one-action] tusk, Damage 1d8 piercing
Str +3, Dex +1, Con +2, Int -4, Wis +2, Cha +0
Hit Points 8
Skill Survival
Senses low-light vision, scent (imprecise, 30 feet)
Speed 35 feet
Support Benefit Your boar gores your foes. Until the start of your next turn, your Strikes that damage a creature in your boar's reach also deal 1d6 persistent bleed damage. If your boar is nimble or savage, the persistent bleed damage increases to 2d6.
Advanced Maneuver Boar Charge
Boar Charge [two-actions]
Source Player Core pg. 208The boar Strides twice in a straight line and then makes a tusk Strike. As long as it moved at least 20 feet, it gains a +2 circumstance bonus to its attack roll.
Camel
Legacy Content
Animal MinionSource Pathfinder #149: Against the Scarlet Triad pg. 80
Your companion is a camel or llama
Size Medium or Large
Melee [one-action] jaws, Damage 1d6 piercing
Str +3, Dex +2, Con +2, Int -4, Wis +1, Cha +0
Hit Points 8
Skill Survival
Senses low-light vision, scent (imprecise, 30 feet)
Speed 35 feet
Special mount; your camel ignores the harmful effects of mild, severe, and extreme cold or heat, selected when you gain the companion
Support Benefit The camel makes a ranged attack to spit a long string of saliva at a foe within 10 feet. On a hit, the foe is dazzled for 1 round.
Advanced Maneuver Sand Stride
Sand Stride [two-actions]
MoveSource Pathfinder #149: Against the Scarlet Triad pg. 80
The camel Strides twice with a +5-foot circumstance bonus to Speed, ignoring difficult terrain caused by rubble, sand, and uneven ground made of earth and stone.
Capybara
Legacy Content
Animal MinionSource Grand Bazaar pg. 54
Your animal companion is a capybara, a giant rodent common in the forests of Arcadia.
Size Small
Melee [one-action] head (agile), Damage 1d6 bludgeoning
Str +2, Dex +2, Con +2, Int -4, Wis +2, Cha +0
Hit Points 6
Skill Survival
Senses low-light vision, scent (imprecise, 30 feet)
Speed 30 feet, swim 15 feet
Support Benefit Your capybara assists you in battle. You gain a +1 circumstance bonus on your next attack roll to Strike a foe within your capybara's reach. The bonus lasts until the first time you use it or until the beginning of your next turn, whichever comes first.
Advanced Maneuver Distracting Spray
Distracting Spray [two-actions]
Source Grand Bazaar pg. 54The capybara sprays an adjacent target with its scent glands. The target must attempt a Fortitude save. Wiping off the musk takes an Interact action and ends the effect. This uses a trained DC using the capybara's Constitution modifier or an expert DC if the capybara is specialized.
Critical Success The creature is unaffected.
Success The creature is clumsy 1 for 1 round.
Failure The creature is clumsy 1 for 1 minute.
Critical Failure The creature is clumsy 2 for 1 minute.
Cat
Animal Minion Source Player Core pg. 208
Your companion is a big cat, such as a leopard or tiger.
Size Small
Melee [one-action] jaws (finesse), Damage 1d6 piercing
Melee [one-action] claw (agile, finesse), Damage 1d4 slashing
Str +2, Dex +3, Con +1, Int -4, Wis +2, Cha +0
Hit Points 4
Skill Stealth
Senses low-light vision, scent (imprecise, 30 feet)
Speed 35 feet
Special Your cat deals 1d4 extra precision damage against off-guard targets.
Support Benefit Your cat throws your enemies off-balance when you create an opening. Until the start of your next turn, your Strikes that deal damage to a creature within your cat's reach make the target off-guard until the end of your next turn.
Advanced Maneuver Cat Pounce
Cat Pounce [one-action]
FlourishSource Player Core pg. 208
The cat Strides and then Strikes. If it was undetected at the start of its Cat Pounce, it remains undetected until after the attack.
Cave Gecko
This Animal Companion may contain spoilers from the Extinction Curse Adventure Path
Legacy Content
Uncommon Animal MinionSource Pathfinder #154: Siege of the Dinosaurs pg. 73
Your companion is a sticky-footed lizard like a gecko or anole.
Size Small
Melee [one-action] jaws (finesse), Damage 1d6 piercing
Str +2, Dex +3, Con +1, Int -4, Wis +2, Cha +0
Hit Points 6
Skill Stealth
Senses low-light vision, scent (imprecise) 30 feet
Speed 25 feet, climb 25 feet
Support Benefit Your cave gecko helps you stay afoot, leaning into you and propping you up as you maneuver your opponent. Until the end of your next turn, as long as you are adjacent to your cave gecko, if you attempt to Disarm, Shove, or Trip an opponent and roll a critical failure, you get a failure instead.
Advanced Maneuver Tongue Pull
Tongue Pull [one-action]
AttackSource Pathfinder #154: Siege of the Dinosaurs pg. 73
The cave gecko snaps out its tongue, attempting to pull a foe within 10 feet toward it. The gecko attempts an Athletics check against the foe's Fortitude DC. On a success, the cave gecko pulls the foe next to it. This movement is forced movement. On a critical success, the foe is also grabbed until the beginning of your next turn.
Cave Pterosaur
This Animal Companion may contain spoilers from the Extinction Curse Adventure Path
Legacy Content
Uncommon Animal MinionSource Pathfinder #154: Siege of the Dinosaurs pg. 74
Your companion is a flying prehistoric creature, such as a dimorphodon or pterodactyl, that has adapted to life in the cavern vaults beneath the ground.
Size Small
Melee [one-action] beak (finesse), Damage 1d6 piercing
Melee [one-action] talon (agile, finesse), Damage 1d4 slashing
Str +2, Dex +3, Con +1, Int -4, Wis +2, Cha +0
Hit Points 4
Skill Thievery (Palm an Object or Steal only)
Senses darkvision
Speed 10 feet, fly 60 feet
Support Benefit Your pterosaur expands its wings and makes distracting flapping motions. Any creature that would gain lesser cover from the pterosaur gains standard cover instead.
Advanced Maneuver Pterosaur Swoop
Pterosaur Swoop [two-actions]
Source Pathfinder #154: Siege of the Dinosaurs pg. 74The pterosaur Flies up to its Speed and makes one beak Strike at any point during that movement.
Chetamog
Animal Minion Source Pathfinder #201: Pactbreaker pg. 86
Your companion is a chetamog, a large tree-dwelling rodent that makes its home in the branches of the largest and most ancient trees of the Verduran Forest.
Size Medium or Large
Melee [one-action] jaws, Damage 1d8 piercing
Melee [one-action] claw (agile), Damage 1d6 slashing
Str +1, Dex +3, Con +2, Int -4, Wis +1, Cha +0
Hit Points 8
Skill Survival
Senses low-light vision, scent (imprecise, 30 feet)
Speed 40 feet
Special mount
Support Benefit A chetamog ignores difficult terrain and greater difficult terrain from non-magical foliage.
Advanced Maneuver Scurry
Scurry [two-actions]
Source Pathfinder #201: Pactbreaker pg. 88Your chetamog takes any combination of two Stride or Climb actions. It has a +10-foot circumstance bonus to its Speed during these Strides.
Cragstone Bear
Uncommon Animal Minion Source Shining Kingdoms pg. 99
Your companion is a four-legged cave ursine whose diet includes mineral-rich cave water that causes plates of rock to grow over its fur. Playful and energetic, the cragstone bear tends to have a personality more like a loyal dog than a grizzly, but with its rocky hide, its romping can be more forceful than intended.
PFS Note Characters from Five Kings Mountains have access to this option.
Size Small
Melee [one-action] slam, Damage 1d8 bludgeoning
Melee [one-action] claw (agile), Damage 1d6 slashing
Str +3, Dex +1, Con +3, Int -4, Wis +1, Cha +0
Hit Points 8
Skill Survival
Senses darkvision, tremorsense (imprecise, 20 feet)
Speed 35 feet
Support Benefit Your cragstone bear eagerly defends you. Until the start of your next turn, you gain a +1 circumstance bonus to your AC if your cragstone bear is adjacent to you. If your bear is nimble or savage, increase the bonus to +2.
Advanced Maneuver Rolling Charge
Rolling Charge [two-actions]
Source Shining Kingdoms pg. 100The cragstone bear tucks itself into a ball and Strides twice in a straight line. It can make a slam Strike against one creature it’s adjacent to at any point during this movement. If the Strike is a critical hit, the target is also knocked prone.
Crocodile
Animal Minion Source Player Core pg. 208
Your companion is a crocodile or a similar crocodilian reptile, such as an alligator or caiman.
Size Small
Melee [one-action] jaws, Damage 1d8 piercing
Melee [one-action] tail (finesse), Damage 1d6 bludgeoning
Str +3, Dex +2, Con +2, Int -4, Wis +1, Cha +0
Hit Points 6
Skill Stealth
Senses low-light vision
Speed 20 feet, swim 25 feet
Special The crocodile can hold its breath for about 2 hours.
Support Benefit Your crocodile clamps its jaws on your foe, refusing to let go. Until the start of your next turn, if your Strike damages a creature in your crocodile's reach, your crocodile can latch onto the creature. While thus attached, the crocodile can move along with the target whenever the target moves until the end of your next turn. Your crocodile can latch onto only one creature in this way, and it must release the creature to make a jaws Strike. If the target is smaller than the crocodile, it takes a –10-foot circumstance penalty to its Speeds and can't Fly while the crocodile is latched on.
Advanced Maneuver Death Roll
Death Roll [one-action]
Source Player Core pg. 208Requirements The crocodile has a creature grabbed.
The crocodile tucks its legs and rolls rapidly, twisting its victim. It makes a jaws Strike with a +2 circumstance bonus to the attack roll against the grabbed creature. If it hits, it also knocks the creature prone. If it misses, it releases the creature.
Draft Lizard
Legacy Content
Animal MinionSource Highhelm pg. 109
Your companion is a giant lizard, used in the depths of Highhelm as mounts and pack animals.
Size Medium
Melee [one-action] jaws, Damage 1d8 piercing
Melee [one-action] tail (finesse), Damage 1d6 bludgeoning
Str +3, Dex +2, Con +2, Int -4, Wis +1, Cha +0
Hit Points 8
Skill Athletics
Senses darkvision, scent (imprecise) 30 feet
Speed 25 feet
Special mount
Support Benefit Your draft lizard assists you in battle. You gain a +1 circumstance bonus on your next attack roll to Strike a foe within your draft lizard's reach. The bonus lasts until the first time you use it or until the beginning of your next turn, whichever comes first.
Advanced Maneuver Tail Swipe
Tail Swipe [two-actions]
Source Highhelm pg. 109Your draft lizard sweeps its tail, making tail Strikes against up to two adjacent foes. Each attack counts toward the draft lizard's multiple attack penalty, but the penalty only increases after all the attacks have been made.
Dromaeosaur
Animal Minion Source Player Core pg. 209
Your companion is a dromaeosaur (also called a raptor), such as a velociraptor or deinonychus.
Size Small
Melee [one-action] jaws (finesse), Damage 1d8 piercing
Melee [one-action] talon (agile, finesse), Damage 1d6 slashing
Str +2, Dex +3, Con +2, Int -4, Wis +1, Cha +0
Hit Points 6
Skill Stealth
Senses low-light vision, scent (imprecise, 30 feet)
Speed 50 feet
Support Benefit Your raptor constantly darts into flanking position. Until the start of your next turn, it counts as being in its space or an empty space of your choice within 10 feet when determining whether you and your companion are flanking; you can choose a different space for each of your attacks.
Advanced Maneuver Darting Attack
Darting Attack [one-action]
FlourishSource Player Core pg. 209
The raptor Steps up to 10 feet and then Strikes, or Strikes and then Steps up to 10 feet.
Durian Crab
Animal Minion Source Tian Xia Character Guide pg. 122
In the southern provinces of Nagajor, Xa Hoi, throughout the archipelago of Minata, and hidden within the thick overgrowth of the Valashmai Jungle are the notorious killer crustaceans known only as durian crabs. Using their large, powerful claws, they scale the trunks of tall trees, hiding their presence away from even the most observant of prey. When the time is right, they fall, plummeting onto their prey and letting the momentum and prickly thorns of their shells earn them their quarry.
Size Small or Medium
Melee [one-action] claw (agile), Damage 1d6 piercing
Str +3, Dex +2, Con +1, Int -4, Wis +2, Cha +0
Hit Points 6
Skill Stealth
Senses Darkvision
Speed 20 feet, climb 20 feet, swim 20 feet
Support Benefit Your durian crab launches itself as part of your ranged attack to throw your enemies off balance. Until the start of your next turn, as long as your crab is within your reach, your ranged Strikes that deal damage to a creature within 30 feet make the target off-guard until the end of your next turn. Your crab scuttles or launches itself back to the same space from which you threw it immediately after making a Strike, allowing you to hurl it multiple times.
Advanced Maneuver Crab Cannon
Crab Cannon [two-actions]
Source Tian Xia Character Guide pg. 122Your durian crab curls itself up tightly, taking the shape of a ball. It then launches itself with its powerful claw at a target within 20 feet. When it lands, it makes a claw Strike, except the damage is bludgeoning instead of piercing. On a hit, the target becomes dazzled for 1 round and the Strike deals an additional 1d8 damage, or 2d8 additional damage if your crab is specialized.
Earth Elemental
Uncommon Earth Elemental Minion Source Rage of Elements pg. 40
Your companion is an earth elemental, such as a living boulder or sod hound.
PFS Note Druids of the specifically listed orders may also take the other elementals (e.g. a wave order druid may take a water elemental companion).
Access You are a member of the stone order.
Size Small
Melee [one-action] fist, Damage 1d8 bludgeoning
Str +2, Dex +0, Con +3, Int -4, Wis +1, Cha +0
Hit Points 10
Skill Survival
Senses darkvision
Speed 20 feet, burrow 10 feet
Support Benefit Your earth elemental cracks the earth beneath your foe's feet, making it difficult for the foe to move. Until the start of your next turn, if you hit with a Strike and deal damage to a creature in your earth elemental's reach, the first square the creature moves into after taking that damage is difficult terrain.
Advanced Maneuver Rolling Knockdown
Rolling Knockdown [two-actions]
Source Rage of Elements pg. 40Your earth elemental rolls along the ground like a bowling ball and knocks a foe over. It Strides up to 10 feet then makes a fist Strike. If it hits, the target is also knocked prone.
Elephant
This Animal Companion may contain spoilers from the Quest for the Frozen Flame Adventure Path
Legacy Content
Uncommon Animal MinionSource Pathfinder #177: Burning Tundra pg. 73
Your companion is an elephant or mammoth.
Size Large
Melee [one-action] tusk, Damage 1d8 piercing
Melee [one-action] foot, Damage 1d6 bludgeoning
Str +3, Dex +1, Con +2, Int -4, Wis +2, Cha +0
Hit Points 8
Skill Intimidation
Senses low-light vision, scent (imprecise, 30 feet)
Speed 35 feet
Special mount
Support Benefit Your elephant trumpets noisily and menaces your enemy. The first creature within your elephant's reach that you hit and deal damage to before the start of your next turn has difficulty hearing as its ears ring from the noise, taking a –4 status penalty to purely auditory Perception checks until the end of your next turn.
Advanced Maneuver Grabbing Trunk
Grabbing Trunk [two-actions]
Source Pathfinder #177: Burning Tundra pg. 73The elephant grabs its foe with its trunk and carries it off. The elephant uses Athletics to Grapple a creature up to two sizes smaller than the elephant in its trunk. If its target is grabbed or restrained, the elephant repositions the target to another space in the elephant's reach.
Elk
Animal Minion Source Howl of the Wild pg. 90
Your companion is an elk, or other similar cervids, such as a caribou, large deer, or moose.
Size Medium or Large
Melee [one-action] antlers, Damage 1d8 piercing
Melee [one-action] hoof (agile), Damage 1d6 bludgeoning
Str +3, Dex +2, Con +2, Int -4, Wis +1, Cha +0
Hit Points 8
Skill Intimidation
Senses low-light vision
Speed 30 feet
Special mount
Support Benefit Your elk makes a threatening display by waving its antlers. Until the start of your next turn, if you hit and deal damage to a creature within your elk’s reach, the creature is frightened 1.
Advanced Maneuver Antler Catapult
Antler Catapult [two-actions]
Source Howl of the Wild pg. 91The elk Steps once and then makes an antlers Strike. If it moved and hits, the elk can fling its target into the space it just left, which is forced movement.
Fire Elemental
Uncommon Elemental Fire Minion Source Rage of Elements pg. 40
Your companion is a fire elemental, such as a cinder rat or lava otter.
PFS Note Druids of the specifically listed orders may also take the other elementals (e.g. a wave order druid may take a water elemental companion).
Access You are a member of the flame order.
Size Small
Melee [one-action] tendril (agile, finesse), Damage 1d6 fire
Str +2, Dex +2, Con +1, Int -4, Wis +1, Cha +0
Hit Points 4
Skill Intimidation
Senses darkvision
Speed 25 feet
Special Immunities fire, Weaknesses cold and water (equal to the fire elemental's level)
Support Benefit Your fire elemental burns your foes and sets them on fire. Until the start of your next turn, your Strikes that damage a creature in your fire elemental's reach also deal 1d6 persistent fire damage. If your fire elemental is nimble or savage, the persistent fire damage increases to 2d6.
Advanced Maneuver Flamethrower
Flamethrower [two-actions]
Source Rage of Elements pg. 41Frequency once per 10 minutes
The fire elemental makes a tendril Strike against all creatures in a 60-foot line, even those that aren't in the tendril Strike's reach. All these Strikes count toward the fire elemental's multiple attack penalty, but it doesn't increase until all the Strikes.
Flying Squirrel
Animal Minion Source Howl of the Wild pg. 91
Your companion is a giant flying squirrel or sugar glider.
Size Small
Melee [one-action] jaws (finesse), Damage 1d6 piercing
Melee [one-action] claw (agile, finesse), Damage 1d4 slashing
Str +2, Dex +3, Con +1, Int -4, Wis +2, Cha +0
Hit Points 6
Skill Stealth
Senses low-light vision, scent (imprecise) 30 feet
Speed 25 feet, climb 25 feet
Special When your flying squirrel falls, it can glide, falling only 5 feet at the beginning of your turn and moving up to 25 feet horizontally. It cannot glide if it’s unable to act.
Support Benefit Your flying squirrel wraps your foes in its skin flaps, hampering their movement. Until the end of your next turn, if your Strike damages a creature in your giant flying squirrel's reach, that creature takes a –10-foot circumstance penalty to its Speeds for 1 round.
Advanced Maneuver Death From Above
Death From Above [one-action]
FlourishSource Howl of the Wild pg. 91
Requirements The flying squirrel is above the target
The flying squirrel crashes down onto a target, furiously clawing at it. The flying squirrel falls to an empty space next to the target, taking no damage, and makes two claw Strikes. Both attacks count toward its multiple attack penalty, but the penalty doesn’t increase until after both attacks have been made.
Ghost
Legacy Content
Uncommon Incorporeal Minion UndeadSource Book of the Dead pg. 38
Your companion is a ghost, bound to an item in your possession. Due to this bond, your ghost companion can move beyond the area of a single dwelling, but it's easier to disrupt than most incorporeal creatures. A ghost companion can be formed from a humanoid, animal, or other creature. The ghost isn't sapient and is unable to speak with the living.
Size Small or Medium
Melee [one-action] ghostly touch (magical, finesse), Damage 1d8 negative (doesn't apply the ghost's Strength modifier)
Str -5, Dex +3, Con +0, Int -4, Wis +1, Cha +2
Hit Points 4
Skill Stealth
Senses darkvision
Speed fly 20 feet
Special anchored incorporeality
Support Benefit Your ghost spooks and scares your foes as you attack them. Until the start of your next turn, if you hit and deal damage to a creature in your ghost's reach, the creature becomes frightened 1.
Advanced Maneuver Telekinetic Assault
Telekinetic Assault [two-actions]
Divine EvocationSource Book of the Dead pg. 38
Frequency once per hour
Your ghost unleashes a flurry of emotions, causing small objects and debris to fly about in a 20-foot emanation, dealing 1d6 bludgeoning damage for every 2 levels the ghost has (basic Reflex save). This uses a trained DC using the ghost's Charisma modifier or an expert DC if the ghost is specialized.
Giant EelLevel 4
Uncommon Animal Aquatic Minion Source Howl of the Wild pg. 93
Your companion is a long ribbon-like fish with jagged teeth.
Size Large
Melee [one-action] jaws, Damage 1d8 piercing
Str +3, Dex +1, Con +2, Int -4, Wis +2, Cha +0
Hit Points 4
Skill Stealth
Senses low-light vision, scent (imprecise) 30 feet
Speed 10 feet, swim 40 feet
Special mount
Support Benefit Your giant eel swims in confounding bursts. Until the start of your next turn, it counts as being in its space or an empty space of your choice within 10 feet when determining whether you and your companion are flanking; you can choose a different space for each of your attacks.
Advanced Maneuver Swimming Snap
Swimming Snap [two-actions]
Source Howl of the Wild pg. 93The giant eel Swims and makes a jaws Strike at any point along the way.
Giant FrogLevel 6
Amphibious Animal Minion Source Howl of the Wild pg. 93
Your companion is a massive frog or toad.
Size Large
Melee [one-action] jaws, Damage 1d8 piercing
Melee [one-action] tongue (reach 15 feet), Damage 1d4 bludgeoning
Str +2, Dex +2, Con +3, Int -4, Wis +1, Cha +0
Hit Points 6
Skill Survival
Senses low-light vision
Speed 20 feet, climb 20 feet, swim 25 feet
Special mount
Support Benefit Your giant frog’s tongue darts into openings you create and sticks to opponents to disrupt their movements. Until the start of your next turn, whenever you successfully Strike a creature your giant frog threatens, that creature can’t use reactions triggered by your actions unless its level is higher than yours.
Advanced Maneuver Tongue Grab
Tongue Grab [two-actions]
Source Howl of the Wild pg. 93The giant frog lashes out with its tongue, making a tongue Strike. If the Strike hits, the target is automatically grabbed by the giant frog and pulled into a square adjacent to the frog. The grabbed condition lasts until the end of your next turn.
Giant Rock Tuatara
Uncommon Animal Minion Source Shining Kingdoms pg. 100
Your companion is a much larger cousin of the common rock tuatara, up to 6 feet long and 4 feet tall. Their milky-white third eye, spiny backs, and knobby club tails make them look far fiercer than they typically are.
PFS Note Characters from Five Kings Mountains have access to this option.
Size Medium
Melee [one-action] tail slam, Damage 1d8 bludgeoning
Melee [one-action] bite, Damage 1d6 piercing
Str +3, Dex +2, Con +2, Int -4, Wis +1, Cha +0
Hit Points 8
Skill Intimidation
Senses darkvision, scent (imprecise, 30 feet)
Speed 25 feet
Support Benefit Your giant rock tuatara trips up your enemies when you create an opening. Until the start of your next turn, your Strikes that deal damage to a creature within your giant rock tuatara’s reach make the target clumsy 1 until the end of your next turn.
Advanced Maneuver Tail Escape
Tail Escape [one-action]
Source Shining Kingdoms pg. 100Frequency once per 10 minutes
Requirements The giant rock tuatara is grabbed or restrained.
The giant rock tuatara detaches its tail to free itself from an enemy’s grip. It automatically Escapes and can Step. It then can’t use its tail slam Strike until it can regenerate its tail, which takes 10 minutes or an application of healing magic that restores Hit Points.
Giant WaspLevel 14
Uncommon Animal Minion Source Howl of the Wild pg. 93
Your companion is a large wasp, hornet, or other stinging hymenopteran.
Size Large
Melee [one-action] stinger (finesse), Damage 1d6 piercing plus poison
Str +2, Dex +3, Con +2, Int -4, Wis +1, Cha +0
Hit Points 4
Skill Survival
Senses darkvision
Speed 20 feet, fly 40 feet
Special mount
Support Benefit Your wasp drones its wings, unnerving your enemies. Until the start of your next turn, if you hit and deal damage to a creature in your giant wasp’s reach, the creature becomes frightened 1.
Advanced Maneuver Darting Stab
Darting Stab [two-actions]
FlourishSource Howl of the Wild pg. 93
The giant wasp Flies up to 15 feet and then Strikes, or Strikes and then Flies up to 15 feet.
Giraffe
Animal Minion Source Howl of the Wild pg. 91
Your companion is a giraffe.
Size Large
Melee [one-action] hoof (agile), Damage 1d6 bludgeoning
Melee [one-action] neck (nonlethal, reach 10 feet), Damage 1d4 bludgeoning
Str +3, Dex +2, Con +2, Int -4, Wis +1, Cha +0
Hit Points 8
Skill Intimidation
Senses low-light vision, scent (imprecise) 30 feet
Speed 35 feet
Special mount
Support Benefit Your giraffe pushes against opponents with its long neck. While riding on your giraffe this turn, you do not need a hand free to Shove and any foe you successfully Shove moves 10 feet (15 feet on a critical success).
Advanced Maneuver Long Stomp
Long Stomp [two-actions]
Source Howl of the Wild pg. 91Your giraffe Strides twice and then makes a hoof Strike. As long as it moved at least 20 feet, it deals an additional 1d6 bludgeoning damage. Increase this to 2d6 if your giraffe is specialized.
Goat
Legacy Content
Animal MinionSource Highhelm pg. 109
Your companion is a breed of mountain goat populous in the Five Kings Mountains.
Size Medium
Melee [one-action] headbutt (shove), Damage 1d8 bludgeoning
Str +3, Dex +2, Con +2, Int -4, Wis +1, Cha +0
Hit Points 8
Skill Acrobatics
Senses scent (imprecise) 30 feet
Speed 35 feet, climb 15 feet
Special mount
Support Benefit Your goat boosts you up a wall, allowing you to reach greater heights. You climb up a surface as if you had rolled a success on a Climb action.
Advanced Maneuver Knock Aside
Knock Aside [one-action]
Source Highhelm pg. 109Requirements The animal companion's last action was a successful headbutt Strike.
The goat automatically pushes the target back 5 feet, or 10 feet if the required Strike was a critical hit
Gray Bladeling
Rare Construct Minion Undead Source Shining Kingdoms pg. 123
Your companion is a vaguely humanoid construct composed of razor-sharp blades and animated by an amalgamation of restless soul fragments, similar to a miniature gray death. Although it possesses no identity or memories from the souls it contains, it’s driven by a powerful but unfocused hate that its master must sometimes struggle to control.
PFS Note Characters from Galt have access to this option.
Access You're from Galt.
Size Small
Melee [one-action] blade (agile, finesse), Damage 1d8 slashing
Str +2, Dex +1, Con +2, Int -4, Wis +0, Cha +1
Hit Points 10 (void healing)
Skill Athletics
Senses darkvision, lifesense (imprecise) 30 feet
Speed 20 feet
Special A gray bladeling has the construct and undead traits instead of the animal trait. It has immunity to bleed, death effects, disease, doomed, drained, fatigued, healing, nonlethal attacks, paralyzed, poison, and sickened. Unlike most undead, it becomes unconscious and dying rather than being destroyed instantly at 0 Hit Points; unlike most constructs, its Hit Points can be restored by only void healing instead of any other actions that restore Hit Points to objects or nonliving creatures.
Support Benefit The gray bladeling slashes viciously at your enemy when you create an opening. Until the start of your next turn, each time you hit a creature in the bladeling’s reach with a Strike, the creature takes 1d4 persistent bleed damage or becomes frightened 1 if it’s already taking persistent bleed damage. If the gray bladeling is specialized, the persistent bleed damage increases to 1d8.
Advanced Maneuver Possessing Strike
Possessing Strike [two-actions]
Curse Mental OccultSource Shining Kingdoms pg. 123
Frequency once per hour
Your gray bladeling attempts to inject a malevolent soul fragment into a victim to seize control of their actions. The gray bladeling makes a blade Strike against a living creature. If it hits and deals damage, the target must attempt a Will saving throw against your class DC or spell DC, whichever is higher. Regardless of the result, the target is temporarily immune to Possessing Strike for 24 hours.
Critical Success The target is unaffected.
Success The target fights off the possessing soul fragment but is stunned 1.
Failure The target is confused for 1 round and can’t use offensive actions against you or your gray bladeling.
Critical Failure As failure, but if the target takes damage from an attack or spell, the DC of the flat check to recover from the confusion is 15.
GriffonLevel 14
Animal Minion Source Howl of the Wild pg. 93
Your companion is a majestic beast combining the features of a raptor and a lion.
Size Large
Melee [one-action] beak, Damage 1d8 piercing
Melee [one-action] talon (agile), Damage 1d6 slashing
Str +3, Dex +2, Con +2, Int -4, Wis +1, Cha +0
Hit Points 8
Skill Survival
Senses darkvision, scent (imprecise) 30 feet
Speed 25 feet, fly 60 feet
Special mount
Support Benefit Your griffon adopts a noble pose, inspiring you to defy the horrors before you. Until the start of your next turn, you and your griffon gain a +2 circumstance bonus to saves against emotion effects.
Advanced Maneuver Flying Strafe
Flying Strafe [two-actions]
Source Howl of the Wild pg. 94The griffon Flies up to its fly Speed and makes two talon Strikes at any point, each against a different creature.
Hermit Krait
Animal Minion Source Tian Xia Character Guide pg. 122
There are countless tales of young children wallowing in the shallow waters, pressing the mouth of a seemingly empty shell to their ears, hoping to hear roaring waves, only to be met with a reptilian hiss and the bite of two fangs. There’s more than meets the eye when it comes to hermit kraits, in multiple ways. On the surface, the creature seems like a mundane shell taken over by a den of snakes, but any attempt to pry it from its home will only kill it, revealing a strange, reptilian creature with a multitude of heads.
Size Small
Melee [one-action] fangs (agile, finesse), Damage 1d6 piercing
Str +2, Dex +3, Con +2, Int -4, Wis +1, Cha +0
Hit Points 6
Skill Stealth
Senses low-light vision, scent (imprecise, 30 feet)
Speed 20 feet, burrow 15 feet, swim 20 feet
Support Benefit Your hermit krait bites at your foes with venomous fangs. Until the start of your next turn, your Strikes that damage a creature in your hermit krait’s reach also deal 1d6 persistent poison damage. If your hermit krait is nimble or savage, the persistent poison damage increases to 2d6.
Advanced Maneuver Defensive Curl
Defensive Curl [one-action]
Source Tian Xia Character Guide pg. 122The hermit krait pulls its heads into its shell to protect itself. It gains a +2 circumstance bonus to AC and a +4 circumstance bonus to any check to pretend to be a mundane shell. Any creature that hits the hermit krait with a melee unarmed attack while it’s in its Defensive Curl takes 2d6 persistent poison damage as one of the krait’s heads lashes out from within the shell. While in its shell, the hermit krait can’t move or take other actions that require using its limbs, but it can extend out of the shell as a single action, ending the effects of Defensive Curl.
HippocampusLevel 4
Animal Aquatic Minion Source Howl of the Wild pg. 94
Your companion is a strange beast combining aspects of a horse and a fish.
Size Large
Melee [one-action] tail, Damage 1d6 bludgeoning
Str +3, Dex +1, Con +3, Int -4, Wis +1, Cha +0
Hit Points 6
Skill Survival
Senses darkvision, scent (imprecise) 30 feet
Speed 5 feet, swim 40 feet
Special mount
Support Benefit Until the start of your next turn, if you’re mounted on your hippocampus and moved 10 feet or more on the action before a melee Strike, add a circumstance bonus to damage for that Strike equal to twice the number of weapon damage dice. If your weapon already has the jousting weapon trait, increase the trait’s damage bonus by 2 per die instead.
Advanced Maneuver Sudden Retreat
Sudden Retreat [two-actions]
Source Howl of the Wild pg. 94The hippocampus makes a tail Strike, then Swims with a +10- foot circumstance bonus to its swim Speed. The hippocampus and its rider gain a +2 circumstance bonus to AC against reactions triggered by this movement.
HippogriffLevel 14
Animal Minion Source Howl of the Wild pg. 94
Your companion combines the features of a hawk and a horse.
Size Large
Melee [one-action] beak, Damage 1d6 piercing
Melee [one-action] talon (agile), Damage 1d4 slashing
Str +2, Dex +2, Con +2, Int -4, Wis +2, Cha +0
Hit Points 8
Skill Survival
Senses darkvision, scent (imprecise) 30 feet
Speed 30 feet, fly 60 feet
Special mount
Support Benefit Until the start of your next turn, if you’re mounted on your hippogriff and moved 10 feet or more on the action before a melee Strike, add a circumstance bonus to damage for that Strike equal to twice the number of weapon damage dice. If your weapon already has the jousting weapon trait, increase the trait’s damage bonus by 2 per die instead.
Advanced Maneuver Aerial Retreat
Aerial Retreat [two-actions]
Source Howl of the Wild pg. 94The hippogriff makes a talon Strike, then Flies with a +10-foot circumstance bonus to its fly Speed. The hippogriff and its rider gain a +2 circumstance bonus to AC against reactions triggered by this movement.
Horse
Animal Minion Source Player Core pg. 209
Your companion is a horse, pony, or similar equine.
Size Medium or Large
Melee [one-action] hoof (agile), Damage 1d6 bludgeoning
Str +3, Dex +2, Con +2, Int -4, Wis +1, Cha +0
Hit Points 8
Skill Survival
Senses low-light vision, scent (imprecise, 30 feet)
Speed 40 feet
Special mount
Support Benefit Until the start of your next turn, if you're mounted on your horse and moved 10 feet or more on the action before a melee Strike, add a circumstance bonus to damage for that Strike equal to twice the number of weapon damage dice. If your weapon already has the jousting weapon trait, increase the trait's damage bonus by 2 per die instead.
Advanced Maneuver Gallop
Gallop [two-actions]
MoveSource Player Core pg. 209
The horse Strides twice at a +10-foot circumstance bonus to Speed.
Hyena
Legacy Content
Animal MinionSource Pathfinder #149: Against the Scarlet Triad pg. 80
Your companion is a hyena
Size Small
Melee [one-action] jaws (finesse), Damage 1d8 piercing
Str +2, Dex +3, Con +2, Int -4, Wis +1, Cha +0
Hit Points 6
Skill Intimidation
Senses low-light vision, scent (imprecise, 30 feet)
Speed 40 feet
Support Benefit The hyena mockingly yowls at your enemies and bites at them when you create an opening. Until the start of your next turn, each time you hit a creature in the hyena’s reach with a Strike, the creature becomes frightened 1.
Advanced Maneuver Gnaw
Gnaw [one-action]
Source Pathfinder #149: Against the Scarlet Triad pg. 80Requirements The animal companion’s last action was a successful jaws Strike.
The Strike’s target takes 1d6 persistent bleed damage and takes a –10-foot status penalty to its Speed until it removes the bleed damage. If the hyena is a specialized animal companion, the persistent bleed damage increases to 2d6.
Isgeri Boarhound
This Animal Companion may contain spoilers from the Hellbreakers Adventure Path
UncommonSource Pathfinder #222: Hellbreakers pg. 215
Through training and selective breeding, the gnomes of Umok found ways to capitalize on the native Isgeri boarhounds' exceptional scent abilities and sturdy frame to patrol against extraplanar predators and other enemies regularly found in the region.
Size Small
Melee [one-action] jaws (finesse), Damage 1d8 piercing
Str +2, Dex +3, Con +2, Int -4, Wis +1, Cha +0
Hit Points 6
Skill Survival
Senses foe scent (precise, 40 feet), scent (imprecise) 40 feet
Speed 40 feet
Special As part of daily preparations, the Isgeri boarhound can be offered a sample of an enemy with the fiend or undead trait, such as a bone, piece of flesh, or similarly scented sample that has been acquired within the last 24 hours. For the next 24 hours, either fiend or undead becomes the boarhound's designated foe. The Isgeri boarhound's foe scent enables it to smell the presence of a creature designated as its foe as a precise scent at a range of 40 feet.
Support Benefit Your boarhound is a faithful hunting companion. You gain a +1 circumstance bonus to your next attack roll to Strike a foe within your boarhound's reach. This bonus lasts until the first time you use it or until the beginning of your next turn, whichever comes first. If you damage a creature with the trait corresponding to your boarhound's designated foe with that Strike, the creature takes an additional 1d6 piercing damage from the boarhound. If your boarhound is nimble or savage, the damage increases to 2d6.
Advanced Maneuver Lock Jaw
Lock Jaw [one-action]
Source Pathfinder #222: Hellbreakers pg. 215Requirements The boarhound’s last action was a successful jaws Strike.
The target becomes grabbed, as if the boarhound successfully Grappled the target.
Kangaroo
Animal Minion Source Howl of the Wild pg. 91
Your companion is a kangaroo or wallaby.
Size Small
Melee [one-action] foot (agile), Damage 1d6 bludgeoning
Str +3, Dex +2, Con +2, Int -4, Wis +1, Cha +0
Hit Points 6
Skill Survival
Senses low-light vision
Speed 30 feet
Special When the kangaroo Leaps horizontally, it travels up to 25 feet.
Support Benefit Your kangaroo bounces and shifts back and forth. Until the start of your next turn, it counts as being in its space or an empty space of your choice within 5 feet when determining whether you and your companion are flanking; you can choose a different space for each of your attacks.
Advanced Maneuver Spring Kick
Spring Kick [two-actions]
Source Howl of the Wild pg. 91The kangaroo balances on its tail and lashes out with a powerful two-legged kick. The kangaroo makes a foot Strike. If it hits, the target is pushed back 10 feet. On a critical hit, they are also knocked prone.
Keulia
Uncommon Animal Minion Source Shining Kingdoms pg. 77
Your companion is a horned frilled lizard with a unique debris “shell” that can consist of precious metals and gems.
PFS Note Characters from Druma have access to this option.
Size Small
Melee [one-action] jaws, Damage 1d6 piercing
Str +2, Dex +2, Con +3, Int -4, Wis +1, Cha +0
Hit Points 4
Skill Thievery
Senses low-light vision
Speed 30 feet, burrow 10 feet
Support Benefit With its hard shell of objects, your keulia rams into enemies when you create an opening. Until the start of your next turn, each time you hit a creature in your keulia’s reach with a Strike and deal physical damage, the creatures takes 1d8 bludgeoning damage from the keulia. If your keulia is nimble or savage, the bludgeoning damage increases to 2d8.
Advanced Maneuver Lizard Leap
Lizard Leap [two-actions]
Source Shining Kingdoms pg. 77The keulia Leaps and then makes a bite Strike. As long as it moved at least 10 feet, its Strike deals an additional 1d6 piercing damage, or 2d6 piercing damage if your keulia is nimble or savage.
Legchair
Legacy Content
Animal MinionSource Grand Bazaar pg. 72
Your companion is a strange creature, akin to a chair with bestial legs.
Size Medium or Large
Melee [one-action] hoof (agile), Damage 1d6 bludgeoning
Str +3, Dex +2, Con +2, Int -4, Wis +1, Cha +0
Hit Points 8
Skill Stealth
Senses low-light vision, scent (imprecise, 30 feet)
Speed 40 feet
Special mount
Support Benefit Your legchair moves its limbs in the way of enemy attacks. You gain lesser cover from your legchair against all attacks, not just ones where the legchair would be in the way.
Advanced Maneuver Careful Withdraw
Careful Withdraw [two-actions]
Source Grand Bazaar pg. 72The legchair carefully extricates you from a dangerous situation. It Steps twice and then Strides.
Metal Elemental
Uncommon Elemental Metal Minion Source Rage of Elements pg. 41
Your companion is a metal elemental, such as a mercurial. Metal elementals don't have any special access because druids don't have an order dedicated to the elemental magic of metal.
PFS Note For Pathfinder Society play, any druid with an animal companion may take a metal elemental as their companion
Size Small
Melee [one-action] spike, Damage 1d8 piercing
Str +2, Dex +1, Con +2, Int -4, Wis +1, Cha +0
Hit Points 8
Skill Intimidation
Senses darkvision
Speed 25 feet
Support Benefit Your metal elemental pierces an enemy with metal spikes that cause it to bleed. Until the start of your next turn, your Strikes that damage a creature in your metal elemental's reach also deal 1d6 persistent bleed damage. If your metal elemental is nimble or savage, the persistent bleed damage increases to 2d6.
Advanced Maneuver Spiked Bunker
Spiked Bunker [one-action]
Source Rage of Elements pg. 41Your metal elemental surrounds itself with protective metal spikes, hunkering down defensively. It gains a +2 circumstance bonus to AC. Any creature that hits the metal elemental with a melee unarmed attack while it's in its Spiked Bunker takes 2d6 piercing damage (or 3d6 piercing damage if your metal elemental has a specialization). The metal elemental can't move, Strike, or take other actions that require it to use its body while in its Spiked Bunker, but it can retract the bunker as a single action, ending the effects.
Mole
Animal Minion Source Howl of the Wild pg. 91
Your companion is a giant mole, gopher, or prairie dog.
Size Small
Melee [one-action] jaws, Damage 1d8 piercing
Melee [one-action] claw (agile), Damage 1d6 slashing
Str +3, Dex +2, Con +2, Int -4, Wis +1, Cha +0
Hit Points 8
Skill Stealth
Senses low-light vision, scent (imprecise) 30 feet
Speed 25 feet, burrow 20 feet
Support Benefit Your mole leaps into the ground and burrows beneath your foes, disturbing their footing. Until the end of your next turn, if you hit and damage a creature adjacent to your mole, that creature is clumsy 1 until it moves from its current position.
Advanced Maneuver Burrowing Ambush
Burrowing Ambush [two-actions]
Source Howl of the Wild pg. 92Your mole Burrows and makes a Strike. If the mole began its movement underground, the target is off-guard for this attack.
Mongoose
Animal Minion Source Howl of the Wild pg. 92
Your companion is a mongoose or meerkat.
Size Small
Melee [one-action] jaws (finesse), Damage 1d6 piercing
Melee [one-action] claw (agile, finesse), Damage 1d4 slashing
Str +2, Dex +3, Con +1, Int -4, Wis +1, Cha +1
Hit Points 4
Skill Survival
Senses low-light vision, scent (imprecise) 30 feet
Speed 25 feet, burrow 10 feet
Support Benefit The mongoose bounds to your side, alert and at the ready. Until the end of your next turn, creatures adjacent to the mongoose cannot flank you.
Advanced Maneuver Liberating Bite
Liberating Bite [one-action]
FlourishSource Howl of the Wild pg. 92
The mongoose makes a jaws Strike that can help creatures break free of restraint, like the grasp of a cobra. If the Strike hits, each creature grappled or restrained by the target can Escape as a free action.
Monitor Lizard
This Animal Companion may contain spoilers from the Extinction Curse Adventure Path
Legacy Content
Uncommon Animal MinionSource Pathfinder #154: Siege of the Dinosaurs pg. 73
Your companion is a stocky-limbed lizard with a long, almost serpentine body.
Size Medium
Melee [one-action] jaws, Damage 1d8 piercing
Str +3, Dex +2, Con +2, Int -4, Wis +1, Cha +0
Hit Points 8
Skill Survival
Senses low-light vision, scent (imprecise) 30 feet
Speed 30 feet
Special mount
Support Benefit The monitor lizard distracts an adjacent opponent with snapping jaws and rapid movements. Until the start of your next turn, if your Strike damages a foe, any time the foe attempts an action with the manipulate trait until the end of your next turn, it must attempt a DC 5 flat check. On a failure, the action is disrupted.
Advanced Maneuver Lurching Rush
Lurching Rush [two-actions]
Source Pathfinder #154: Siege of the Dinosaurs pg. 74The monitor lizard Strides and then makes a jaws Strike. If it moved at least 20 feet away from its starting position, it gains a +2 circumstance bonus to this attack roll.
Moth
Legacy Content
Animal MinionSource Grand Bazaar pg. 54
Your animal companion is a giant fruit-eating moth with a strong proboscis that can pierce skin.
Size Small
Melee [one-action] proboscis (finesse), Damage 1d6 piercing
Str +2, Dex +3, Con +1, Int -4, Wis +2, Cha +0
Hit Points 6
Skill Stealth
Senses darkvision, scent (imprecise, 30 feet)
Speed 15 feet, fly 30 feet
Special Your moth is invisible to echolocation.
Support Benefit Your moth releases a shower of dust to reveal your foes. Until the start of your next turn, if you damage a concealed or hidden creature in your moth's reach with a Strike, that creature requires only a DC 3 flat check to target it if it's concealed, or DC 9 if it's hidden. The reduced DC lasts until the end of your next turn.
Advanced Maneuver Ultrasonic Scream
Ultrasonic Scream [two-actions]
Source Grand Bazaar pg. 54The moth flaps its wings and emits ultrasonic squeaks that scramble the senses of nearby creatures. Choose one creature within 30 feet of the moth. That creature must attempt a Fortitude save. This uses a trained DC using the moth's Constitution modifier or an expert DC if the moth is specialized.
Success The target treats all creatures as concealed on its next attack before the start of your next turn.
Failure The target treats all creatures as concealed until the start of your next turn.
Critical Failure As failure, and the target is also stunned 1.
Oozeform Chair
Minion Ooze Source Treasure Vault (Remastered) pg. 106
Your companion is an alchemical ooze that extends pseudopods to move around.
Size Medium or Large
Melee [one-action] pseudopod (agile), Damage 1d6 bludgeoning
Str +3, Dex +2, Con +3, Int -4, Wis +0, Cha +0
Hit Points 6
Skill Athletics
Senses Motion Sense Your oozeform chair can sense nearby creatures through vibration in the air. This is an imprecise sense with a range of 30 feet.
Speed 20 feet
Special mount
Support Benefit A pseudopod extends out from your chair, retrieving an unattended object within 15 feet. If you don't have a hand free to receive the object, the chair drops it in your space.
Advanced Maneuver Extend Pseudopod
Extend Pseudopod [one-action]
Source Treasure Vault (Remastered) pg. 107Your chair lengthens itself, granting its pseudopod Strike the reach 10 feet trait until the beginning of your next turn.
OrcaLevel 6
Animal Minion Source Howl of the Wild pg. 94
Your companion is a killer whale.
Size Large
Melee [one-action] jaws, Damage 1d8 piercing
Str +3, Dex +2, Con +3, Int -4, Wis +0, Cha +0
Hit Points 8
Skill Survival
Senses echolocation 30 feet (the orca can use hearing as a precise sense within this range while underwater)
Speed 5 feet, swim 40 feet
Special mount; the orca can hold its breath for 20 minutes.
Support Benefit Your orca attempts to drag down unwary swimmers. Until the start of your next turn, each time you hit a swimming creature in the orca’s reach, the target is pulled 5 feet down into the water. This is forced movement.
Advanced Maneuver Breach
Breach [two-actions]
Source Howl of the Wild pg. 95The orca Swims up to its swim Speed, then Leaps vertically out of the water up to 25 feet in the air, making a Strike against a creature at any point during the jump (this lets it attack a creature within 30 feet of the water’s surface). After the Strike, the orca splashes back down into the water.
Pangolin
Legacy Content
Animal MinionSource Grand Bazaar pg. 55
Your companion is a particularly large pangolin, such as an ugvashi from Vudra.
Size Medium
Melee [one-action] body, Damage 1d8 bludgeoning
Melee [one-action] claw (agile), Damage 1d6 slashing
Str +3, Dex +2, Con +2, Int -4, Wis +1, Cha +0
Hit Points 8
Skill Survival
Senses low-light vision
Speed 25 feet
Support Benefit Your pangolin tears at your enemies with its serrated plates. Until the start of your next turn, your Strikes that damage a creature in your pangolin's reach also deal 1d6 persistent bleed damage. If your pangolin is nimble or savage, the persistent bleed damage increases to 2d6.
Advanced Maneuver Defensive Curl
Defensive Curl [one-action]
Source Grand Bazaar pg. 55The pangolin coils into a ball to defend itself. It gains a +2 circumstance bonus to AC. Any creature that hits the pangolin with a melee unarmed attack while it's in its Defensive Curl take 2d6 persistent bleed damage. The pangolin can't move, use its unarmed attacks, or take other actions that require it to use its limbs while in its Defensive Curl, but it can unfurl as a single action, ending the effects of Defensive Curl.
Rhinoceros
This Animal Companion may contain spoilers from the Quest for the Frozen Flame Adventure Path
Legacy Content
Uncommon Animal MinionSource Pathfinder #177: Burning Tundra pg. 73
Your companion is a rhinoceros or woolly rhinoceros.
Size Large
Melee [one-action] horn, Damage 1d8 piercing
Str +3, Dex +1, Con +3, Int -4, Wis +1, Cha +0
Hit Points 8
Skill Survival
Senses scent (imprecise, 30 feet)
Speed 30 feet
Special mount
Support Benefit Your rhino swings its heavy head to unbalance your enemy. The first creature within your rhino's reach that you hit and deal damage to before the start of your next turn becomes clumsy 1 until the end of your next turn.
Advanced Maneuver Rhinoceros Charge
Rhinoceros Charge [two-actions]
Source Pathfinder #177: Burning Tundra pg. 73The rhino Strides and makes a horn Strike at the end of its Stride. As long as the rhino moved at least 20 feet, the horn Strike deals 1d8 additional piercing damage, or 2d8 additional damage if your rhino is nimble or savage.
Riding Dragonet
Uncommon Dragon Minion Source Draconic Codex pg. 221
Your companion is a flightless dragonet whose larger-than-average size keeps it grounded. Though typically cagey around other creatures, they have inexplicably attached themself to you, becoming a loving companion. A riding dragonet has the dragon trait instead of the animal trait, but it otherwise functions normally as an animal companion.
Size Small
Melee [one-action] claw (finesse, magical), Damage 1d8 bludgeoning
Melee [one-action] tail (agile, finesse, magical), Damage 1d6 slashing
Str +1, Dex +3, Con +2, Int -4, Wis +1, Cha +3
Hit Points 8
Skill Diplomacy
Senses darkvision
Speed 30 feet
Special mount
Support Benefit Your dragonet’s wings flutter rapidly, pulsating the air around you both. Until the start of your next turn, each time you Strike while riding the dragonet and hit a creature in the dragonet’s reach, the creature takes 1d4 bludgeoning damage from the force of the dragonet’s wings. If your dragonet is nimble or savage, the bludgeoning damage increases to 2d4.
Advanced Maneuver Enamoring Exhalation
Enamoring Exhalation [two-actions]
OlfactorySource Draconic Codex pg. 221
Frequency once per 10 minutes
Your riding dragonet enraptures those nearby, exhaling a 15-foot cone of pheromones that fascinates those within it. Each creature in the area is fascinated with you and your dragonet until the end of your next turn unless it succeeds at a Fortitude save. This uses a trained DC using the dragonet’s Charisma modifier, or an expert DC if the dragonet is specialized.
Riding Drake
Uncommon Dragon Minion Source Player Core pg. 209
Your companion is a swift, flightless drake with limited intelligence, less vicious than most drakes but fiercely loyal to you. A riding drake has the dragon trait instead of the animal trait, but it otherwise functions normally as an animal companion.
Size Large
Melee [one-action] jaws, Damage 1d8 piercing
Melee [one-action] tail, Damage 1d6 bludgeoning
Str +2, Dex +1, Con +2, Int -4, Wis +1, Cha +2
Hit Points 8
Skill Intimidation
Senses darkvision
Speed 45 feet
Special mount
Support Benefit Your drake snorts fire in your foes' faces. Until the start of your next turn, each time you Strike while riding the drake and hit a creature in the drake's reach, the creature takes 1d4 fire damage from the drake. If your drake is nimble or savage, the fire damage increases to 2d4.
Advanced Maneuver Fire Breath
Fire Breath [two-actions]
Source Player Core pg. 209Frequency once per hour
The riding drake breathes a 30-foot cone of fire, dealing 1d6 fire damage for every 2 levels the drake has to all creatures in the area (basic Reflex save). This uses a trained DC using the drake's Constitution modifier or an expert DC if the drake is specialized.
Riding TarantulaLevel 6
Animal Minion Source Howl of the Wild pg. 95
Your companion is a massive hairy spider.
Size Large
Melee [one-action] fangs (finesse), Damage 1d6 piercing plus poison
Melee [one-action] leg (agile, finesse), Damage 1d4 piercing
Str +2, Dex +3, Con +1, Int -4, Wis +2, Cha +0
Hit Points 4
Skill Stealth
Senses darkvision
Speed 30 feet, climb 30 feet
Special mount at 8th level; your riding tarantula’s fangs attack deals an additional 1d4 poison damage or 2d4 poison damage if the riding tarantula is a specialized companion
Support Benefit Your riding tarantula flicks urticating hairs at your foe, disrupting their focus. Until the start of your next turn, if you hit and deal damage to a creature your riding tarantula threatens, the target must succeed at a DC 5 flat check whenever it takes a concentrate action or that action is lost.
Advanced Maneuver Hair Barrage
Hair Barrage [two-actions]
Source Howl of the Wild pg. 95The tarantula flicks its legs, flinging spiky hairs in a 15-foot cone. This deals 4d6 piercing damage with a basic Reflex save. This uses a trained DC using the tarantula’s Dexterity modifier or an expert DC if the tarantula is specialized. This damage increases by an additional 1d6 for every 4 levels you have beyond 6th.
RocLevel 16
Uncommon Animal Minion Source Howl of the Wild pg. 95
Your companion is a younger example of the legendary bird of prey.
Size Huge
Melee [one-action] beak, Damage 1d10 piercing
Melee [one-action] talon (agile), Damage 1d8 slashing plus Grab
Str +3, Dex +1, Con +3, Int -4, Wis +1, Cha +0
Hit Points 8
Skill Intimidation
Senses low-light vision
Speed 15 feet, fly 60 feet
Special mount
Support Benefit Your roc beats its wings, creating a powerful downdraft. Until the start of your next turn, your Strikes that damage a creature that your roc threatens push the target 5 feet away from your roc.
Advanced Maneuver Snatch
Snatch [two-actions]
Source Howl of the Wild pg. 95The roc Strikes a creature with its talon and then attempts to Grab the creature. If the Grab is successful, the roc then Flies up to half its speed, carrying that creature along with it.
Rootball Chair
Minion Plant Source Treasure Vault (Remastered) pg. 107
Your companion is a woven sphere of living plant roots that rolls over the ground, while you sit on a stabilized seat above it.
Size Medium or Large
Melee [one-action] vine (reach 10 feet), Damage 1d8 slashing
Str +2, Dex +2, Con +3, Int -4, Wis +1, Cha +0
Hit Points 8
Skill Stealth
Senses low-light vision
Speed 30 feet
Special mount
Support Benefit Your rootball chair extends its tendrils to move smoothly over terrain. It ignores difficult terrain until the end of the turn, and Strides.
Advanced Maneuver Seedpod Spring
Seedpod Spring [two-actions]
Source Treasure Vault (Remastered) pg. 107A seedpod within the chair bursts and uncoils, releasing a light clump of cottony material. Your rootball chair Leaps up to 30 feet vertically or horizontally and drifts down, sinking 5 feet for every 5 feet traveled horizontally and causing you to take no falling damage. The cottony material disperses when you land.
Salamander
Animal Minion Source Howl of the Wild pg. 92
Your companion is a salamander, newt, axolotl, or similar amphibian.
Size Small
Melee [one-action] tail, Damage 1d6 bludgeoning
Melee [one-action] jaws, Damage 1d4 piercing
Str +2, Dex +2, Con +2, Int -4, Wis +1, Cha +1
Hit Points 6
Skill Survival
Senses darkvision
Speed 20 feet, swim 10 feet
Support Benefit Your salamander secretes a poisonous, viscous fluid from its skin. Until the start of your next turn, if you or your salamander are hit by a creature adjacent to the salamander, that creature takes 1d6 poison damage. This damage increases to 2d6 if the salamander is nimble or savage.
Advanced Maneuver Poisonous Sweep
Poisonous Sweep [one-action]
Flourish PoisonSource Howl of the Wild pg. 92
The salamander secretes poison from the glands on its tail and bludgeons an enemy to apply it to them. It makes a tail Strike. If the Strike hits, the target takes an additional 1d6 persistent poison damage. If your salamander is nimble or savage, increase this damage to 2d6 persistent poison damage.
Scorpion
Animal Minion Source Player Core pg. 210
Your companion is one of the various species of giant scorpion.
Size Small
Melee [one-action] stinger, Damage 1d6 piercing plus poison
Melee [one-action] pincer (agile), Damage 1d6 slashing
Str +3, Dex +3, Con +1, Int -4, Wis +1, Cha +0
Hit Points 6
Skill Stealth
Senses darkvision
Speed 30 feet
Special The scorpion's stinger attack deals an additional 1d4 poison damage or 2d4 poison damage if the scorpion is a specialized companion.
Support Benefit Your scorpion drips poison from its stinger when you create an opening. Until the start of your next turn, your Strikes that damage a creature in your scorpion's reach also deal 1d6 persistent poison damage. If your scorpion is nimble or savage, the persistent poison damage increases to 2d6.
Advanced Maneuver Grab and Sting
Grab and Sting [two-actions]
Source Player Core pg. 210The scorpion holds its foe in place with its pincers in order to sting it. It makes a pincer Strike. If the Strike hits, the target creature automatically becomes grabbed by the scorpion, which then makes a stinger Strike against it. The grabbed condition lasts until the end of your next turn.
Severed Head
Uncommon Minion Undead Source Shining Kingdoms pg. 123
Your companion is an undead severed head. The Red Revolution left countless mass graves across Galt, filled with the beheaded corpses of those executed by the final blades. Most of the victims’ heads were unceremoniously dumped alongside their bodies, but many were snatched by unscrupulous necromancers who found them to be a convenient (and unfortunately plentiful) raw material for the creation of simple undead minions.
PFS Note Characters from Galt have access to this option.
Size Small
Melee [one-action] jaws (finesse), Damage 1d6 piercing
Str +2, Dex +1, Con +3, Int -5, Wis +0, Cha +0
Hit Points 4 (void healing)
Skill none (mindless)
Senses darkvision
Speed 15 feet, fly 25 feet
Special A severed head has the undead trait instead of the animal trait, granting it void healing and immunity to death effects, disease, and poison. It’s also mindless.
Support Benefit The head latches on to your enemy with its jaws when you create an opening, distracting them and hampering their movement. The next creature within range of your severed head that you successfully Strike before the start of your next turn takes a –5-foot status penalty to its Speeds and must succeed at a DC 5 flat check to use reactions triggered by your actions until the start of your next turn. On a failure, the reaction is lost.
Advanced Maneuver Gnash
Gnash [one-action]
Source Shining Kingdoms pg. 123Requirements The severed head’s last action was a successful jaws Strike.
Your severed head violently shakes itself back and forth, trying to tear away a mouthful of flesh. It makes another jaws Strike against the same target. If the Strike hits, it deals 1d6 persistent bleed damage in addition to its usual damage.
Shadow Hound
Legacy Content
Uncommon Animal MinionSource Secrets of Magic pg. 228
Your companion is a canine creature related to the Shadow Plane denizens known as shadow mastiffs.
Access You're a shadowcaster
Size Small
Melee [one-action] jaws (finesse), Damage 1d8 piercing
Str +2, Dex +3, Con +1, Int -4, Wis +1, Cha +1
Hit Points 4
Skill Intimidation
Senses darkvision, scent (imprecise) 30 feet
Speed 30 feet
Support Benefit Your shadow hound shrouds your foes in shadow when you leave an opening. Until the start of your next turn, when you damage a creature with a Strike and that creature is within reach of your shadow hound, both you and your shadow hound become concealed to the creature until the end of your next turn.
Advanced Maneuver Bay
Bay [two-actions]
Source Secrets of Magic pg. 228The shadow hound releases an eerie bay, attempting to Demoralize each foe in a 20-foot emanation. These Demoralize attempts don't require a language and don't take any penalty due to not sharing a language.
Shark
Animal Aquatic Minion Source Player Core pg. 210
Your companion is a shark of any kind, such as a hammerhead, great white, or jigsaw shark.
Size Small
Melee [one-action] jaws, Damage 1d8 piercing
Str +3, Dex +2, Con +2, Int -4, Wis +1, Cha +0
Hit Points 6
Skill Stealth
Senses blood scent, scent (imprecise, 60 feet)
Speed swim 40 feet
Special The shark has the aquatic trait. Its blood scent enables it to smell blood in the water from up to 1 mile away.
Support Benefit When your shark senses blood, it tears into your enemies. Until the start of your next turn, each time you hit a creature in the shark's reach with a Strike and deal slashing or piercing damage, the creature takes 1d8 slashing damage from the shark. If your shark is nimble or savage, the slashing damage increases to 2d8.
Advanced Maneuver Shred
Shred [one-action]
Source Player Core pg. 210Requirements The shark hit with a jaws Strike on its most recent action this turn.
The shark viciously rips into the wound. The target of the shark’s Strike takes 2d8 slashing damage (3d8 for a specialized companion).
Shotalashu
Uncommon Beast Minion Source Howl of the Wild pg. 92
Your companion is a shotalashu, a telepathic creature originally from the planet of Castrovel but now introduced in small numbers to Golarion. Acquiring a shotalashu typically requires that the prospective rider bond with it first by spending a week of time with it and succeeding on a DC 21 Occultism check to establish a telepathic link. A rider who fails the check can attempt it again after another week with the shotalashu for each attempt. Any creature with telepathic capabilities, such as telepathy, touch telepathy, empathic sense, or the ability to cast spells such as telepathy, gains a +4 circumstance bonus to this check. The GM is the final arbiter of whether a given ability counts as telepathy for the purposes of forming a link. This link remains, and neither can form a new link until one member dies. The shock of a bonded partner dying leaves the survivor stupefied 2 for 24 hours and prevents them from forming a new link for at least a month.
A shotalashu has the beast trait instead of the animal trait but otherwise functions normally as an animal companion.
Size Medium or Large
Melee [one-action] claw (agile), Damage 1d6 slashing
Str +2, Dex +3, Con +2, Int -3, Wis +1, Cha +2
Hit Points 8
Skill Survival
Senses darkvision
Speed 40 feet
Special mount
Support Benefit The shotalashu telepathically assails your enemies when you create an opening. Until the start of your next turn, each time you hit a creature in the shotalashu's reach with a Strike, the creature takes 1d6 mental damage from the shotalashu. If your shotalashu is nimble or savage, the mental damage increases to 2d6.
Advanced Maneuver Telepathic Pounce
Telepathic Pounce [two-actions]
Mental OccultSource Howl of the Wild pg. 92
The shotalashu hunts by pinning its foes with not just its claws, but with its mind as well. One creature within 30 feet must attempt a Will save, with the following effects. This uses a trained DC using the shotalashu’s Charisma modifier or an expert DC if the shotalashu is specialized.
Critical Success The creature is unaffected.
Success The creature takes a –5 foot status penalty to its Speeds for one round.
Failure The creature takes a –10 foot status penalty to its Speeds for one round. The shotalashu can then Leap.
Critical Failure The creature is off-guard and immobilized for one round. The shotalashu can then Leap.
Skeletal Bird of Prey
This Animal Companion may contain spoilers from the Blood Lords Adventure Path
Legacy Content
Uncommon Mindless Minion UndeadSource Pathfinder #181: Zombie Feast pg. 77
Your companion is the skeleton of a bird of prey like a falcon or an owl.
Size Small
Melee [one-action] jaws (finesse), Damage 1d6 piercing
Melee [one-action] talon (agile, finesse), Damage 1d4 slashing
Str +2, Dex +3, Con +1, Int -5, Wis +0, Cha +0
Hit Points 4
Skill none (mindless)
Senses darkvision
Speed 10 feet, fly 50 feet
Special mindless
Support Benefit The bird flaps around and throws your foe off balance. Until the start of your next turn, when you damage a creature in the bird's reach with a Strike, that creature becomes clumsy 1 until the end of your next turn.
Advanced Maneuver Unnerving Screech
Unnerving Screech [one-action]
AuditorySource Pathfinder #181: Zombie Feast pg. 77
Your skeletal bird of prey makes an earsplitting, unnatural screech, deafening and startling an enemy within 30 feet. The target must attempt a Fortitude save. The target is then temporarily immune for 1 hour. The frightened condition is a mental, emotion, and fear effect, but the creature can still be deafened if it's immune to these.
Critical Success The target is unaffected.
Success The target is deafened for 1 round and frightened 1.
Failure The target is deafened for 1 minute and frightened 1.
Critical Failure The target is deafened for 10 minutes and frightened 2.
Skeletal Constrictor
This Animal Companion may contain spoilers from the Blood Lords Adventure Path
Legacy Content
Uncommon Mindless Minion UndeadSource Pathfinder #181: Zombie Feast pg. 77
Your companion is the skeleton of a constrictor snake such as a boa or python. Red lights burn deep in its eye sockets.
Size Small
Melee [one-action] jaws (finesse), Damage 1d8 piercing
Str +2, Dex +2, Con +1, Int -5, Wis +1, Cha +0
Hit Points 4
Skill none (mindless)
Senses darkvision
Speed 20 feet, climb 20 feet, swim 20 feet
Special mindless
Support Benefit Your snake sways, captivating an enemy. Choose one creature within 20 feet of the constrictor that can see it. Until the start of your next turn, your Strikes that deal damage to the chosen creature make the target flat-footed until the end of your next turn.
Advanced Maneuver Bony Constriction
Bony Constriction [one-action]
Source Pathfinder #181: Zombie Feast pg. 77Requirements The constrictor has a creature grabbed.
The skeletal constrictor deals 12 piercing damage to the grabbed creature with its sharp ribs; the creature must attempt a basic Fortitude save. If the constrictor is a specialized companion, increase this damage to 20. This uses a trained DC using the constrictor's Constitution modifier, or an expert DC if the constrictor is specialized.
Skeletal Mount
Legacy Content
Uncommon Mindless Minion UndeadSource Book of the Dead pg. 38
Your companion is a skeletal horse, drake, elk, or other animal suitable for riding. Skeletal mounts can be collapsed, gathered into piles of bone, and packed away for storage.
Size Large
Melee [one-action] hoof (agile), Damage 1d6 bludgeoning
Str +2, Dex +2, Con +2, Int -5, Wis +0, Cha +0
Hit Points 4
Skill none (mindless)
Senses darkvision
Speed 35 feet
Special mindless, mount
Support Benefit Your skeletal mount strikes fear when it charges. Until the start of your next turn, if you are riding your skeletal mount and move at least 10 feet on the action before your attack, any creature damaged by the attack becomes frightened 1, or frightened 2 if the attack was a critical hit. This is an emotion, fear, and mental effect.
Advanced Maneuver Gallop
Gallop [two-actions]
MoveSource Book of the Dead pg. 38
The skeletal mount Strides twice, with a +10-foot circumstance bonus to its Speed.
Skeletal Servant
Legacy Content
Uncommon Mindless Minion UndeadSource Book of the Dead pg. 38
Your companion is a humanoid skeleton, mindless but capable of assisting in rudimentary chores. Like the skeletal mount, it can be collapsed for easy storage.
Size Small or Medium
Melee [one-action] jaws, Damage 1d8 piercing
Melee [one-action] claw (agile), Damage 1d6 slashing
Str +2, Dex +2, Con +1, Int -5, Wis +0, Cha +1
Hit Points 4
Skill none (mindless)
Senses darkvision
Speed 20 feet
Special mindless
Support Benefit Your skeletal servant jabs bones into your enemies to distract them while you attack. Until the start of your next turn, when a Strike you make hits and deals damage to a creature within your skeletal servant's reach, that target becomes flat-footed until the end of your next turn.
Advanced Maneuver Screaming Skull
Screaming Skull [two-actions]
Auditory Emotion Fear MentalSource Book of the Dead pg. 38
The skeleton removes its skull and throws it, making a jaws Strike with a range of 20 feet. Regardless of whether it hits, the target and all enemies within 10 feet must attempt a Will save or be frightened 1, or frightened 2 on a critical failure. This uses a trained DC using the skeleton's Charisma modifier or an expert DC if the skeleton is specialized. At the start of the skeleton's next turn, the head bounces, rolls, or flies back to reattach. The skeleton is blind while its head is away.
Snake
Animal Minion Source Player Core pg. 210
Your companion is a constrictor snake, such as a boa or python.
Size Small
Melee [one-action] jaws (finesse), Damage 1d8 piercing
Str +3, Dex +3, Con +1, Int -4, Wis +1, Cha +0
Hit Points 6
Skill Stealth
Senses low-light vision, scent (imprecise, 30 feet)
Speed 20 feet, climb 20 feet, swim 20 feet
Support Benefit Your snake holds your enemies with its coils, interfering with reactions. Until the start of your next turn, any creature your snake threatens can't use reactions triggered by your actions unless its level is higher than yours.
Advanced Maneuver Constrict
Constrict [one-action]
Source Player Core pg. 210Requirements The snake has a smaller creature grabbed.
The snake deals 12 bludgeoning damage to the grabbed creature; the creature must attempt a basic Fortitude save against your class DC. If the snake is a specialized animal companion, increase this damage to 20.
Sundaflora
Uncommon Animal Minion Source Tian Xia Character Guide pg. 122
Sundafloras are friendly, bipedal creatures with brightly colored, overlapping waves of petal-like scales covering most of their body. Though rare to find, they're most common in the artificial garden landscapes of Goka, usually seen waltzing around the grounds with their hands clasped together, giving off a pensive appearance.
PFS Note Characters from Tian Xia have access to the sundaflora animal companion.
Size Small
Melee [one-action] clubbed tail, Damage 1d8 bludgeoning
Melee [one-action] claws (agile), Damage 1d6 slashing
Str +2, Dex +3, Con +1, Int -4, Wis +1, Cha +1
Hit Points 6
Skill Performance
Senses low-light vision, scent (imprecise, 30 feet)
Speed 20 feet, swim 15 feet
Support Benefit Your sundaflora inspires your allies with its calm demeanor and agile steps. Choose one ally within 30 feet of your sundaflora. They gain a +1 circumstance bonus to their next attack roll to Strike a foe within your sundaflora’s reach. The bonus lasts until the first time your ally uses it or until the beginning of your next turn, whichever comes first.
Advanced Maneuver Flower Dance
Flower Dance [two-actions]
Move VisualSource Tian Xia Character Guide pg. 123
The sundaflora stands tall on its hind legs and begins to wave and dance, showing off its dazzling beauty to distract your attackers. It attempts to Feint the target creature, using its Performance skill instead of Deception. If successful (or critically successful), the target is off-guard to you, rather than to your sundaflora.
Terror Bird
Legacy Content
Animal MinionSource Grand Bazaar pg. 55
Your companion is a terror bird, a large species of flightless carnivorous avian.
Size Large
Melee [one-action] beak, Damage 1d8 piercing
Melee [one-action] talon (agile), Damage 1d6 piercing
Str +3, Dex +2, Con +2, Int -4, Wis +1, Cha +0
Hit Points 8
Skill Survival
Senses low-light vision
Speed 40 feet
Special mount
Support Benefit Your terror bird screeches at your enemies when you create an opening. Until the start of your next turn, your Strikes that deal damage to a creature within your terror bird's reach make the target flat-footed until the start of your next turn.
Advanced Maneuver Tearing Clutch
Tearing Clutch [two-actions]
Source Grand Bazaar pg. 55The terror bird makes a beak Strike; on a successful hit, the target takes 2d6 persistent bleed damage.
Tikar Urchinpad
Animal Minion Source Tian Xia Character Guide pg. 123
Tikar urchinpads are curious creatures that look similar to jellyfish, have heads that resemble a floating plant or pad, and make use of their slimy tendrils to consume creatures that attempt to rest on the urchinpad’s head. Tikar urchinpads tend to float about in still water, soaking in the warmth of sunlight, not a care in the world. To the untrained eye, they appear only as a myriad of small, colorful squares sprawled out across a round pad, forming silhouettes of shapes that dazzle across the water’s surface.
Size Small or Medium
Melee [one-action] tendril (agile, finesse), Damage 1d6 slashing
Str +2, Dex +3, Con +2, Int -4, Wis +1, Cha +0
Hit Points 6
Skill Stealth
Senses scent(precise, 10 feet)
Speed 10 feet, swim 40 feet
Support Benefit Your tikar urchinpad attempts to wrap its tendrils around your foe’s limbs, pulling it off balance. Until the end of your next turn, as long as you’re adjacent to your urchinpad, if you attempt to Shove or Trip an opponent and roll a critical failure, you get a failure instead.
Advanced Maneuver Wrapping Tendrils
Wrapping Tendrils [one-action]
Source Tian Xia Character Guide pg. 123The urchinpad makes another tendril Strike against the same target. If this Strike hits, the target is also grabbed, as if the urchinpad had successfully Grappled the target.
Triceratops
This Animal Companion may contain spoilers from the Quest for the Frozen Flame Adventure Path
Legacy Content
Uncommon Animal MinionSource Pathfinder #177: Burning Tundra pg. 73
Your companion is a triceratops or other armored dinosaur. If necessary, change the horn attack and damage type to an appropriate attack for the dinosaur (for example, an ankylosaurus would have a tail attack that deals bludgeoning damage).
Size Large
Melee [one-action] horn, Damage 1d8 piercing
Melee [one-action] foot, Damage 1d6 bludgeoning
Str +3, Dex +1, Con +2, Int -4, Wis +2, Cha +0
Hit Points 8
Skill Intimidation
Senses low-light vision, scent (imprecise, 30 feet)
Speed 25 feet
Special mount
Support Benefit Your triceratops gores prone targets in your wake. Until the start of your next turn, your Strikes that damage a prone creature in your triceratops's reach also deal 1d8 persistent bleed damage. If your triceratops is nimble or savage, the persistent bleed damage increases to 2d8.
Advanced Maneuver Lumbering Knockdown
Lumbering Knockdown [two-actions]
Source Pathfinder #177: Burning Tundra pg. 74Your triceratops Strides up to 10 feet, then makes a horns Strike. On a success, the target is knocked prone.
Tyrannosaurus
This Animal Companion may contain spoilers from the Quest for the Frozen Flame Adventure Path
Legacy Content
Uncommon Animal MinionSource Pathfinder #177: Burning Tundra pg. 74
Your companion is a tyrannosaurus, allosaurus, or similar large, carnivorous dinosaur.
Size Large
Melee [one-action] jaws, Damage 1d8 piercing
Melee [one-action] foot, Damage 1d6 bludgeoning
Str +3, Dex +1, Con +3, Int -4, Wis +1, Cha +0
Hit Points 8
Skill Intimidation
Senses low-light vision, scent (imprecise, 30 feet)
Speed 35 feet
Support Benefit Your tyrannosaurus roars and puts on a fearsome display as you attack, startling your foes. Until the start of your next turn, if you hit and deal damage to a creature within your tyrannosaurus's reach, the creature is frightened 1.
Advanced Maneuver Overwhelm
Overwhelm [two-actions]
Source Pathfinder #177: Burning Tundra pg. 74The tyrannosaurus bears down on an enemy and pins it with its jaws. The tyrannosaurus makes a jaws Strike; on a hit, the target is grabbed.
Ulgrem-Lurann
Legacy Content
Rare Amphibious Beast MinionSource Monsters of Myth pg. 119
Your companion is one of the few surviving members of a formerly lost species, hatched from the last clutch of Ulgrem-Axaan. As it's so young, its intelligence hasn't developed yet, but some day, it will become a highly intelligent creature. An Ulgrem-Lurann has the beast trait instead of the animal trait but otherwise functions normally as an animal companion.
Size Medium
Melee [one-action] jaws, Damage 1d8 piercing
Melee [one-action] tail, Damage 1d6 bludgeoning
Str +3, Dex +2, Con +2, Int -4, Wis +0, Cha +1
Hit Points 6
Skill Intimidation
Senses darkvision
Speed 20 feet, swim 25 feet
Special The Ulgrem-Lurann has the amphibious trait.
Support Benefit The Ulgrem-Lurann grabs at your foe and zaps it. Until the start of your next turn, each time you hit a creature in the Ulgrem-Lurann's reach with a Strike, the creature takes an additional 1d4 piercing damage and 1d4 electricity damage from the Ulgrem-Lurann. If the Ulgrem-Lurann is nimble or savage, the piercing damage and electricity damage each increase to 2d4.
Advanced Maneuver Snatch and Zap
Snatch and Zap [two-actions]
Source Monsters of Myth pg. 119The Ulgrem-Lurann bites down hard and unleashes an electrical discharge. It makes a jaws Strike. If the Strike hits, the target creature automatically becomes grabbed by the Ulgrem-Lurann and takes 1d4 electricity damage (2d4 for a mature Ulgrem-Lurann or 3d4 for a specialized companion). The grabbed condition lasts until the end of your next turn, though the Ulgrem-Lurann can use Grapple to attempt to extend the duration as normal.
Umbrella MushroomLevel 14
Uncommon Fungus Minion Source Howl of the Wild pg. 95
Your companion is a wide-capped mushroom capable of floating on air currents. A loop at the base of the stem acts as a stirrup for riding. An umbrella mushroom has the fungus trait instead of the animal trait, but it otherwise functions normally as an animal companion.
Size Large
Melee [one-action] stalk, Damage 1d8 bludgeoning
Str +2, Dex +2, Con +3, Int -4, Wis +1, Cha +0
Hit Points 6
Skill Stealth
Senses low-light vision
Speed 15 feet, fly 30 feet
Special mount; when you use Command an Animal to command your umbrella mushroom, it gains a reaction it can only use for its Float advanced maneuver
Support Benefit Your umbrella mushroom exudes sense dulling spores when you create an opening. Until the start of your next turn, your Strikes that damage a creature within your umbrella mushroom's reach becomes stupefied 1 for 1 round. This effect has the poison trait.
Advanced Maneuver Float
Float [reaction]
Source Howl of the Wild pg. 95Trigger The umbrella mushroom is falling.
The umbrella mushroom inflates buoyant air bladders and begins rotating to arrest the fall. It slows its descent to 60 feet per round. It can take this reaction even when unconscious.
Undead Hand
This Animal Companion may contain spoilers from the Blood Lords Adventure Path
Legacy Content
Uncommon Mindless Minion UndeadSource Pathfinder #181: Zombie Feast pg. 77
Your companion is a large skeletal or fleshy humanoid hand, similar to a giant crawling hand.
Size Small
Melee [one-action] claw (agile, finesse), Damage 1d6 slashing
Str +2, Dex +2, Con +1, Int -5, Wis +1, Cha +0
Hit Points 4
Skill none (mindless)
Senses darkvision
Speed 20 feet, climb 20 feet
Special mindless
Support Benefit The hand viciously batters the foes you attack. Until the start of your next turn, each time you hit a creature in the hand's reach with a Strike, the creature takes 1d6 bludgeoning damage from the hand. If your hand is nimble or savage, the bludgeoning damage increases to 2d6.
Advanced Maneuver Grip Throat
Grip Throat [one-action]
Source Pathfinder #181: Zombie Feast pg. 78The hand attempts to Grapple a Medium or smaller creature by the throat. If the Grapple succeeds, in addition to the normal effects, the creature has difficulty speaking. While it remains grabbed or restrained by the hand, it must spend an extra action to perform any action that has the verbal trait.
Vampiric Animal
Legacy Content
Rare Minion UndeadSource Book of the Dead pg. 39
Your companion is a wolf, weasel, fox, or other predator with fangs and the blood thirst of a vampire. They often serve vampires who willingly shared their blood to bind the animal to their vampiric whims.
Size Small or Medium
Melee [one-action] jaws (finesse), Damage 1d8 piercing
Str +2, Dex +2, Con +1, Int -4, Wis +1, Cha +0
Hit Points 4
Skill Survival
Senses low-light vision, scent (imprecise, 30 feet)
Speed 30 feet
Special Vampiric animal companions are particularly attuned to the scent of blood. If a creature has persistent bleed damage, your vampiric animal companion can smell the creature if it's within 120 feet rather than 30 feet.
Support Benefit When your vampiric animal senses blood it tears into your enemies. Until the start of your next turn, your Strikes that damage a creature in your vampiric animal's reach also deal 1d6 persistent bleed damage. If your vampiric animal is nimble or savage, the persistent bleed damage increases to 2d6.
Advanced Maneuver Blood Feast
Blood Feast [two-actions]
Source Book of the Dead pg. 39Your vampiric animal companion attacks a bleeding foe and drinks its blood. Your companion attempts a Strike against a creature currently taking persistent bleed damage. The Strike deals 2d8 additional damage. If the Strike hits and deals damage, your vampiric animal companion gains temporary Hit Points equal to half your level that last for up to 1 minute.
Vulture
Legacy Content
Animal MinionSource Pathfinder #149: Against the Scarlet Triad pg. 80
Your companion is a vulture, condor, or other large scavenging bird.
Size Small
Melee [one-action] jaws (finesse), Damage 1d8 piercing
Str +2, Dex +2, Con +2, Int -4, Wis +2, Cha +0
Hit Points 6
Skill Survival
Senses low-light vision, scent (imprecise, 30 feet)
Speed 10 feet, fly 45 feet
Special Your vulture gains a +1 status bonus to all saves against disease, and if it rolls a success on a save against a disease, the result is a critical success instead.
Support Benefit The vulture retches and vomits onto a foe within 10 feet. Until the start of your next turn, if you hit and deal damage to the target, the target must succeed at a Fortitude save or become sickened 1 (sickened 2 on a critical failure). The DC of the Fortitude save is 12 (or 14, if the vulture is a specialized animal companion) + your level + the vulture’s Constitution modifier.
Advanced Maneuver Feast on the Fallen
Feast on the Fallen [reaction]
Healing ManipulateSource Pathfinder #149: Against the Scarlet Triad pg. 80
Frequency once per hour
Trigger A creature adjacent to the vulture is reduced to 0 Hit Points
The vulture consumes a piece of the defeated foe, regaining 18 Hit Points. If the vulture is a specialized animal companion, increase the Hit Points regained to 30.
War Pig
Animal Minion Source Pathfinder #208: Hoof, Cinder, and Storm pg. 79
Belkzen’s native swine is the bristle boar, a fearsome beast whose spines make it unsuitable for riding. Millennia ago, orcs seized domesticated pigs from neighboring lands and back-bred them to create the more fearsome war pigs. These animals are large enough to carry an armored orc into combat, hardy enough to weather Belkzen’s badlands, and indiscriminate enough in their palate to subsist on whatever sustenance they can root up.
To the inexperienced handler, a war pig is a moody pet at best, though they’re quite intelligent and curious. Without proper enrichment and training, however, they seek their own entertainment—often by destroying gardens, eating spellbooks, or undermining the foundation of a small house. They’re also good at recognizing words, as war pigs have been known to destroy their pens if they hear the name of (but do not receive) their favorite treat.
Size Large
Melee [one-action] hoof (agile), Damage 1d6 bludgeoning
Melee [one-action] tusk, Damage 1d8 piercing
Str +3, Dex +1, Con +2, Int -4, Wis +1, Cha +1
Hit Points 8
Skill Intimidation
Senses low-light vision, scent (imprecise) 30 feet
Speed 35 feet
Special mount
Support Benefit Your war pig bodychecks your enemies, leaving them numb from the impact. Until the start of your next turn, Strikes you make that deal damage to a creature within your war pig’s reach make the target clumsy 1 until the end of your next turn.
Advanced Maneuver Bucking Frenzy
Bucking Frenzy [two-actions]
Source Pathfinder #207: Resurrection Flood pg. 79The war pig transforms any fear it feels into fury before kicking wildly. Reduce the war pig’s frightened value by 1 (minimum 0). The war pig then makes hoof Strikes against up to three different foes within its reach. These Strikes each take a –2 penalty to their attack rolls unless the war pig began its turn with the frightened condition. Each attack counts toward the war pig’s multiple attack penalty, but the penalty only increases after all the attacks have been made.
Water Elemental
Uncommon Elemental Minion Water Source Rage of Elements pg. 41
Your companion is a water elemental, such as a brine shark.
PFS Note Druids of the specifically listed orders may also take the other elementals (e.g. a wave order druid may take a water elemental companion).
Access You are a member of the wave order.
Size Small
Melee [one-action] wave, Damage 1d8 bludgeoning
Str +2, Dex +2, Con +1, Int -4, Wis +1, Cha +0
Hit Points 6
Skill Survival
Senses darkvision
Speed 15 feet, swim 35 feet
Special Resistances fire (equal to the water elemental's level)
Support Benefit Your water elemental waterlogs a foe. The first time before the start of your next turn you hit with a Strike that deals damage to a creature within your water elemental's reach, that creature becomes clumsy 1 until the end of your next turn.
Advanced Maneuver Drench
Drench [one-action]
Source Rage of Elements pg. 41Your water elemental drenches nearby fires to extinguish them. Your elemental puts out all fires in a 5-foot emanation. It extinguishes all non-magical fires automatically and attempts to counteract magical fires (its counteract modifier is equal to its attack modifier with its wave Strike, unmodified by any bonuses or effects that apply to attack rolls).
Water Wraith
Legacy Content
Uncommon Animal MinionSource Impossible Lands pg. 107
Your companion is a water wraith, an amphibious and expressive lizard capable of changing the color of its scales as it pleases. While your companion hasn't yet matured into its full strength and intelligence, it still serves you with admirable tenacity and loyalty, not to mention its lamprey-like mouth of lacerating teeth and eight clawed, slashing feet.
Access Characters from Alkenstar have access to this companion
Size Small
Melee [one-action] jaws, Damage 1d8 piercing
Melee [one-action] claw (agile), Damage 1d6 slashing
Str +3, Dex +2, Con +2, Int -4, Wis +1, Cha +0
Hit Points 6
Skill Survival
Senses Normal
Speed 20 feet, swim 25 feet
Special The water wraith can hold its breath for about 2 hours.
Support Benefit Your water wraith hisses and changes colors swiftly in an iridescent clash, overwhelming your foes in an avalanche of shades and hues. Until the start of your next turn, each time you hit a creature within your water wraith's reach, the creature is dazzled for 1 round.
Advanced Maneuver Gulp Blood
Gulp Blood [one-action]
Source Impossible Lands pg. 107Requirements The water wraith's last action was a successful jaws attack against a foe.
The water wraith gains 2d8 temporary Hit Points that last for 1 round, and the foe takes 2d6 persistent bleed damage. If the water wraith has a specialization, the water wraith instead gains 3d8 temporary Hit Points, and the target takes 3d6 persistent bleed damage. If the targeted creature has absolutely no vital fluids, this ability might not function, at the GM's discretion.
Wolf
Animal Minion Source Player Core pg. 210
Your companion is a wolf, dog, or other canine.
Size Small
Melee [one-action] jaws (finesse), Damage 1d8 piercing
Str +2, Dex +3, Con +2, Int -4, Wis +1, Cha +0
Hit Points 6
Skill Survival
Senses low-light vision, scent (imprecise, 30 feet)
Speed 40 feet
Support Benefit Your wolf tears tendons with each opening. Until the start of your next turn, your Strikes that damage creatures your wolf threatens give the target a –5-foot status penalty to its Speeds for 1 minute (–10 on a critical success).
Advanced Maneuver Takedown
Takedown [one-action]
Source Player Core pg. 210Requirements The animal companion’s last action was a successful jaws Strike.
The wolf automatically knocks the target of its jaws Strike prone.
Wood Elemental
Uncommon Elemental Minion Plant Wood Source Rage of Elements pg. 41
Your companion is a wood elemental, such as a moss sloth.
PFS Note Druids of the specifically listed orders may also take the other elementals (e.g. a wave order druid may take a water elemental companion).
Access You are a member of the leaf order.
Size Small
Melee [one-action] branch, Damage 1d8 bludgeoning
Str +2, Dex +1, Con +2, Int -4, Wis +1, Cha +0
Hit Points 8
Skill Survival
Senses darkvision
Speed 25 feet, climb 25 feet
Support Benefit Your wood elemental entangles your foes with detachable branches and roots. Until the start of your next turn, if you hit with a Strike that deals damage to a creature in your wood elemental's reach, the creature takes a –5-foot circumstance penalty to its Speeds for 1 minute (–10 on a critical success). The creature, or a creature adjacent to it, can use an Interact action to unravel the branches and roots and remove the penalty.
Advanced Maneuver Grabbing Branches
Grabbing Branches [two-actions]
Source Rage of Elements pg. 42Your wood elemental surrounds a foe with branches, grabbing it in place. Your wood elemental makes a branch Strike; on a success, the target is also grabbed by the wood elemental until the end of your next turn unless your wood elemental moves or the target Escapes.
WyvernLevel 10
This Animal Companion may contain spoilers from the Triumph of the Tusk Adventure Path
Uncommon Dragon MinionSource Pathfinder #209: Destroyer's Doom pg. 81
Though most wyverns are too prideful and headstrong to consider debasing themselves as “pets,” the orcs living near Wyvernsting have a reputation for training these drakes to serve as flying mounts. Exactly why wyverns acquiesce is unclear, though common theories include wyverns receiving treasure in exchange, being hatched in captivity so that they’ve never known freedom, or (most likely) that their orc trainers demonstrate such power and confidence that the drakes behave out of admiration. Over time, these wyverns’ most rebellious instincts have been quelled through selective breeding; otherwise the rate at which drakes eat their riders would be much, much higher.
Even with these friendlier characteristics, few riders are tough enough for a wyvern companion. These creatures expect their handlers to be mentally and physically strong, earning a place among the wyvern’s artificial flock. Especially steady wyverns can be trained as mounts, though their innate pride makes this a rather dangerous proposition; if the drake begins to doubt a rider’s commands, they might simply ignore orders or even buck their rider mid-air.
This wyvern is an advanced companion , available only to characters of 10th level or higher. At the GM’s discretion, a wyvern companion might be accessible at lower levels, but if so, it doesn’t gain the Unsteady Mount ability until 10th level. Before then, it might function as a mount but be unable to fly with a rider, or its ability to fly with a rider might only be usable for 1 round per 10 minutes.
Size Large
Melee [one-action] stinger, Damage 1d6 piercing plus poison
Melee [one-action] jaws, Damage 1d8 piercing
Str +2, Dex +2, Con +2, Int -4, Wis +1, Cha +0
Hit Points 8
Skill Stealth
Senses darkvision, scent (imprecise) 30 feet
Speed 20 feet, fly 40 feet
Special The wyvern’s stinger attack deals additional poison damage equal to 1 + 1 per weapon damage die.
Unsteady Mount The wyvern has the mount ability but is only strong enough to fly in short bursts while carrying a rider; if it doesn’t end its turn on solid ground, it descends 30 feet without taking falling damage. At 14th level, a wyvern replaces this with the mount ability, removing this restriction.
Support Benefit Your wyvern whips its stinger at your foes. Until the start of your next turn, your Strikes that damage a creature in your wyvern’s reach also deal 1d6 persistent poison damage. If your wyvern is nimble or savage, the persistent damage increases to 2d6.
Advanced Maneuver Diving Skewer
Diving Skewer [two-actions]
Source Pathfinder #209: Destroyer's Doom pg. 81The wyvern Flies up to half its Speed and then makes a stinger Strike. If the Strike hits, the target is also knocked prone. If the Strike critically succeeds, the target also takes 2d6 persistent poison damage.
Yzobu
Animal Minion Source Tian Xia Character Guide pg. 123
Yzobusare large equines abundant through the northeastern regions of Tian Xia, from the provinces of Hongal down to middle Tian Xia in the regions of Quain and Po Li. Here, herds of hundreds, if not thousands, have established themselves as nomads who have trekked from one end of the continent to the other as an unchanging tide of nature. Naturally, this resilience has led to their incorporation into these regions’ steeds and livestock, despite their inherent foul stench.
Size Large
Melee [one-action] horn, Damage 1d8 piercing
Melee [one-action] hoof (agile), Damage 1d6 bludgeoning
Str +3, Dex +2, Con +2, Int -4, Wis +1, Cha +0
Hit Points 8
Skill Survival
Senses low-light vision, scent (imprecise, 30 feet)
Speed 40 feet
Special mount
Support Benefit The next creature to make a melee attack against the yzobu or its rider before the start of your next turn is overwhelmed by the creature’s terrible stench and must attempt a Fortitude save. This DC is equal to your class DC or spell DC, whichever is higher. On a failure, the attacker takes a –2 circumstance penalty to its attack roll. This ability has the olfactory trait.
Advanced Maneuver Raging Stampede
Raging Stampede [two-actions]
Source Tian Xia Character Guide pg. 123The yzobu Strides and then makes a horn Strike. If the Strike hits, the target is pushed 10 feet.
Zombie
Legacy Content
Uncommon Mindless Minion UndeadSource Book of the Dead pg. 39
Your companion is a mindless zombie created from a soulless dead body, be it animal or humanoid. The stats below list a fist Strike, but this can be replaced by a claw or similar option better suited to the creature's form.
Size Small or Medium
Melee [one-action] fist, Damage 1d8 piercing
Str +2, Dex +0, Con +4, Int -5, Wis +0, Cha +0
Hit Points 10
Skill none (mindless)
Senses darkvision
Speed 20 feet
Special mindless
Support Benefit The zombie emits an aura of rot, causing wounds to fester. Until the start of your next turn, each time you hit a creature that's within 10 feet of the zombie and you deal damage, the creature takes an additional 1d6 damage as the wound festers. If your zombie is nimble or savage, the damage increases to 2d6. This is a disease and necromancy effect.
Advanced Maneuver Take a Taste
Take a Taste [one-action]
Source Book of the Dead pg. 39Requirements The zombie has a creature grabbed or restrained.
The zombie tries to grasp and bite a creature. The zombie makes a jaws Strike against the creature. This Strike uses the same statistics as its normal melee Strike, except its damage die is 1d10 and it deals piercing damage.
Zombie Carrion Bird
This Animal Companion may contain spoilers from the Blood Lords Adventure Path
Legacy Content
Uncommon Mindless Minion UndeadSource Pathfinder #181: Zombie Feast pg. 78
Your companion is the zombified corpse of a large scavenging bird, such as a vulture or a raven, that subsists upon meat.
Size Small
Melee [one-action] jaws, Damage 1d8 piercing
Str +2, Dex +1, Con +3, Int -5, Wis +0, Cha +0
Hit Points 6
Skill none (mindless)
Senses darkvision
Speed 10 feet, fly 30 feet
Special mindless
Support Benefit The zombie emits an aura of rot, causing wounds to fester. Until the start of your next turn, each time you hit and deal damage to a creature that's within 10 feet of the zombie carrion bird, the creature takes an additional 1d6 damage as the wound festers. If your carrion bird is nimble or savage, the damage increases to 2d6. This is a disease and necromancy effect.
Advanced Maneuver Pick at the Meat
Pick at the Meat [one-action]
Source Pathfinder #181: Zombie Feast pg. 78Requirements The animal companion's last action was a successful jaws Strike.
Your bird picks at the wound it just created. The target of its jaws Strike takes 1d8 bleed damage, or 2d8 bleed damage if the bird is specialized.
Zombie Mount
This Animal Companion may contain spoilers from the Blood Lords Adventure Path
Legacy Content
Uncommon Mindless Minion UndeadSource Pathfinder #181: Zombie Feast pg. 78
Your companion is the rotting, reanimated corpse of a horse, camel, or similar riding animal.
Size Large
Melee [one-action] hoof, Damage 1d8 bludgeoning
Str +2, Dex +1, Con +3, Int -5, Wis +0, Cha +0
Hit Points 8
Skill none (mindless)
Senses darkvision
Speed 30 feet
Special mindless, mount
Support Benefit Your zombie mount chews on your enemies. Until the start of your next turn, each time you Strike while riding the zombie mount and hit a creature in the zombie mount's reach, the creature takes 1d4 bludgeoning damage from the zombie mount. If your zombie mount is nimble or savage, the bludgeoning damage increases to 2d4. This benefit is based on a zombie horse or camel, but might deal piercing damage if your mount has sharp teeth.
Advanced Maneuver Disgusting Gallop
Disgusting Gallop [two-actions]
Disease MoveSource Pathfinder #181: Zombie Feast pg. 78
The zombie mount Strides twice, spraying putrid spittle as it runs. Once during this movement, choose a creature adjacent to the zombie mount. The spittle splashes on it, and the creature must succeed at a Fortitude save or be sickened 1. The creature is then temporarily immune to the spittle for 24 hours. This uses a trained DC using the zombie mount's Constitution modifier, or an expert DC if the mount is specialized.
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