Having an animal companion with a reasonably high Strength gives the team a lot of additional weight carrying capacity. - Smilodon has the best damage output, but i would still recommend to take Leopard instead. e. Sacred Huntsmaster is an Archetype of the Inquisitor class in Pathfinder: Kingmaker. Use bow or xbow. Linzi - Bard 1 / Sorccer of Sylvanus - Smilion Animal Companion. 2, which will be available on November 21. Rangers get one later, but the companion will be 4 levels behind which means you will want Boon Companion to boost it back up. It's such a life-saver. That said, the difference between a grizzly bear (CR4, 2 claws +7 (1d6+5 plus grab), bite +7 (1d6+5)) and an animal companion bear (bite +3 (1d4+2), 2 claws +3 (1d3+2)) is awfully wide for a good many levels. Hunter: Base Class [ Full BAB 3/4 BAB, half caster] Inquisitor: Sacred Huntsmaster & Animal Domain [3/4 BAB, Half Caster, Skill monkey] Kineticist: No. IMO, its up to the player to role play the loss of their companion resulting in any morale deficiency or change in play style. How is possible to have multiple effective Animal Companions? Unlike familiars, you are allowed to have more than one animal companion. Pathfinder is a tabletop RPG based off of the 3. Hello, Pathfinders! We are delighted to announce that the Assassin class has been redesigned and upgraded in update 2. As for companion power, it depends on what you want. - naturally uses DEX for armor class. He hasn't come back after a few levels, so he's gone for good. Basically nothing that would increase their size twice to Huge, since that would render them incapable of mounting. Originally posted by Myrryr: Go to your inventory, you should be able to see your whole party, select the dead guy, and then right click and use the scroll on them. There is the answer: store. Apart but not aloof from the races of Golarion stand a legion of deities: merciful guardians, impassive observers, vile destroyers, and inscrutable entities, all with designs they seek to make. Nok-Nok: I let him build his temples, but when facing the false Goblin King, I simply killed him instead of tricking him. Those domain slots don't have the best spells, but since they can be converted into summons i really see no reason to not take animal domain instead of animal companion (unless you have a very specific feat. It is a fantastic domain, as animal companions are a bit too strong and versatile here. G. 2 Update, along with The Lord of Nothing DLC. Only clerics are main healers, since no semi-caster gets the important spells restoration, heal and mass heal. The hardest thing about sorcerers in general is that you're stuck with your spells. 2, which will be available on November 21. Animal Fury, Beast Totem (Lesser), Beast Totem, Beast Totem, (Greater), Fearless Rage, Lethal Accuracy, Increased Damage Reduction x2. I would avoid it. If Core Classes are the only ones allowed, then the best class for an animal companion is Druid. Arueshalae (broken. A ranger's animal companion shares his favored enemy and favored terrain bonuses. 10. You're better off going for one of the hunter subclasses if you want an archer with an animal companion. You have to expend diamonds, which are an expensive resource, and generally need to re-buff the revived party member. Fighter doesn't come close to Slayer. One time her animal companion gets hit down to "death's door" and now, even after resting at the capitol it's not removed. 287. 7. His wife Amanda and daughter Clarissa were brutally killed by a group of trolls lead by Kargadd. Pack Tactics - At 2nd level, a mad dog and her war beast gain a +4 bonus on attack rolls. ago. They also take permanent negative levels. Inq with Leopard. 1. A sacred huntsmaster gains most of the features. Always dip 5 levels somewhere and take. 69. In practice speed difference is negligible because 1) You can charge, and 2)after the first turn, fights end up in a cluster fuck. Other suggested mods: Turn-Based mod. Smilodon S: 1 1d6 bite with 4 1d4 claws, pounce W: Low natural armor. Hello, Pathfinders! We are delighted to announce that the Assassin class has been redesigned and upgraded in update 2. A subreddit for all things involving Pathfinder CRPG series made by Owlcat Games. - Smilodon has the best damage output, but i would still recommend to take Leopard instead. A Character with effective druid level of 11 will have an animal companion of Hitdie 9 (level 9) You can use this spreadsheet to see what their stats are based on your character level. Worg Chest. Wrath dials this up to a 10 with equipment slots, barding, mythic options, and companion archetypes. HAWmaro. Size Large; AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d8), 2 claws (2d4), or spikes (ranged 1d6, 24 per 24 hours); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex -2, Con +4. Since you can't click the portrait, open inventory. For the Lich mythic path you get skeletal champion (s) at some point. Both spells are decent, but questionable as a base of a build. This bonus increases to +2 at 8th level, +3 at 13th level, and +4 at 18th level. 2 Update, along with The Lord of Nothing DLC. In Kingmaker I like Octavia and Reg, Jaethal, Jubilost, Linzy and the twins. The composition of tanks, DPS, ranged/support, and skill check specialists. Party 2 makes use of Animal Companions because they are. Use the Bag of Tricks mod from the Nexus. The Raven will ask a question to try to get a party member's name. But still, you are getting the animal companion some other way and freeing up deity/domain slot. The AC is not super high but humongous lifesteal and hp pool can keep you alive through almost anything. But still, you are getting the animal companion some other way and freeing up deity/domain slot. Yes, with respec mod you can change his pet. In the House, Octavia sacrificed him to escape. Your 12 companions have quests of varying length and complexity. However, it's bugged and has UNLIMITED USES instead of the once per day from its description. Animal companions obviously do, but as far as familiars are concerned its uncertain. but can not move to cave again. In the end, I've saved the final sacrifice, but after Tristan was forgiven by. AC +6, Str/dex +3, and x2 ability score increase from being an animal companion. As long as you aren't in battle or dungeon right click the scroll and the use. Whether this happens depends on the choices you make during the prologue when speaking to Jamandi Aldori. "Destruction is best for archer inquisitor. Agree to investigate to begin the companion quest. A ranger who selects an animal companion can choose one from the list of available creatures. 'Eternal'. Rangers get one later, but the companion will be 4 levels behind which means you will want Boon Companion to boost it back up. When properly buffed, an animal companion can serve as a very effective off-tank and essentially be an extra character. Once it's open, he can be selected to fill the position of Warden. Exactly, trickster into legend gendarme does 35k+ damage per charge. are these generally worth it? Login Store Home Discovery Queue Wishlist Points Shop News StatsGo to Pathfinder_Kingmaker r/Pathfinder_Kingmaker • by. . 1. It seems because all the companion not togather. The martial class should take care of armor and weapon proficiency in one go, and when picking fighter, you also get a bonus feat. With the right choices, your animal companion can be a scout, a striker, a defender, or. The powerful ones are so much better. enjoy being the most OP build in the game, you dont even need ac cus. For level one, yes, but there's other methods to pick them up at level 4 and to end up with the Animal's level being = to your class level. Ranger 7 without Boon Companion = Animal at level 4. Just finished fighting nulkineth. If you have a Wildlands shaman (a battle spirit shaman with a pet, orc exclusive) and a Brown Fur transmuter (you give them the dinosaur bismark you can get in Drezen) with slightly annoying management of gear (since their is a ton of overlap) you’ll be A-Okay animal companions have pretty solid AC when buffed correctly and in general can work pretty well The animal domain gives access to the nature's ally spells and an animal companion. Seems like the armor is really only good up to medium, and then only if you're not doing things that give your companion more dex. Animals, whether they are pets or service animals, often seem to better understand you than anyone else. View community ranking In the Top 5% of largest communities on Reddit. glenn4moose Alchemist • 4 yr. Martialis Jun 10, 2020 @ 3:34pm. Yes, it's correct. The feat works once per round, and it automatically tries to negate the first attack they get targeted with. Speed. You can make minor tweeks to it and get by alright. Happy birthday, Kingmaker!Yes, with respec mod you can change his pet. Show more. Sorcerer with Sabertooth. Class Skills: Athletics, Knowledge (Arcana), Knowledge (World), Lore (Nature), Perception. Aside from that it just costs time. ago. Best CC + tank pet: Cheetah (it gets trip + 3 attacks + highest AC) Best dps pet: Smilodon (5 attacks). what should I do? sry my english < > See full list on pathfinderkingmaker. ago. Also, as a reminder animal companions level up with the class that grants them, not any old class. Raise dead also removes the death's door condition. pair it with a good weapon, i recommend greataxe of rovagug (whichever one has best crit) and take one level dip in loremaster for improved improved critical to get it to 15-20 crit range. 217. 83K Members. Animal domain gives a pet at class level 4 with a -3 level penalty, so you need to take Boon Companion to scale it up to its full potential. Corrupted Galfrey. The Mastodon is the best animal companion by nature of being the tankiest (bar the shitty Boar), and doing okay-ish damage, but the real thing that it brings is AoE Trip (!!). Details: store. Jul 18, 2019 @ 8:29am I. You can keep tabs of companion health by holding TAB during combat. Death's Door : like for any. The question is what happens when you Animal Companion Dies? The rules are: If your companion dies, you can spend a week of downtime to replace it at no cost. So a Ranger 5/Fighter 2 without Boon Companion = Animal at level 3. Pathfinder: CRPG - Kingmaker & WotR. Instead, they'll fall unconscious until the end of the combat. Introduction to Animal Companions in Pathfinder Kingmaker Ranger is just 'ok' by comparison, although the animal companion, if you get it, evens it out a bit. So humans can ride him. WIS is your primary stat because it will give you more spells per day, after that. Mad dog 1 (from this point forward ride your leopard to glory) Knife Master 1 - Boon Companion. He was way better than the horse and centipede. Toss an Animal Growth or better yet, Legendary Proportions onto a Mastodon animal companion and watch as it keeps essentially everything. Druid are indeed great. Inq with Leopard. 1) Should be able to rename animal companions. EmptyJackfruit9353 • 2 mo. But the Smilodon's unbuffed stats are still pretty respectable: Smilodon - Level 10 - HP 125 - Str 29/ Dex 23/ Con 25 - Bite Attack +16, 1d8+16 / Claw Attack +17, 1d6+16 - AC 34 - Fort 17 / Ref 16 /. I read another post that I needed to rest, so I did just that and he still won't. However, the Mastodon is the best pet by a pretty large margin. I will definitely remember. ago. Fighter doesn't come close to Slayer. Kingmaker: Mechanic. I read another post that I needed to rest, so I did just that and he still. 261. Before it happened, I had cast 'death ward', which is still active. This results in the animal finishing at level 16 when the master is 20. 83K Members. steampowered. The animal companions you'll use are all. A Small Cat (like a cheetah or leopard) is a great tank and damage dealer/tripper. Most of the companions require just a completion of their quests, although there a few tricks for some of them. Think of it this way, at least it ended relatively quickly! You almost certainly would’ve been screwed by some random bug over the course of a full play through atm, better to have this happen now than 50+ hours into it. Is there COMPLETE death for companions? Can companions die for good, if they get massive hit - similar to Baldur's Gate? Showing 1 - 5 of 5 comments. ReplyRaise Animal Companion. It's a shame that Amiri is a generic Barbarian and doesn't have Mad Dog levels so we could keep the Animal Companion gravy train running. My current play through I'm playing a Ranger and just got a bear as an animal companion. Works for male animal companions too!. Enneo claims he found the dagger in a dead boar near the Old Sycamore. However a bunch of different classes offer animal companions in Kingmaker including ranger, druid, cleric, inquisitor, barbarian (mad dog), and sorcerer (sylvan). my main was a Halfling Barbarian 6 (Mad Dog) / Druid 10 / Rogue 4 (for Finesse Training) :D Animal companion was L20 due to taking a Feat for it. - at level 7 also uses DEX for damage. Even in Kingmaker they remained incredibly powerful if properly buffed. Had our last session of this arch before I take over GM for a bit. if you dip you might have to get boon companion to get the one last level (i think). What is displayed as levels for animal companions isnt really a level but the Hitdie amount they have. Death's door is that affliction that comes when a character dies in combat. monitor lizards are better than both because it can trip AND poison. Then I was able to choose either a dog or a wolf mount. Mork. The Boon Companion feat makes the game calculate the companion level as if your companion granting class was four levels higher, which allows Rangers to access fully leveled companions and some minor multiclassing without losing companion levels. • 5 yr. Big question about companions (story spoilers) I just read that at some point in the game Linzi dies and you can't prevent it. Gore is simply the "weapon" the Boar uses. Hex: Onii-Chan Sep 27, 2018 @ 7:35pm. Kingmaker: Mechanic Just got the game and started playing, I turned on turn based mode because that sounds so much more compatible with the D20 system. It also requires a necklace slot for the dex to damage. And this applies to all buffs, including personal buffs like Shield or False Life. The games are similar to classic RPG games such as Baldur's Gate and Neverwinter Nights. An animal companion with only one natural attack add 1. Pity Counter Program. In an ambush, I lost my doggo to some rainbow-like magic attack. Take the Animal Domain because it gives you more spell slots. Hi, first post here! I am playing a long campaign with a Flurry Ranger that also uses Animal Companions. High saving throws for Fortitude and Will, low saving throw for Reflex. Things were going fine until Senor Oso ate a fireball and died. Namely, there is the feat 'boon companion' which raises the AC's level by 4 up to a max of your character level. Sacred Huntermaster potentially unlocks another domain/deity to use, but since as an inquisitor you don't get spells from domains, animal domain is the best anyway. If you want to be a necromancer, Death and Repose are good. The Sabertooth does some crazy damage. Animal companions are a key component of druids and rangers, and through archetypes can be components of other classes. Highest skill points of any cleric class and an extra spell slot with Bonded Item. Schutzengel Sep 24, 2018 @ 3:49am. Nope. 13 Animal Seize The Moment (OR if share team feat > Toughness) 14 Animal. But when I got to my first set of combat turns I see I have to micromanage everything my party does, despite there being a bunch of rules in the settings for AI logic. You should see a health bar you can click on to expand out the companion (of course NOT in overland travel mode). 429. #1 Hex: Onii-Chan Sep 30, 2018 @ 4:51am Originally posted by ZeroStarkiller: Just take a rest and it will revive next to you in the camp. Mork Aug 2, 2021 @ 5:08am. Nor can I use Raise Dead (which should remove it) as it just says that's not what it's. Any check that can be performed by a regular Companion can also be. At the 5th level choose the feat boon companion so your companion will be as strong as if you chose companion from. He snuck into the room and stabilized us all while his chicken nickel and dimed it to death. First off, the feat Boon Companion will raise an Animal Companion up to four levels (up to a maximum of your character level), so you’ll probably want to take that. Companion Quests. Having a huge companion would be extremely inconvenient. With True Resurrection (lv 9) your body would be healed completely from even undeath or killed by death effect. You won't want to take too many levels in anything that doesn't level up your animal companion, which can be limiting. Complete all her quests: "Prove Your Worth", "Pariah", "Blood Calling" and "Reforged Blade". Ekun's wolf has a trip attack, high hp, crazy high AC, and a 50ft base move speed. 1 Animal domain only. In fact, I can't even see my companion in the menu or in the list of party members at the bottom of the screen. Not wizard familiar. Pets level slower then the companions in this game. The best healer/tank is a (martial class) 1/cleric (all the rest). Sylvan- Animal Companion and some nature spells. But after the battle he didn't get up, despite healing. I had two leopards, one from my main char and one from eky in my last game. Additionally, an animal companion with only one natural attack receives iterative attacks at higher BAB, unlike with most natural attacks. Dog is the name given to Ekundayo's animal companion. When I change map it spawns in the entrance but still on the ground, and don't move, you need to rest to make it unfroze. Druid with Boar. To add to this it also gets. \$\begingroup\$ You may want to include something that MivaScott included in a deleted comment. Anyway you can take a. Hold person or maximised touch of gracelessness or maximised ray of enfeeblement + alchemist's curse bomb. com 18 r/Pathfinder_Kingmaker Join • 6 days ago Hello, pathfinders! Hotfix 2. So the potential of any hybrid is it can. Sage- Int based caster. Animal Companions are usually cost a penalty somewhere else to offset the power they have. That is normal. • 5 yr. everything in the tomb, including the boss, can be solved with low-level druid spell entangle/throrns, positioning, and flanking rogue. Companion Quests. I'm level three but haven't seen anything indicating that my companion is also leveling. P:WoTR features 15 unique Companions to recruit during your adventure. are these generally worth it? Animals and Pets Anime Art Cars and Motor Vehicles Crafts and DIY Culture, Race, and Ethnicity Ethics and Philosophy Fashion Food and Drink History Hobbies Law Learning and Education Military Movies Music Place Podcasts and Streamers Politics Programming Reading, Writing, and Literature Religion and Spirituality Science Tabletop Games. During the weeks and months that you are not actively adventuring you are developing your barony, later kingdom, making sure that it is a secure, prosperous and happy place. If you can convince the GM to allow hybrid classes, then Hunter would be a good choice. NagiandKato. Like, case in point, Camellia has about 0 redeeming features and would be nothing. Excellent druid buffs for the party (barkskin, lesser restoration, resist/protection from energy communal, soothing mud, delay poison communal. Animal Companion - Leopard is an Animal Companion in Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous. If you have a Wildlands shaman (a battle spirit shaman with a pet, orc exclusive) and a Brown Fur transmuter (you give them the dinosaur bismark you can get in Drezen) with slightly annoying management of gear (since their is a ton of overlap) you’ll be A-Okay animal companions have pretty solid AC when buffed correctly and in general can work. Andrew the Warwitch. Druids by default scale their pets off of their own level. Under Hunter's Bond it says this ability functions like the druid animal companion ability, except as noted. Last edited by Finrod ; Aug 12, 2021 @ 4:45am. Her flock is the walking dead and her choir the keening spirits of the damned. Boon Companion is a feat in Pathfinder: Kingmaker. How good are animal companions once you get into the late game? They are great in the early game, but I also remember in Kingmaker that they basically fell off a cliff in terms of power once you started getting into the double digit levels. my sorcerer's animal companion died in the cave. Everything caps at 20 with legend path, unfortunately you can't have 2 animal companions if i'm correct. Your 12 companions have quests of varying length and complexity. Companion dies during companion specific zone and game over save gone. A sylvan sorcerer must take the Sylvan Bloodline as their sorcerer bloodline. Myrtillo Oct 22, 2018 @ 4:58pm. -5/-10. Inquisitor Proficiencies. 'Everlasting'. The domain however gives you a domain spell slot so you can cast an extra spell per level, but only the domain spell. Raise Animal Companion. Corrupted Galfrey. #2. <insert "Kung-fu Panda" joke here> But you need DEX 13 to take Dodge and INT 3 to take Improved Unarmed Strike. I know that Death from above is kinda supposed to be Ulbrig's special move but it just feels weird that the two other winged transformations can't do the same swooping maneuver. 75x the character's level)+1, capped to the character's level. Gemeciusz. These can be removed through 2 castings of restoration. If you have the scrolls this is what you have to do. As soon as combat ends they die, and they can't be healed in combat. Started my first playthrough a few days ago. Those companions can still trip via the Trip standard action, but not by attacking. A companion’s hit die is d8 and they gain multiples of 4. Also do-able without custom characters. If you go 1 level of Fighter and 1 level of Druid, your animal companion will be level 1, if you go 5 levels of. At level 3, Divine Hunter gets Otherworldly Companion which gives some DR and Smite Evil. Second, the two most recommended choices are a smilodon (5 attacks and pounce) or a leopard (3 attacks, trip attempt on a bite, and the highest of any animal companion). The only problem with playing a Ranger is that you have a perfectly. Stay back and used ranged attacks and spells while every enemy misses your animal companion. Members Online. i play pathfinder society which is even more strict/stingy than regular pathfinder rules when it comes to animal companion customization and my hunter's animal companion could hang with any of the kingmaker companions. #4. Next fight, he dissapeared forever. Uhh no, you're talking about two separate things: the Boon Companion feat makes up for the -3 level penalty which rangers and Animal-domain casters take to their pets, as well as any non-pet levels you take on a pet class; e. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. If you switch to a non-pet class, the pet won't level at all, although you can take the Boon Companion feat to replace up to four non-pet levels. There's another reason for animal companions not showing up: You need to abort leveling, right after receiving the companion. 3 All other domains. Ranger is just 'ok' by comparison, although the animal companion, if you get it, evens it out a bit. However, if the druid constantly places the companion is needless dangerous situations resulting in its death, such as using the companion as a method of setting off traps. Just trying to understand why people seem to say that animal companions suck at high levels. g. I suggest picking a tank, since the main character and named characters will get stuck in a solo plot battle against enemies later. A Screenshot of Pathfinder: Kingmaker. Pet are extremely strong in this game. Is this just the bonuses and penalties from when they went up in size? But I thought Leopard's Dex wasn't supposed to go down. This animal is a loyal companion that accompanies the ranger on his adventures as appropriate for its kind. Her family organized a gofundme campaign to help her, and you can donate using the link in the post or spread the word. Level 2: Glitterdust, Mirror Image, Bulls Strength, Cats Grace (both for animal companion) Level 3: Stinking Cloud, Heroism, Haste, Displacement Level 4: Summon Monster, Controlled Fireball Level 5: Animal Growth (only if you don't have the leopard as your animlal companion), Summon Monster, Cloud Kill, Constricting CoilsThose 2 are adjustable by editing a json file for the mod; however imo significant changes like these should come as optional unless specified (ala nearly all Baldurs Gate tweak mods) rather than the other way around, i. Death's Door (but it's not enabled), then immediate death after combat. I noticed it was only giving me a +5 on the roll when my animal companion has a +13 or so for it, so I reloaded and checked again and sure enough it was showing the next highest athletics person with a +5 and that's what it rolled each time. High saving throws for Fortitude and Will, low saving throw for Reflex. Maybe in a mod, tho. Deflection and Shield AC do not stack. 604) but as far as I know there are no creatures that have the companion trait. In actual Pathfinder you can pick up an owlbear (or other atypical creatures) as a companion via a handful of different feat options. There were less in kingmaker because animals were not ridable. In Kingmaker, animal companions cannot use equipment and they instead rely on having high stats and natural armor increases every other level to survive. *Then* the quest apparently triggers. Tristan: Told Jaethal to occupy her daughter's body. Monster Tac gets a domain so can take animal domain and get a pet on top of his summons and gives his summons teamwork feats. Alignment must be within one place of Neutral. If this reduces the number of spells to 0, he may only select a spell of that level if he has sufficient Wisdom to gain a bonus spell. They're a bit suboptimal, but the majority of companion NPCs can swap to an animal companion class that fits somewhat with their stat array. Slowest pet. For a cohort or follower with. That meant no cavalier, or paladin mounts, or other classes that keyed on 'riding' companions. With this feat your pet is lvl 4 if you are lvl 4. I created an earlier party build for Pathfinder: Kingmaker centered around an evil party, but after messing around I realized that this build works best with some tweaks that are only possible with a good alignment! It's a powerful build that combines use of Animal Companions and Teamwork feats. It is huge and contains over 400 changes! Patch notes and instructions to install the beta can be found here:Pathfinders, one of the artists who worked with us on Pathfinder: Kingmaker, Sasha Forman, is fighting cancer now, and her insurance doesn’t cover the expensive medicine she needs. There are no major fights involving mounted opponents and almost no emphasis on them whatsoever. Sacred Huntermaster potentially unlocks another domain/deity to use, but since as an inquisitor you don't get spells from domains, animal domain is the best anyway. Right from the start of level 1 it will have 19 AC (10 + 5 dex + 1 natural armor + 1 small size + 2 armor bonus leather barding). Ranger*: they are good at hitting stuff and get bonus cheat feats. 3) Shared spells would be nice, but I can live without them. When your animal companion dies, the grief you feel can be as strong or even stronger than when a friend or family member dies. ct. Finrod May 11, 2019 @ 2:45am. You’ll need to travel to the Old Sycamore with Jaethal. - KingmakerRebalance/README. Fey Stalker - at level 3, animal companion and any creatures she summons with summon nature’s ally gain a +1 morale bonus on attack and damage rolls against fey creatures. 0 Plus 16 (Fling), cheatengine table kingmaker. In addition, the subject's soul must be free and willing to return. md at master · Holic75/KingmakerRebalance. Or why anyone would ever play a character without an animal. r/Pathfinder_Kingmaker • On March 7, you'll have the chance to meet Ulbrig, the new companion from The Last Sarkorians DLC! And now — enjoy his musical theme, energetic and heroic as Ulbrig himself!If there was an easy way within the bounds of the game, like a feat, a whole lot of builds would recommend it. Saboteurnado. Linzi: Completed "A Bard's Calling". 0. In my current run, ember has a dog. 2 Update, along with The Lord of Nothing DLC. Monstrous Mount/Companion being the ones I know about off the top of my head, but I'm sure there's another method or 3 that people who use pet classes would know. Blessing of the Faithful: +2 ranged Sacred Bonus to attacks, AC, damage, and skills for one round. Easier to use as they are smaller so its not so crowded. yeah you have to leave the city. You can either name a companion or a random companion will name him/herself. Because a 1 level dip would only give you a level 1 pet. My preferred playstyle is mellee sorcerer either with the usual dips and going dex cha or this time with the extra bloodline mythic and going sorcerer 16 Dragon discipline 4 for the str cha. If you do choose an Animal Companion, take Boon Companion at level 5 and maybe mix in three levels of Sacred Huntsmaster. Animal companions also get the Enhanced Attacks ability, which gives them a +1 enhancement bonus on attack rolls and damage and a +1 resistance bonus to saving throws every third.