====== Animal Companion ======

**Requires**:  Trained in Nature

//This version of Animal Companion is //not// the same as the Ranger version, but as it shares the same name, you cannot have both versions.//

You have gained the trust and assistance of some creature.  Your animal companion is a class feature, //not// a separate entity, and as such, it cannot be targeted by attacks or killed.  

Choose an animal, and decide if it is Clever, Large, Mystic or Savage.

^Type      ^  Power  ^  Wits  ^  Instinct  ^
|Clever    |    1    |   2    |   1        |
|Large     |    3    |   1    |   2        |
|Mystic    |    0    |   2    |   0        |
|Savage    |    2    |   1    |   1        |


You suffer a penalty equal to your animal companion's Instinct to attempts to Aid, Make an Impression or Make a Request.

===== Tricks =====

Every animal companion learns the **Hunt** trick.  Choose a number of additional tricks from the list below, equal to your animal companion's Wits.

**Assist**:  Add your animal companion's Wits to Investigation, Nature or Survival checks.

**Attack**:  Add your animal companion's Power to your damage when you strike a foe.

**Defend**:  Add your animal companion's Wits to your Agility defence.

**Empower**:  You are always considered to be in a natural environment for purposes of recovering \[AE]ther.

**Harry**:  Subtract your animal companion's Wits from the Speed of your Marked Prey.

**Hunt**:  Add your animal companion's Wits to Perception checks to find a creature and to Survival checks made to track a creature.

**Protect**:  Add your animal companion's Power to your Damage Resistance.

**Ride**:  (Large only)  Add your animal companion's Power to your Speed when travelling overland.