Wow Josh, I missed that. With the prices I am seeing for animals, very few backgrounds will be able to afford an Loyal companion (at character creation at least) unless they take a Heirloom talent with an Animal as their Heirloom.
Wolfs are so prominent in the rules and examples, I find it hard to believe that there is no way to get one.
1,2,3 ) don't really matter now does it.
4) I have no clue how I missed the skills for the Mastiff
Thanks
5) The only way I can think of getting Loyal Companion twice in one tier is to Take the talent, then take a path that has the talent. Which means I have to wait until tier 3 before my mastiff can have the same stamina as me.
But doesn't the infernal servants rules kind of form a precedent for how to handle getting a loyal companion later in tiers? That is how I would handle it in court
The air elemental I think is a elorii spell and I put it in only for completeness.
This is why we need a guide, but while I was once enthusiastic about putting one together and had it 90% done, now I hardly see a reason.
Need to dump or redesign 2 of my characters.
I love this game, but why in the world are we making things so complicated.