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Hunter is not able to teach hunter's tricks to animal companions

baradakas

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From Adv. Class Guide pp. 26: "A hunter may teach her companion hunter’s
tricks from the skirmisher ranger archetype (Pathfinder RPG Advanced Player’s Guide 128) instead of standard tricks."

From APG pp. 128: "A ranger can use these tricks a total number of times per day equal to 1/2 his ranger level + his Wisdom modifier."

So two changes are needed to implement this class feature:

1) Hunter's Trick should be an option on the list of tricks for the animal companion. You could list all hunter's tricks in the tricks list, or you could create a drop-down in each hunter's trick row, allowing the user to select which hunter's trick to teach to the companion.

2) If a hunter's trick has been taught to the companion (or even if it's not, if that makes things easier), hunter's tricks uses should be a tracked daily usage resource on the hunter's character sheet.
 
The Hunter's Tricks can be added on the "Hunter Benefits" tab, the same tab where you apply the Animal Focus. They even count against the tricks you can teach on the "Feats" tab, so I'm not seeing the problem with this.

As for the uses per day, it's not clear to me (and I'm not the only one) what the usage restrictions are on these special tricks. None is listed, and the skirmisher section refers to the Ranger's wisdom. Do you use the Hunter's or the Companion's wisdom? More clarification is needed from Paizo on this.

Just my humble point of view.
 
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