Animal Companion

Animal Companion by Shadowknight

Is very similar to Support Staff except it's an ANIMAL. This feat represents hero that has an animal of some sort that goes adventuring with him. It can be as small as a mouse or as big as a Saber Tooth Tiger. So basically from 1 lb to roughly 750 lbs. The AC obeys only you, not your team members, family or the police. So while it won't hurt them at best it will tolerate them but not like them. The Animal starts at maximum stats & Hit Points for its species and every other level you go up, you choose to roll 1D4 to Increase only 1 of it's stats either it's I.Q, P.E, SPD, Hit Points or its Claw attack. You can change which stats go up every other level.

Cost: 2 feats

Prerequisite: M.A of 20 or higher, P.E of 20 or higher, + Unusual Background Feat or Powers that are connected to Animal Powers.

Limitation: You can't choose this feat again. This Animal is important to you, this Animal isn't a robot. More likely than not this is a childhood friend were you save each others life at least half a dozen times while growing up. Their life is important so if a bad guy kidnaps them there's a 80% you'll drop everything to go out and save them. So pick this feat carefully for if you ever lose your Animal Companion, through neglect and you not doing your utmost to save them. The GM will impose -25% to all your skills and you'll lose 2 attacks & -2 to Hit, Parry & Damage or if a Mage or Psionicist lose 20% of your I.S.P or P.P.E and 1 attack due to how depressed you are for at least 2 levels. The Animal will live to a ripe old age for it's species but most heroes will retire their animal companion at least 3 yrs before it gets to old to continue adventuring and when it dies of a natural Death you can use this feat again to have 1 of it's descendants serve as an Animal Companion.

Further Limitation: You can't have Animal Companion and Support Staff also. You must spend at leas 20% of your salary giving your Animal Companion the best food, best veterinary care and best lodging possible. You also spend another 15 % of your yearly salary for permits, lawyers and Insurance against getting sued and people calling police to coral and transport your AC into a wild life preserve. This feat can't be chosen by Hardware, Robotics, Cyborg since their nature is too scientific and against nature. Godlings, Demi-Gods, Mega Heroes, Dragons and Immortals won't choose this feat because it's beneath them.