Companion Animist (Apath)

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The companion animist has a guardian spirit that takes the form of a physical creature.

Class Information

This is a animist archetype.

Hit Dice: d8.

Class Features

The familiar animist has all the standard animist’s class features, except as noted below.

Companion Guide

A familiar animist chooses either a familiar or animal companion as a guide, treating her class level as her wizard or druid level for the purpose of this ability. If the companion guide is slain, the companion animist gains the regular animist's spirit guide ability until she replaces her companion guide.

This replaces the spirit guide, guide concentration, and guide walk abilities

Guide Development

The the companion guide gains new supernatural acuity at level 7. This has a different effect depending on what for the companion guide takes.

An animal companion gains an +2 bonus to Intelligence and the ability to speak one language the animist speaks, usually common. The animal companion gains a +1 bonus to Intelligence for every two class levels after level 7.

A companion animist with a familiar can choose between gaining Improved Familiar as a bonus feat or to give his familiar the ability to cast invisibility on itself at will as a spell-like ability at the animist's spellcaster level.

Table: Companion Animist

Class Level	Base Attack Bonus	Fort Save	Ref Save	Will Save	Special	Spells per Day
						1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
1st	+0	+0	+0	+2	Allied spirits, animist taboo, companion guide, detect spirits, orisons, spirit channel 1d6	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2nd	+1	+0	+0	+3	Placate spirit	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
3rd	+2	+1	+1	+3	Spirit protection, spirit channel 2d6	5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
4th	+3	+1	+1	+4	Ghost warrior	6	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
5th	+3	+1	+1	+4	See the unseen, spirit channel 3d6	6	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
6th	+4	+2	+2	+5	Spirit ward	6	5	3	—	—	—	—	—	—
7th	+5	+2	+2	+5	Guide development, seal spirit, spirit channel 4d6	6	6	4	—	—	—	—	—	—
8th	+6/+1	+2	+2	+6	Exorcism	6	6	5	3	—	—	—	—	—
9th	+6/+1	+3	+3	+6	Spirit channel 5d6, Spirit quest	6	6	6	4	—	—	—	—	—
10th	+7/+2	+3	+3	+7	Ghost champion	6	6	6	5	3	—	—	—	—
11th	+8/+3	+3	+3	+7	Banish spirit, spirit channel 6d6	6	6	6	6	4	—	—	—	—
12th	+9/+4	+4	+4	+8	Greater spirit protection	6	6	6	6	5	3	—	—	—
13th	+9/+4	+4	+4	+8	Spirit channel 7d6	6	6	6	6	6	4	—	—	—
14th	+10/+5	+4	+4	+9	Shadow walk	6	6	6	6	6	5	3	—	—
15th	+11/+6/+1	+5	+5	+9	Spirit channel 8d6	6	6	6	6	6	6	4	—	—
16th	+12/+7/+2	+5	+5	+10	Tie down spirits	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	3	—
17th	+12/+7/+2	+5	+5	+10	Spirit destination, spirit channel 9d6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	4	—
18th	+13/+8/+3	+6	+6	+11	Spirit loyalty	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	3
19th	+14/+9/+4	+6	+6	+11	Ghost general, spirit channel 10d6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	4
20th	+15/+10/+5	+6	+6	+12	Planar deputation	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

Summary of Changed Class Abilities

These abilities of the original class are lost or modified in this archetype:

• Detect Spirit (1st level)
• Spirit Guide (1st level)
• Guide Concentration (13th level)
• Guide Walk (15th level)
• Spirit Loyalty (18th level)

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