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Animal Companions Stacking?
Topic Started: Sep 24 2016, 08:03 PM (490 Views)
Pellease
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I'm assuming they don't right? I mean a ranger 6 and druid 9, won't get you a lvl 12 animal companion right?

I never know on here because sometimes things have been altered and they're not on here.
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Alersia
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I think they even stack on vanilla nwn2. :D
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Altair
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I'm pretty sure Animal Companion does add multiple sources to give you a total. I want to say that was a feature in 3.5, and I'm pretty certain that that carried over to NWN/2. I think any source of Animal Companion should improve your existing one. However, if one of them starts at a delayed level (4, 7, etc) your companion will be slightly behind your level.
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DigitalDragoon
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Druid/Ranger/Cleric (animal domain) all stack.
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AWESOME!
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Pellease
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Heads up, they don't stack.
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Whitefly
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http://nwn2.wikia.com/wiki/Animal_Companion_(feat)
 
Animal companion capabilities in NWN2 do NOT stack like they do in PnP. The highest level of animal companion is the animal that you receive. If obtain a new class that has an animal companion, you can change the type of animal that you receive, but you will not receive 2 (or more) companions. For example, a Druid 6 that has a Wolf companion and levels up in Ranger to level 4 will select a new companion. The selected companion's name and animal type will over-write the Wolf companion but its level will still be identical to that received by the Druid until the Ranger level surpasses the Druid level.

The wiki is your friend. Sorry you got mislead, Pell.
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Pellease
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Yeah that's what I figured lol, but people were so sure. Should have tested it before I based my last build on it . . . blah.
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Whitefly,Nov 4 2016
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http://nwn2.wikia.com/wiki/Animal_Companion_(feat)
 
Animal companion capabilities in NWN2 do NOT stack like they do in PnP. The highest level of animal companion is the animal that you receive. If obtain a new class that has an animal companion, you can change the type of animal that you receive, but you will not receive 2 (or more) companions. For example, a Druid 6 that has a Wolf companion and levels up in Ranger to level 4 will select a new companion. The selected companion's name and animal type will over-write the Wolf companion but its level will still be identical to that received by the Druid until the Ranger level surpasses the Druid level.

The wiki is your friend. Sorry you got mislead, Pell.

The funny thing is that in this page, it says that they stack.
http://nwn2.wikia.com/wiki/Animal_companion

"Note: Animal companion levels stack from different classes. For example a Druid 15/ Cleric 15 (with animal domain) will have a full level companion. Tested and confirmed in final NWN2 version. "
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Iirc, it's something to do with taking the identical animal for both classes, for it to stack correctly.
I think this is why the dino is seen to work correctly, as it overwrites all class animals to be the same dino.


Edit: wiki suggests that the same name is necessary too (maybe -I don't remember this). It might be worth testing.
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Pellease
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I mean I can definitely test this. I did go for improved familiar though and he wasn't getting the bonus.
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FriendlyNecromancer
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It does most certainly stack for companion level purposes in vanilla NWN2 and Sigil.
A Cleric 5 (Animal Domain)/Druid 5 for example has the animal companion of a Druid 10.
Just remember ranger has a delayed animal companion progression.
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