Druid / ranger companion

[Jiggy]

Okay, this has probably been answered somewhere already, but it's hard to wade through all the animal companion stuff so maybe I missed it.

The PFS FAQ on ranger companions says you're restricted to the CRB ranger list unless other options are granted from another legal source.

Would that include a dip in druid?

For example, if I took my first level in druid and got one of the more exotic animal companions, then from 2nd level onward I only took ranger levels, would my ranger companion ability stack onto my druid companion? So if I was a Druid1/Ranger10 with Boon Companion, could I have a fully-leveled companion from the druid list?

[Bbauzh ap Aghauzh]

I believe this has finally been answered officially in the core rulebook FAQ.

Short answer: no.

To have the levels stack, the animal needs to be on both lists.

[godsDMit]

I agree with Andrew.

From my understanding, the 'unless from another legal source' part is referring to things like archetypes and the WBG2 chronicle boon.

[Bbauzh ap Aghauzh]

Sorry, the relevant FAQ is from the APG. The question is regarding cavalier/druid multiclassing.

But it does say the same ruling applies to a ranger/druid

[Jiggy]

Andrew Christian wrote:

Sorry, the relevant FAQ is from the APG. The question is regarding cavalier/druid multiclassing.

But it does say the same ruling applies to a ranger/druid

You mean this FAQ?

Actually, it says the same ruling applies to ranger/cavalier, not ranger/druid.

Hrm. I'm of two minds about that, then.

On the one hand, it seems easy to make it a global rule that any time you have pets, different lists = different critters.

On the other hand, druid/ranger would have seemed an obvious combination to reference, wouldn't it? Maybe the intent is that there's supposed to be a difference between a "companion" and a "mount", but there doesn't need to be as big of a gap between two classes' companions?

Hrm.

EDIT: Well, I'm sure I'm not the first to ask, so someone will probably come by with a link to a direct answer sooner or later.

[Conman the Bardbarian]

They should have said ranger/druid if they meant for the same ruling.

I believe your first example should be possible since that's kind of how the Hunter works.

[BigNorseWolf]

No.

I cannot fathom any reason why the ranger 4 druid 1 would work any differently than the cavalier 4 druid 1. Its the same exact thing.

[Paz]

No.

If it was legal, I suspect we'd see a lot more Druid 1/Ranger X builds than we do.

[kinevon]

@Jiggy:
Short answer: If the animal is on both lists, it can get the levels stacked.

If the animal is not on one of the lists, it is not going to benefit from the PC's levels in that class.

"other options from other legal sources." refers to boon access to unusual animal companions.

But, basically, to get the levels in multiple classes to stack, you have to work from the more restricted list, or from the overlap between restricted lists.