Spider Companion

[Nufferz]

Spider animal companion seems to be broken.  It is not summoning at the moment.

[putrid_plum]

Also, my panther companion does not bring up the usual animal companion dialog, as in feed/pet/yell etc..

On a similar note, the panther seems far underpowered compared to what it replaced.  Less sneak damage and no spring attack meaing it racks up AoO's out the butt.  By what it replaced I mean the deep prowler and not the default panther.

Figured I'd tag this on.

[I can has fun?]

I believe the reset ScottB referred to as pending in his announcement has not yet occurred.

[ShiftingAllegiances]

I do hope so since the panther is pretty bad overall right now. A 2 hp increase, an AB increase, ac decrease, less sneak attack, and one of the biggest things is the lack of spring attack. I would hope it is looked at if that is what it is suppose to be right now.

[ScottyB]

I can't really comment on power - although, I believe the new panther is supposed to be weaker than the default BioWare panther. How much so, I'm not certain. Your comparison should not be made to the deep prowler.

What do you mean by "the spider doesn't summon"? Is it that something else is summoned, or that no creature appears when you use the Summon Animal Companion?

[Nufferz]

Reset fixed it.  It originally wasn't summoning anything but upon reading your original announcement I noticed it was not taking affect until the next reset which took place just recently.

[Dilandau Kale]

Well comparing it to the default here are the pro's and con's

New version pro's

Better Armour class of 2 than default
Slightly better Dex (20 instead of 19)
Better Con (15 instead of 11)
Weapon finesse (so better chance to hit)

Cons

6 Less Hp (even though it has a better con?)
Has 1d6 sneak attack compared to the default  4d6
Losses Uncanny dodge
Less Str (13 instead of 16