Summoner
Your god has rewarded your faithfulness and fervor by sending outsiders to serve, counsel, and protect you. Your signature ability summons a special outsider, called an eidolon companion, who forms a close bond with you, and both of you become more capable as you travel the path of devotion to a sacred cause. In addition to your eidolon, you gain the ability to summon other divine warriors, guides, and advisors to boost your power in service to your diety. But this power comes with a price: your spells and abilities are limited compared with other classes because you spend your time and resources directing and enhancing the outsiders you summon from your god's plane.
Role: As a summoner, your main role is to advance your god's mission and to support your allies and your summons. While your magic comes from a higher power, you rely heavily on your summoned outsiders in dangerous situations. Within an adventuring group, your eidolon may act as muscle, scout, mount, and jack-of-all-trades; you may be more suited to play a role as a supporter, healer, negotiator, and leader -- although you are, of course, free to shape your own role.
Restrictions: Your alignment must be the same as your god's. You must follow the ethos of your god. You may only honor one god, and no others (though you can tolerate or even ally with followers of other gods, especially if their gods are aligned with yours). However, your connection to your god is stronger than the bond that other priests share -- in part because the outsiders you summon report back directly about your adventures. At least once in your career, your god will call on you personally to perform a service of some kind, a quest that you cannot refuse. If you find your alignment drifting, if the restrictions of your ethos are too onerous, or if you refuse a required service, you and your game master should have a conversation about meeting these restrictions -- or about changing gods, or even changing class.
Base Attack Bonus: +0.50 / level.
Caster Level: +0.75 / level.
Will Save: +0.75 / level.
Fort Save: +0.75 / level.
Reflex Save: +0.50 / level.
Hit Die: d4.
| Level | Base Attack Bonus | Caster Level | Will Save | Ref Save | Fort Save | Special |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | +0 (+0.50) | 0 (0.75) | +0 (+0.75) | +0 (+0.50) | +0 (+0.75) | Tyro Signature: Eidolon Companion I |
| 2nd | +1 (+1.00) | 1 (1.50) | +1 (+1.50) | +1 (+1.00) | +1 (+1.50) | Summon Helper Spirit or Companion's Interaction Cantrip |
| 3rd | +1 (+1.50) | 2 (2.25) | +2 (+2.25) | +1 (+1.50) | +2 (+2.25) | Tyro Summons or Companion's Combat Cantrip |
| 4th | +2 (+2.00) | 3 (3.00) | +3 (+3.00) | +2 (+2.00) | +3 (+3.00) | Summon Lesser Scout or Companion's Exploration Cantrip |
| 5th | +2 (+2.50) | 3 (3.75) | +3 (+3.75) | +2 (+2.50) | +3 (+3.75) | Tyro Tier Choice |
| 6th | +3 (+3.00) | 4 (4.50) | +4 (+4.50) | +3 (+3.00) | +4 (+4.50) | Adventurer Signature: Eidolon Companion II |
| 7th | +3 (+3.50) | 5 (5.25) | +5 (+5.25) | +3 (+3.50) | +5 (+5.25) | Summon Translator Spirit or Cure Moderate Wounds |
| 8th | +4 (+4.00) | 6 (6.00) | +6 (+6.00) | +4 (+4.00) | +6 (+6.00) | Adventurer Summons or Shield Other |
| 9th | +4 (+4.50) | 6 (6.75) | +7 (+6.75) | +4 (+4.50) | +6 (+6.75) | Summon Counselor or Find Traps |
| 10th | +5 (+5.00) | 7 (7.50) | +7 (+7.50) | +5 (+5.00) | +7 (+7.50) | Adventurer Tier Choice |
| 11th | +5 (+5.50) | 8 (8.25) | +8 (+8.25) | +5 (+5.50) | +8 (+8.25) | Hero Signature: Eidolon Companion III |
| 12th | +6 (+6.00) | 9 (9.00) | +9 (+9.00) | +6 (+6.00) | +9 (+9.00) | Summon Messenger Spirit or Transfer Health |
| 13th | +6 (+6.50) | 9 (9.75) | +9 (+9.75) | +6 (+6.50) | +9 (+9.75) | Hero Summons or Shield Ally |
| 14th | +7 (+7.00) | 10 (10.50) | +10 (+10.50) | +7 (+7.00) | +10 (+10.50) | Summon Greater Scout or Bind Senses |
| 15th | +7 (+7.50) | 11 (11.25) | +11 (+11.25) | +7 (+7.50) | +11 (+11.25) | Hero Tier Choice |
| 16th | +8 (+8.00) | 12 (12.00) | +12 (+12.00) | +8 (+8.00) | +12 (+12.00) | Legend Signature: Eidolon Companion IV |
| 17th | +8 (+8.50) | 12 (12.75) | +12 (+12.75) | +8 (+8.50) | +12 (+12.75) | Summon Missionary Spirit or Suborn Summons |
| 18th | +9 (+9.00) | 13 (13.5) | +13 (+13.50) | +9 (+9.00) | +13 (+13.50) | Legend Summons or Transfer Actions |
| 19th | +9 (+9.50) | 14 (14.25) | +14 (+14.25) | +9 (+9.50) | +14 (+14.25) | Summon Visionary or Dimension Hop |
| 20th | +10 (+10.00) | 15 (15.00) | +15 (+15.00) | +10 (+10.00) | +15 (+15.00) | Legend Tier Choice |
Skill Proficiencies
The summoner's proficient skills (and the ability scores used to boost each skill) are Craft (Wis), Diplomacy (Cha), Disguise (Cha), Heal (Wis), Knowledge (Planes, Religion) (Int), Language (Abyssal, Axiom, Celestial, Infernal, Protean) (Int), Profession (all) (Wis), Ride (Dex), Sense Motive (Wis), Spellcraft (Int).
Skill Ranks per Level: 4 + Int modifier.
Weapon and Armor Proficiencies
Pick any two weapon groups from these options: Close, Hammers, Flails, Projectiles, and Thrown (see the rules for weapon groups in Weapons and Armor). You are proficient with all simple weapons in your chosen groups. You are also proficient with the favored weapon of your god. You are proficient with light armor, light shields, and bucklers.
Spells and Spell Casting
At second level, when your caster level is one, you can cast divine spells, which are drawn from the divine spell list presented in Spell Lists. As with all characters, you follow the general magic rules for spell slots per day, based on your caster level, which advances by three-quarters of a caster level every time you gain a summoner level. As a priest, Charisma is your spell casting ability score.
KNOWN SPELLS LIST: Each time you gain a caster level, you learn two new spells. You choose your spells from the divine spell list, but you may not choose from the Evocation or Necromancy schools. The level of the spell cannot exceed three-quarters of your new summoner level (minimum 1).
SAVING THROWS: A saving throw against one of your spells has a difficulty class (DC) of 9 + 1/2 spell slot used + your Casting Ability Score modifier. Certain feats and class abilities can modify your save DCs. Example: an Cha 18 summoner casting a 1st level spell with a 4th level slot has a DC for that spell of 9 +4 +2 = 15. The +2 comes from the 4th level slot used; the level of the spell itself is not relevant.
Summoning Creatures
Part of the fun of playing a summoner is roleplaying the interactions you have with the creatures you summon, especially since they may have interesting personalities, likes, dislikes, and mannerisms, as determined by your game master, possibly in consultation with you. In general, the game master roleplays the summoned creature, although this task could be delegated to another player, or even to yourself. Be aware that offending these creatures can have negative ramifications, because they are not obligated to follow your commands. They almost always do as you say, of course, but anybody can lose their temper or freak out, especially if mocked, abused, or disgusted.
When you use your summoner spell-like abilities to summon a creature of a particular type, you always summon the same individual. If you call a quasit, it is always the same quasit. If you call a trumpet archon, tiny ghostly spirit, or a mephit, it is always the same one. Exception: each time a neutral summoner summons an elemental, the summoner can choose air, earth, fire, or water; still, each time an air elemental is summoned, it is the same air elemental, each time a fire elemental is summoned, it is the same individual, etc.
In practical terms, this rule has the several ramifications:
- If you have two spell-like abilities that summon the same specific individual creature, you can only use those abilities one after the other, not at the same time. You can end any current summoning early as a swift action, and in fact this summons must end, naturally or early, before the second ability summoning the same creature can be activated.
- If you summon the same creature more than once in the same day, all its damage will be cured, conditions removed, and magical effects dispelled between visits. However, any power used by the summoned creature on an intermittent basis, such as a spell-like ability usable only once per day, is not renewed early between summonings. Also, if a summoned creature is slain, it can be summoned again only after 24 hours have elapsed.
- Your summoned creatures are friendly and helpful, within the constraints of their alignments, and they will tell you their secret true names. They typically use nicknames in everyday use, and it is a violation of your ethos to reveal a true name without permission. Your knowledge of their true name allows you to call them to your plane via Planar Ally and Gate spells.
- What summoned creatures are willing to do in their "off-hours" time is subject to negotiation, but if you use these opportunities to give them possessions and magical items, they will retain those possessions when summoned. That does not mean they will use expendable or charged items on your behalf, and it is certainly possible that they will sell, exchange, or give their possessions away on their home plane. Let the giver beware. Any gift that a summoned creature is willing to use "on duty" continues to count against your total allowed wealth by level.
- Note that creatures brought to you via Planar Ally and Gate spells are not summoned, and are slain permanently when killed! If a called creature who also serves you through a class ability truly dies, you lose 1% of your total experience points, and you are not assigned a replacement until you have gained a new Summoner level. A replacement outsider will not trust you with its true name.
Class Abilities
TYRO TIER
Level 1 Summoner Tyro Tier Signature Ability: Eidolon Companion I You can summon a companion of the outsider type called an eidolon. Although it is an outsider, it follows all the general rules for companions.
Your eidolon takes a form shaped by the your desires. It can have either a quadrupedal, bipedal, or legless (serpentine or fishlike) base form (see below). The eidolon's physical appearance is up to you -- it can appear mundane and nondescript, like a natural creature; or it can appear as some sort of fantastical, impossible, otherworldly creature. This control is not fine enough to make the eidolon appear like a specific creature.
In addition, each eidolon companion receives a pool of evolution points that can be used to give it different abilities and powers. When you first gain your eidolon, at its first hit die, it starts with three free evolutions preselected and one evolution point in its pool. It gains another point each time you gain a character level, to a maximum of 5. When you gain a new point, you must spend it on a new one-point evolution that you select. You can only access Tier one evolutions, which cost 1 evolution point each. Once you select an evolution, if cannot be changed until you gain a new Summoner signature ability. Information on evolution points, class specials, and more is avalable below. Normal companion advancement, per the general rules for companions, continues through 20 hit dice, per usual, but only higher tier signature abilities of the Summoner class will extend evolution points and abilities.
Level 2 Summoner Tyro Tier Interaction Ability (pick one):
- Summon Helper Spirit (Sp): Once per day, as a standard action, you summon a tiny ghostly spirit, which appears as a creature associated with your god. Alternately, it takes the appearance of a glowing floating translucent orb that pulses when it speaks. It hovers near you, and it can be dark and silent if you ask. The spirit offers you advice, sings, and vouches for you to others -- the effect of this is that whenever you make a Charisma-based skill check, the spirit's help adds 1d4 to your skill check. If it is attacked, use the stat block for an incorporeal lantern archon, but note that it will not attack or take any actions other than to move with you and to aid skill checks. You can roleplay how it assists you as you prefer. After ten minutes, it fades away.
- Companion's Interaction Cantrip: Your companion learns one of these cantrips: Dream Feast, Stabilize, or Mending. Requires a companion with Int 3+ and Cha 10+.
Level 3 Summoner Tyro Tier Combat Ability (pick one):
- Tyro Summons (Sp): Once per day as a standard action, you summon a being from another plane to aid you. The creature summoned depends on your alignment.
- If you are NG or CG, you summon a Lyrakien azata
- If you are NE or CE, you summon a Dretch demon
- If you are LG, you summon a Lantern archon
- If you are LE, you summon a Lemure devil
- If you are LN, N, or CN, you summon a Small elemental
- Companion's Combat Cantrip: Your companion learns one of these cantrips: Daze, Bleed, or Virtue. Requires a companion with Int 3+ and Cha 10+.
Level 4 Summoner Tyro Tier Exploration Ability (pick one):
- Summon Lesser Scout (Sp): Once per day, as a standard action, you summon a cherub (if you are LG, NG, or CG), a mephit of a variety you choose (if you are LN, N, or CN), a quasit (if you are NE or CE), or an imp (if you are LE). This scout will make no attacks and has the specific purpose of exploration. It will go first to check for traps, since it cannot be permanently slain. It will move forward up to a mile away and report back. It will help you with its detection and sensory special abilities, including darkvision and detection spell-like abilities, but not including augury or commune. In all other respects treat this ability as a Summon Monster spell with a 10 minute duration.
- Companion's Exploration Cantrip: Your companion learns one of these cantrips: Guidance, Sacred Light, or Purify. Requires a companion with Int 3+ and Cha 10+.
Level 5 Summoner Tyro Tier Choice: Select a Summoner Tyro Tier Interaction, Combat, or Exploration ability that you have not yet chosen, or choose a magic feat from among those for which you qualify.
ADVENTURER TIER
Level 6 Summoner Adventurer Tier Signature Ability: Eidolon Companion II You can now access Tier two evolutions, which cost 2 evolution points each. When you gain this signature ability, you can reset your companion's evolution pool and respend all its points howsoever you like. You may trade back your free evolutions for other one-point evolutions (although a biped must always have exactly two arms and two legs, and a quadruped must have at least four). Your eidolon continues to gain an evolution point each time you gain a character level, and the maximum size of its evolution pool rises to 10. You can save a point gained until you have two, but then you must spend your points. Refer to the general rules for companions for more details, and also see below.
Level 7 Summoner Adventurer Tier Interaction Ability (pick one):
- Summon Translator Spirit (Sp): Once per day, as a standard action, you summon a tiny ghostly spirit, as with the Summon Helper Spirit ability. This spirit has the Telepathy ability with a range of 100 ft, and its purpose is to serve you as a translator. After one hour, it fades away.
- Cure Moderate Wounds: As a standard action, your companion may cast Cure Moderate Wounds, using its caster level to do so. It can use this ability a number of times per day equal to its odd (column A) Charisma modifier (minimum 1). Requires a companion with Int 3+ and Cha 11+.
Level 8 Summoner Adventurer Tier Combat Ability (pick one):
- Adventurer Summons (Sp): Once per day as a standard action you summon a being from another plane to aid you. The creature summoned depends on your alignment.
- If you are CG, you summon a Gancanagh azata
- If you are CE, you summon a Schir demon
- If you are NG or LG, you summon a Hound archon
- If you are NE or LE, you summon a Barghest devil
- If you are LN, N, or CN, you summon a Medium elemental
- Shield Other: As a standard action, your companion may cast Shield Other, using its caster level to do so. It can use this ability a number of times per day equal to its odd (column A) Charisma modifier (minimum 1). Requires a companion with Int 3+ and Cha 11+.
Level 9 Summoner Adventurer Tier Exploration Ability (pick one):
- Summon Counselor (Sp): Once per day, as a standard action, you summon a cherub, a mephit, a quasit, or an imp, as with the Summon Lesser Scout ability. The creature summoned will not make attacks or scout, but you can ask it for advice. It answers four kinds of questions:
- If you consult the counselor before performing an action or touching/attuning an item, it will tell you if that action or item could affect your alignment or if it would please or displease your deity. This power is very like the functioning of a Phylactery of Faithfulness. Ask at any time as a free action. In times of great danger, it possible that it might issue a warning even if you do not ask.
- You can ask the counselor if a potential course of action can lead to weal, woe, neither, or both, as an augury spell, with a 100% chance of accuracy. Ask once per day as a free action.
- You can ask the spirit one question, as a Commune spell, once per day, as a free action. The answer will be Yes, No, Unknown, or just a few words.
- If you sacrifice a lionheart point, once per day, as a free action, you can ask the counselor for a hint as to the solution to a problem. The game master reveals the hint, if any. If no hint is available, you do not lose the point or the daily use.
- Find Traps: As a standard action, your companion may cast Find Traps, using its caster level to do so. It can use this ability a number of times per day equal to its odd (column A) Charisma modifier (minimum 1). Requires a companion with Int 3+ and Cha 11+.
Level 10 Summoner Adventurer Tier Choice: Select a Summoner Adventurer or Tyro Tier Interaction, Combat, or Exploration ability that you have not yet chosen, or choose a magic feat from among those for which you qualify.
HERO TIER
Level 11 Summoner Hero Tier Signature Ability: Eidolon Companion III You can now access Tier three evolutions, which cost 3 evolution points each. When you gain this signature ability, you can reset your companion's evolution pool and respend all its points howsoever you like. Your eidolon continues to gain an evolution point each time you gain a character level, and the maximum size of its evolution pool rises to 15. You can save a point gained until you have two or three, but when you have three saved, you must spend your points. Refer to the general rules for companions for more details, and also see below.
Level 12 Summoner Hero Tier Interaction Ability (pick one):
- Summon Messenger Spirit (Sp): Once per day, as a standard action, you summon a tiny ghostly spirit, as with the Summon Helper Spirit ability. This spirit has the Telepathy ability with a range of 100 ft, and its purpose is to carry messages back and forth between you and creatures you have met. The spirit can teleport to any such creature without error, but it cannot carry anything, and it cannot report on where it has gone. It remembers messages flawlessly. It can deliver one message per minute. After one hour, it fades away.
- Transfer Health (Su): Over the course of one minute, you can transfer as many hit points as you like from yourself to a single wounded creature you have summoned, on a one-to-one basis; or transfer hit points from a summoned creature to yourself. The summoned creature must be within 30 ft during the minute. You cannot transfer more than what is needed to bring the recipient to its normal healthy maximum. You can use this ability at will.
Level 13 Summoner Hero Tier Combat Ability (pick one):
- Hero Summons (Sp): Once per day as a standard action you summon a being from another plane to aid you. The creature summoned depends on your alignment.
- If you are NG or CG, you summon a Lillend azata
- If you are NE or CE, you summon a Nabasu demon
- If you are LG, you summon a Balisse archon
- If you are LE, you summon a Erinyes devil
- If you are LN, N, or CN, you summon a Huge elemental
- Shield Ally (Su): When an ally is within your companion's reach, the ally receives a +2 shield bonus to its Armor Class and a +2 circumstance bonus on its saving throws if the ally is the same size or smaller than the companion. If you are the ally, these bonuses increase to +4. This bonus does not apply if the companion is grappled, helpless, paralyzed, stunned, or unconscious. Requires a companion with Int 3+.
Level 14 Summoner Hero Tier Exploration Ability (pick one):
- Summon Greater Scout (Sp): Once per day, as a standard action, you summon a cherub, a mephit, a quasit, or an imp, as with the Summon Lesser Scout ability. The greater scout acts as the lesser scout, except that it gains a +10 sacred bonus on spot, search, and survival checks to track. It sees as if with the spell Arcane Sight. The duration of the summons increases to a number of hours equal to your even (column B) Charisma modifier.
- Bind Senses (Su): As a swift action, you share the senses of a creature you have summoned, including hearing, seeing, smelling, tasting, and touching. You can use this ability a number of minutes per day equal to your even (column B) Charisma modifier; the minutes need not be consecutive. You need line of sight to initiate this ability, but during the duration you can use both your own and the summoned creature's senses easily.
Level 15 Summoner Hero Tier Choice: Select a Summoner Hero, Adventurer, or Tyro Tier Interaction, Combat, or Exploration ability that you have not yet chosen, or choose a magic feat from among those for which you qualify.
LEGEND TIER
Level 16 Summoner Legend Tier Signature Ability: Eidolon Companion IV You can now access Tier four evolutions, which cost 4 evolution points each. When you gain this signature ability, you can reset your companion's evolution pool and respend all its points howsoever you like. Your eidolon continues to gain an evolution point each time you gain a character level, and the maximum size of its evolution pool rises to 20. You can save a point gained until you have up to four, but when you have four saved, you must spend your points. Refer to the general rules for companions for more details, and also see below.
Level 17 Summoner Legend Tier Interaction Ability (pick one):
- Summon Missionary Spirit (Sp): Once per day, as a standard action, you summon a tiny ghostly spirit, as with the Summon Helper Spirit ability. At your invitation, this spirit can briefly enter and possess any defeated foe that is unconsious or helpless. After one full round, the foe's alignment changes to your own, and it becomes devoted to your god. The spirit can convert a number of defeated foes equal to your even (column B) Charisma modifier per day. One hour after you summon it, the spirit fades away.
- Suborn Summons (Sp): You can tell at a glance if a creature in your line of sight is summoned or called, as well as the method used to summon or call it and the duration left of its time on your current plane. As a swift action usable at will, you can spend a lionheart point to convert a summoned or called creature to your cause, if it appeared through the use of a spell or magical effect of the summoning or calling subschools. For the remainder of the summoned creature's duration, it adopts your alignment and you gain total control over it. Alternately, you can use a lionheart point to send a summoned companion back to its home plane for 24 hours, but against this power the summoned companion gains a will save vs DC 9 +half your summoner level +your even (column B) Charisma modifier; the lionheart point is lost if it saves.
Level 18 Summoner Legend Tier Combat Ability (pick one):
- Legend Summons (Sp): Once per day as a standard action you summon a being from another plane to aid you. The creature summoned depends on your alignment.
- If you are CG, you summon a Ghaele azata
- If you are CE, you summon a Nalfeshnee demon
- If you are NG or LG, you summon a Trumpet archon
- If you are NE or LE, you summon a Ice devil
- If you are LN, N, or CN, you summon an Elder elemental
- Transfer Actions (Su): In a given round, you and your companion may use this ability to jointly share 2 swift actions, 2 move actions, and 2 standard actions; you may not take full-round actions or five-ft steps while using this ability. Divide your actions between the two of you howsoever you like. You can use this ability a number of rounds per day equal to your even (column B) Charisma modifier; the rounds need not be consecutive. Activating this ability does not itself require an action.
Level 19 Summoner Legend Tier Exploration Ability (pick one):
- Summon Visionary (Sp): Once per day, as a standard action, you summon a cherub, mephit, quasit, or imp, as with the Summon Lesser Scout ability. The creature summoned will not make attacks or scout, but it will gladly tell you everything it can see. It has the constant abilities of True Seeing, Arcane Sight, and Clairvoyance (not Clairaudience). Once per day it can cast a Vision spell on your behalf. In all other respects treat this ability as a Summon Monster spell with a 10 minute duration.
- Dimension Hop (Sp): As a swift action, you can call your eidolon to your side, or send yourself to its side. This functions as dimension door, using your caster level. Unlike the Dimension Door spell, a Dimension Hop has a range of one mile, and you both can take actions freely after the hop. On activation, the traveling partner appears adjacent to the other (or as close as possible if all adjacent spaces are occupied). Alternately, you can swap places with your eidolon, if you prefer. If the distance between you both is out of range (1 mile), the ability is wasted. You can use this ability a number of times per day equal to your even (column B) Charisma modifier. Requires a summoned companion.
Level 20 Summoner Legend Tier Choice: Select a Summoner Legend, Hero, Adventurer, or Tyro Tier Interaction, Combat, or Exploration ability that you have not yet chosen, or choose a magic feat from among those for which you qualify.
Eidolon Companions
An eidolon companion's abilities are determined by your class ability choices, your character level, its hit dice, and the general rules for companions. Your summoned companion has the outsider type for all purposes. You pick a general form for your eidolon -- biped, quadruped, or legless -- per below. All natural attacks are made using the creature's full base attack bonus unless an attack is noted as a secondary attack. Natural attacks add the companion's Strength modifier to the damage roll, unless it is its only attack, in which case it adds 1-1/2 times its Strength modifier. As you gain levels, your eidolon improves as well.
You may want to make a character sheet for your companion. Use the basic statistics for the general form listed below. Your companion gains a hit die each time you level, per the the general rules for companions.
Choose from the following general form options for your companion:
- Biped - Size Small; Speed 30 ft.; AC +2 natural armor; Attack slam (1d6); Ability Scores Str 16, Dex 12, Con 13, Int 6, Wis 10, Cha 10; Free Evolutions slam, arms, legs
- Quadruped - Size Small; Speed 40 ft.; AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d4); Ability Scores Str 14, Dex 14, Con 13, Int 6, Wis 10, Cha 10; Free Evolutions bite, legs taken twice.
- Legless - Size Small; Speed 20 ft., swim 20 ft; AC +2 natural armor; Attack bite (1d4); Ability Scores Str 12, Dex 16, Con 13, Int 6, Wis 10, Cha 10; Free Evolutions bite, swim, tail.
APPEARANCE and BEHAVIOR
You decide what your eidolon looks like through your choice of general form, evolutions, and your imagination. You could play a legless eidolon as a seal or snake; add gills for a shark; add tentacles, arms, and claws for an eldritch horror from beyond space and time. A quadruped eidolon could look like a horse; add a horn for a unicorn, or wings for a pegasus. Or it could have chicken feet in the back, wolf paws in the front, and the head of an elf. Feel free to add decorative appendages without spending evolution points -- you can have a tail on your "bunny" eidolon, or a pair of small horns on your "tiefling" eidolon, so long as they are just for show. Is your eidolon furry, scaly, feathered, stony, or a mix? What color is it? What sounds does it make? You decide.
You also get to pick your eidolon's personality, general emotions, energy level, and so forth. Have fun roleplaying your companion! That said, your eidolon is not a puppet that follows every command without question. Eidolons have been known to refuse actions that are against their ethoses or alignments (subject to the GM's discretion) and are quick to chide the summoner about such requests. Keep in mind that it is your friend and partner in service to your god.
Note that your eidolon companion (as well as all the outsiders you can summon with class abilities, generally) speaks only one or two alignment languages: Abyssal, Axiom, Celestial, Infernal, Protean. If you want your eidolon to speak common, it will have to do so through the language skill. If you do not speak an appropriate alignment language, your eidolon will urge you to do so asap.
As an optional rule that your game master may choose to implement, you may want to link the appearance of your eidolon to an aspect of your god. Perhaps it looks like a creature known to associate or serve your god, or that your god famously defeated, or maybe it even looks like an avatar of your god. If so, and if the GM allows, grant your eidolon a +1 inherent bonus to wisdom as a reward for this association.
CLASS SPECIALS
In addition to the capabilities above, when your eidolon companion gains an even hit die, select one of the Class Special abilities listed below or one in the Companion rules. If the name of these abilities include a roman numeral, it indicates that the prior ones in the series are required before an advanced one can be taken.
- Deliver Touch Spells (Su): Your eidolon can deliver touch spells for you. If you and your companion are in contact at the time you cast a touch spell, you can designate it as the “toucher.” The companion can then deliver the touch spell just as you would. As usual, if you cast another spell before the touch is delivered, the touch spell dissipates.
- Divinely Fortified (Ex): Your companion gains a +3 bonus on Fortitude saving throws.
- Faithful Mount (Ex): You have no penalty for riding your companion bareback. You cannot fail a check to "Stay in Saddle" even if you are riding without a saddle, even if you are flying, climbing, or unconscious. You gain a bonus on all other Ride checks when mounted on your companion equal to your even (column B) Charisma bonus, in addition to your usual Dexterity bonus. Note that bipedal eidolons cannot take this class special and can never serve as mounts.
- Share Spells II: Any non-instantaneous spell you cast on yourself can, if you choose, affect both you and your companion. The companion must be within 5 feet of you at the time of casting to receive this benefit, and the spell stops affecting it if it moves farther than 5 feet away from you; it does not affect the creature again if it returns before the duration expires. The spell's duration is halved between you and your companion (for example, a spell with a duration of 1 hour has a duration of 30 minutes for both you and your companion. You may share any spells you can cast, except ones that do not affect creatures of the outsider type. (Share Spells I is available to any companion per the Companion rules and is required for this ability.)
- Spell Resistance (Ex): Your companion gains spell resistance equal to your caster level + 5. To affect the companion with a spell, another spellcaster must get a result on a caster level check (1d20 + caster level) that equals or exceeds the companion's spell resistance. Your companion is not resistant to your own spells.
- Share Senses I (Sp): With a standard action that works only if your companion is within 1 mile, you can see and hear what your companion sees and hears for one minute per character level; those minutes need not be consecutive. While piggy-backing on your companion's sight and hearing, you are blind and deaf.
- Share Senses II (Sp): You may scry on your companion (as if casting the Scrying spell) once per day, You can cast through this Scrying as you can through the spell.
- Share Senses III (Sp): As a standard action, you may scry on your companion (as if casting the Greater Scrying spell) once per day, You can cast through this Scrying as you can through the spell.
- Summoner's Helper I (Ex): When your companion uses the Aid Another action to help you, the bonus offered is +3, not +2.
- Summoner's Helper II (Ex): When you are dying, any damage you take, including losing a hit point due to a failed stabilization roll, is instead taken by your eidolon, until it too is dying.
- Summoner's Helper III (Ex): Add one quarter of your eidolon's hit dice, round down, to any concentration checks and spell penetration checks you make.
EVOLUTIONS
Each eidolon receives a number of evolution points that can be spent to give the eidolon new abilities, powers, and other upgrades. These abilities, called evolutions, can be changed whenever the summoner gains a new signature tier ability, but they are otherwise locked in at the time of selection. Some evolutions require that the eidolon have a specific base form or fulfill some other prerequisite before they can be chosen.
Attacks: A number of evolutions grant the eidolon additional natural attacks. Natural attacks listed as primary are made using the eidolon's full base attack bonus and add the eidolon's Strength modifier on damage rolls. Natural attacks listed as secondary are made using the eiduolon's base attack bonus -5 and add 1/2 the eidolon's Strength modifier on damage rolls (if positive). If the eidolon only has a single natural attack, and that attack is a primary natural attack, the attack is made using its full base attack bonus and it adds 1-1/2 times its Strength modifier on damage rolls made with that attack. Note that Tier One eidolons can have at most one primary natural attack. At character level 6, your eidolon companion may take two primary attacks; at level 11, three; and at level 16, four. You eidolon may take two secondary attacks in place of a primary attack. If your eidolon uses a weapon, all natural attacks become secondary attacks in the round the weapon is used. As with all creatures, only one attack may be made with a standard action; extra attacks may only be made with a full round action.
Selecting Evolutions: Evolutions are grouped by their cost in evolution points. Tier One evolutions cost 1 point; Tier Two, 2 points, etc. Evolution points can only be saved as noted above. Unless otherwise noted, each evolution can only be selected once.
Tier One: 1-Point Evolutions
Ability Increase (Ex): An eidolon grows larger muscles, gains faster reflexes, sharpens its wits, or in some way acquires an increase to one of its abilities. Increase one of the eidolon's ability scores by +1. This evolution can be selected more than once; it can only be applied once to an individual ability score.
Arms (Ex): An eidolon grows a pair of arms, complete with hands. Hands allow the use of weapons (including unarmed attacks) and manipulation as a person -- though proficiency with weapons is needed per usual to avoid a non-proficiency penalty. This evolution can only be taken once. Hands may be upgraded to Claws or Pincers, but if they are, the eidolon loses the ability to use any weapons, and cannot make fine manipulations.
Bite (Ex): An eidolon's mouth is full of sharp teeth, giving it a bite attack. This attack is a primary attack. The attack deals 1d6 points of damage (1d8 if Medium, 1d10 if Large). Eidolons with this evolution cannot speak.
Climb (Ex): An eidolon becomes a skilled climber, gaining a climb speed of 20. As with all creatures that have a climb speed, the eidolon also gains a +8 racial bonus on climb checks and the ability to take 10 under all circumstances. This evolution can be selected more than once. Each additional time it is selected, increase the eidolon's climb speed by 10 feet, but this climb speed cannot exceed its base speed.
Gills (Ex): An eidolon has gills and can breathe underwater indefinitely.
Hooves (Ex): An eidolon has powerful hooves at the end of all its legs, giving it two hoof attacks. These attacks are secondary attacks. The hooves deal 1d4 points of damage (1d6 if Medium, 1d8 if Large). The eidolon must have two limbs (legs) evolutions to take this evolution (thus it is available only to quadruped eidolons), but only the forelegs gain the hoof attacks. The back legs also gain hooves that cannot attack, but with the evolution, the eidolon can wear horseshoes. An eidolon may have claws or hooves, but not both.
Improved Damage (Ex): One of the eidolon's natural attack forms is particularly deadly. Select one natural attack form and increase the damage die type by one step. This evolution can be selected more than once. Its effects do not stack. Each time an eidolon selects this evolution, it applies to a different kind of natural attack.
Improved Natural Armor (Ex): An eidolon's hide grows thick fur, rigid scales, or bony plates, giving it a +2 bonus to its natural armor.
Legs (Ex): An eidolon grows a pair of legs, complete with feet. Each pair of legs increases the eidolon's base speed by 10 feet. Only quadrupeds may take this evolution: legless eidolons cannot take it, and bipeds gain it once, for free. Quadrupeds gain it twice for free, and cannot take it more than four times in total. Legs can be upgraded once with Claws or Hooves, but not both.
Mini-Mount (Ex): You can ride your eidolon even if you are the same size as it is, if its carrying capacity for a light load is greater than the sum of your weight, your gear's weight, and its gear's weight. Without this evolution, you must be one size smaller than your quadruped or legless eidolons for it to serve as a mount; note that bipedal eidolons cannot take this evolution and can never serve as mounts.
Pincers (Ex): An eidolon grows a set of large pincers at the end of its arms, giving it two pincer attacks. These attacks are secondary attacks. The pincers deal 1d2 points of damage (1d4 if Medium, 1d6 if Large). An eidolon may not have both Claws and Pincers. Pincers can be upgraded with a Grab evolution.
Pounce (Ex): An eidolon gains quick reflexes, allowing it to make a full attack as part of a charge. This evolution is only available to eidolons of the quadruped base form. An eidolon may not have both the Powerful Charge and the Pounce evolutions.
Resistance (Ex): An eidolon's form takes on a resiliency to one particular energy type, which is usually reflected in its physical body (ashen hide for fire, icy breath for cold, and so on). Pick one energy type (acid, cold, electricity, fire, or sonic). The eidolon gains resist 10 against that energy type. This evolution can be selected more than once. Its effects do not stack. Each time an eidolon selects this evolution, it applies to a different energy type.
Scent (Ex): An eidolon's sense of smell becomes quite acute. The eidolon gains the scent special quality, allowing it to detect opponents within 30 feet by sense of smell. If the opponent is upwind, the range increases to 60 feet; if downwind, it drops to 15 feet. Strong scents can be detected at twice the normal range. Scent does not allow the eidolon to precisely locate the creature, only to detect its presence. It can detect the direction with a move action. The eidolon can pinpoint the creature's location if it is within 5 feet. The eidolon can use scent to track creatures.
Simple Weapons Training (Ex): Pick one weapon group. The eidolon is proficient with simple weapons in this group. This evolution can be taken more than once. Each time, it applies to a different weapon group. This evolution requires the limbs (arms) evolution, without the claws or pincers that would interfere with holding a weapon.
Skilled (Ex): An eidolon becomes especially adept at a specific skill, gaining a +8 racial bonus on that skill. This evolution can be selected more than once. Its effects do not stack. Each time an eidolon selects this evolution, it applies to a different skill.
Slam (Ex): An eidolon can deliver a devastating slam attack with some part of its body. This attack is a primary attack. The slam deals 1d4 points of damage (1d6 if Medium, 1d8 if Large). A Slam can be upgraded with the Overrun evolution.
Sting (Ex): An eidolon possesses a sharp stinger at the end of its long tail, granting it a sting attack. This attack is a primary attack. The sting deals 1d6 points of damage (1d8 if Medium, 1d10 if Large). The eidolon must possess the tail evolution to take this evolution. An eidolon may not have both Sting and Tail Slap. Sting can be upgraded with a Weak Poison (and further with Strong Poison) evolution.
Swim (Ex): An eidolon gains webbed hands, feet, fins, flippers, or simply the tail muscles it needs to gain a swim speed of 20. As with all creatures that have a swim speed, the eidolon also gains a +8 racial bonus on swim checks and the ability to take 10 under all circumstances. This evolution does not give the eidolon the ability to breathe underwater. This evolution can be selected more than once. Each additional time it is selected, increase the eidolon's swim speed by 10 feet.
Tail (Ex): An eidolon grows a long, powerful tail. This grants it a +2 racial bonus on Tumble skill checks. This evolution can be taken only once. A Tail can be upgraded with a Tail Slap or a Sting evolution.
Tail Slap (Ex): An eidolon can use its tail to bash nearby foes, granting it a tail slap attack. This attack is a secondary attack. The tail slap deals 1d6 points of nonlethal damage (1d8 if Medium, 1d10 if Large). The eidolon must possess the tail evolution to take this evolution. An eidolon may not have both Sting and Tail Slap. A Tail Slap can be upgraded with a Grab evolution (and further with Constrict).
Tentacle (Ex): An eidolon possesses a long, sinuous tentacle, granting it a tentacle attack. This attack is a secondary attack. The tentacle attack deals 1d4 points of damage (1d6 if Medium, 1d8 if Large). This evolution can be selected more than once. Each tentacle also gives a +1 competence bonus per tentacle to climb checks; the bonuses for multiple tentacles stack. Tentacles can be upgraded with a Trip or Grab evolution (not both); if tentacles are upgraded with Trip or Grab, the upgrade applies to all tentacles. An eidolon can carry an item in each tentacle, but may not use weapons or shields, and it is limited to crude manipulations (better than paws, but not as fine as hands).
Wing Buffet (Ex): An eidolon learns to use its wings to batter foes, granting it two wing buffet attacks. These attacks are secondary attacks. The wing buffets deal 1d4 points of nonlethal damage (1d6 if Medium, 1d8 if Large). The eidolon must possess the flight evolution, with wings, to select this evolution.
Tier Two: 2-Point Evolutions
Claws (Ex): An eidolon has sharp claws at the end of its limbs, giving it two claw attacks. These attacks are primary attacks. The claws deal 1d4 points of damage (1d6 if Medium, 1d8 if Large). The eidolon must have arms or legs to take this evolution. This evolution can be taken only once. An eidolon may not have both Claws and Pincers. Claws can be upgraded with Rend.
Constrict (Ex): An eidolon with a tail slap (and the Grab evolution) can gain powerful muscles that allow it to crush those it grapples. Whenever the eidolon successfully grapples a foe using the grab evolution, it deals additional damage equal to the amount of damage dealt by the attack used by the grab evolution. This evolution is only available to eidolons of the legless base form and a Tail Slap.
Grab (Ex): An eidolon becomes adept at grappling foes, gaining the grab ability. Pick pincers, tail slap, or tentacle attacks; a bite cannot have both a grab and a trip associated with it. Whenever the eidolon makes a successful attack of the selected type, it can attempt a free combat maneuver check. If successful, the eidolon grapples the target. This ability only works on enemies up to one size category bigger than the eidolon. Eidolons with this evolution receive a +4 bonus on grapple and on CMD to resist grapples.
Horns (Ex): An eidolon grows one or more horns on its head, giving it a gore attack. This attack is a primary attack. The gore deals 1d6 points of damage (1d8 if Medium, 1d10 if Large). Horns can be upgraded with a Powerful Charge. This evolution can be taken only once.
Immunity (Su): An eidolon's body becomes extremely resilient to one energy type, gaining immunity to that type. Pick one energy type: acid, cold, electricity, fire, or sonic. The eidolon gains immunity to that energy type. This evolution can be selected more than once. Its effects do not stack. Each time it applies to a different energy type. An eidolon may not have both Resistance and Immunity evolutions for the same energy type.
Keen Scent (Ex): An eidolon's sense of smell becomes even more acute. The eidolon can notice other creatures by scent in a 180-foot radius underwater and can detect blood in the water at ranges of up to a mile. The eidolon must possess the gills and scent evolutions to take this evolution.
Martial Weapons Training (Ex): Pick one weapon group with which you are proficient with simple weapons. The eidolon is proficient with martial weapons in this group. This evolution can be taken more than once. Each time, it applies to a different weapon group.
Medium (Ex): An eidolon grows in size, becoming Medium. The eidolon gains a +2 bonus to Strength and a -1 penalty to Dexterity. This size change also removes the bonuses and penalties that are associated with being Small in size.
Natural Flight (Ex): An eidolon grows large wings, like those of a bat, bird, insect, or dragon, gaining the ability to fly. The eidolon gains a fly speed equal to its base speed. The eidolon's maneuverability depends on it size. Small eidolons have good maneuverability; Medium, average; Large, poor.
Overrun (Ex): The eidolon can make overruns without provoking attacks of opportunity. It can also make one standard attack with its slam as part of an overrun action. The eidolon must possess the slam evolution to select this evolution; it may not also have the pounce or powerful charge evolutions.
Reach (Ex): One of an eidolon's attacks is capable of striking at foes at a distance. Pick one natural attack form; the eidolon's reach with attacks using that form increases by 5 feet.
Rend (Ex): An eidolon learns to rip and tear the flesh of those it attacks with its claws, gaining the rend ability. Whenever the eidolon makes two successful claw attacks against the same target in 1 round, its claws latch onto the flesh and deal extra damage. This damage is equal to the damage dealt by one claw attack plus 1-1/2 times the eidolon's Strength modifier. The eidolon must possess the Claws evolution to select this evolution.
Tremorsense (Ex): An eidolon becomes attuned to vibrations in the ground, gaining tremorsense out to a range of 30 feet. This works like the blindsense evolution, but only if both the eidolon and the creature to be pinpointed are in contact with the ground.
Trip (Ex): An eidolon becomes adept at knocking foes to the ground with its tentacles, granting it a trip attack. Whenever the eidolon makes a successful attack with a tentacle, it can attempt a free combat maneuver check. If successful, the target is knocked prone. If the check fails, the eidolon is not tripped in return. This ability only works on creatures up to one size larger than the eidolon. The eidolon must possess the tentacle evolution to select this evolution.
Unnatural Aura (Su): An eidolon is obviously of unnatural origin. Normal animals do not willingly approach the eidolon unless the animal's master makes a DC 25 Handle Animal, Ride, or wild empathy check.
Weak Poison (Ex): An eidolon secretes toxic venom, gaining a weak injury poison attack with ita sting. Whenever the sting attack hits, the target must make a fortitude saving throw or be poisoned. The save DC is equal to 9 + half the eidolon's HD + the eidolon's odd (column A) Constitution modifier. This evolution can be selected only once, but it can be upgraded with Strong Poison.
Tier Three: 3-Point Evolutions
Blindsense (Ex): An eidolon's senses become incredibly acute, giving it blindsense out to a range of 30 feet. This ability allows the eidolon to pinpoint the location of creatures that it cannot see without having to make a Spot or Search check, but such creatures still have total concealment from the eidolon. Visibility still affects the eidolon's movement and it is still denied its Dexterity bonus to Armor Class against attacks from creatures it cannot see.
Breathless (Ex): An eidolon no longer needs to breathe, and it is immune to effects that require breathing (such as inhaled poison). This does not give immunity to cloud or gas attacks that do not require breathing.
Burrow (Ex): An eidolon grows thick and gnarled claws -- or its existing claws evolve -- allowing it to move through the earth. The eidolon gains a burrow speed equal to 1/2 its base speed. It can use this speed to move through dirt, clay, sand, and earth. It does not leave a hole behind, nor is its passage marked on the surface.
Damage Reduction (Su): An eidolon's body becomes resistant to harm, granting it damage reduction. Choose one alignment: chaotic, evil, good, or lawful. The eidolon gains DR 5 that can be bypassed by weapons that possess the chosen alignment. The alignment must be opposite to one of the alignments possessed by the eidolon. This evolution can be taken more than once, for the same alignment. Its effects stack.
Exotic Weapons Training (Ex): Pick one weapon group with which you are proficient with martial weapons. The eidolon is proficient with exotic weapons in this group. This evolution can be taken more than once. Each time, it applies to a different weapon group.
Frightful Presence (Ex): An eidolon becomes unsettling to its foes, gaining the frightful presence ability. The eidolon can activate this ability as part of an offensive action, such as a charge or attack. Opponents within 30 feet of the eidolon must make a Will save or become shaken for 3d6 rounds. The DC of this save is equal to 9 + 1/2 the eidolon's HD + the eidolon's odd (column A) Charisma modifier. If the eidolon has at least 4 more Hit Dice than an opponent, that opponent becomes frightened instead. Foes with more HD than the eidolon are immune to this effect.
Large (Ex): A quadruped or legless eidolon grows in size, becoming Large. The eidolon gains a +4 bonus to Strength, a +2 bonus to Constitution, a -2 penalty to Dexterity, and a +2 bonus to its natural armor. This size change also gives the creature a -1 size penalty to its AC and on attack rolls, a +1 bonus to its CMB and CMD, a -2 penalty on Fly skill checks, and a -4 penalty on Stealth skill checks. A quadruped or legless eidolon must also have the Medium evolution to take this evolution.
Powerful Charge (Ex): Whenever the companion charges and attacks with its Horns, it deals twice the number of damage dice with its gore plus 1-1/2 times its Strength damage bonus; if it already inflicts 1-1/2 times Str bonus, it instead inflicts double its Str bonus.
Strong Poison (Ex): Upgrade one of the eidolon's poison attacks to strong. An eidolon must also have the Weak Poison evolution to take this evolution.
Supernatural Flight (Su): The eidolon flies by means of magic. Its maneuverability is perfect. The eidolon gains a fly speed equal to its base speed.
Web (Ex): An eidolon gains a pair of spinnerets, giving it the ability to spin webs. The eidolon can use these webs to support itself plus up to one creature of the same size. It can throw webbing as a ranged touch attack up to 8 times per day, entangling a creature up to one size larger than the eidolon. The webbing has a range of 50 feet and a 10-foot range increment. Creatures entangled by the web can escape with an Escape Artist check or a Strength check (at a -4 penalty). The DC of these checks is equal to 9 + half the eidolon's HD + the eidolon's odd (column A) Con modifier. The webs have a Hardness of 0 and a number of hits points equal to the eidolon's total Hit Dice. The eidolon can climb its own webs at its climb speed and can pinpoint any creature touching its webs when it is touching them too. The eidolon must possess the climb evolution to take this evolution.
Tier Four: 4-Point Evolutions
Blindsight (Ex): An eidolon's senses sharpen dramatically, granting it blindsight out to a range of 30 feet. The eidolon can maneuver and attack as normal, ignoring darkness, invisibility, and most forms of concealment as long as it has line of effect to the target. The eidolon must possess the blindsense evolution to take this evolution.
Breath Weapon (Su): An eidolon learns to exhale a cone or line of magical energy, gaining a breath weapon. Select either acid, cold, electricity, or fire. The eidolon can breathe a 30-foot cone (or 60-foot line) that deals 1d6 points of damage of the selected type per HD it possesses. Those caught in the breath weapon can attempt a Reflex save for half damage. The DC is equal to 9 + 1/2 the eidolon's HD + the eidolon's odd (column A) Constitution modifier. The eidolon can use this ability once per day. The eidolon can use this ability 1 additional time per day by spending an additional 1 evolution point (maximum 3/day). The eidolon must have the Immunity evolution of the same energy type as its breath weapon.
Deadly Poison (Ex): Upgrade one of the eidolon's poison attacks to deadly. An eidolon must also have the Stong Poison evolution to take this evolution.
Fast Healing (Su): An eidolon's body gains the ability to heal wounds very quickly, giving it fast healing 1. The eidolon heals 1 point of damage each round, just like natural healing. Fast healing does not restore hit points lost due to starvation, thirst, or suffocation, nor does it allow the eidolon to regrow lost body parts (or to reattach severed parts). Fast healing functions as long as the eidolon is alive. This fast healing does not function when the eidolon is not on the same plane as its summoner. This healing can be increased by 1 per round for every additional evolution points spent (maximum 4).
Heroic (Ex): An eidolon gains a pool of 5 lionheart points that it can spend and regain as a player character does. This pool does not change in size.
Giant (Ex): A biped eidolon grows in size, becoming Large. The eidolon gains a +4 bonus to Strength, a +2 bonus to Constitution, a -2 penalty to Dexterity, and a +2 bonus to its natural armor. This size change also gives the creature a -1 size penalty to its AC and on attack rolls, a +1 bonus to its CMB and CMD, a -2 penalty on Fly skill checks, and a -4 penalty on Stealth skill checks. It also gains a 10-foot reach. Any reach evolutions the eidolon possesses are added to this total. A biped eidolon must also have the Medium evolution to take this evolution.
Sticky (Ex): An eidolon can cling and climb on smooth walls and ceilings. It need not make Climb checks to traverse a vertical or horizontal surface (even upside down). It retains its Dexterity bonus to Armor Class (if any) while climbing, and opponents get no special bonus to their attacks against it. It can use the run action while climbing. It cannot be moved (for example, by grapple, pushing, Telekinesis, etc) unless it fails an opposed Strength check. This evolution requires the Climb evolution and either three or more Tentacle or Legs evolutions.