Summon Animal Companion

Class Feat (Arcane Archer)

Summon Animal Companion

Requires Animal Companion

You give up your permanent, bonded animal companion. Instead, once per short rest as a standard action, you can summon an animal companion to a space adjacent to you. Choose its form each time you summon it, from any Beast you have previously encountered. The summoned companion is built exactly like a permanent animal companion of your level, but you may rebuild its feats and powers to suit the chosen form.

The companion remains until dismissed (a free action), until reduced to 0 hit points, or until you take a short rest. A companion reduced to 0 hit points vanishes rather than dying, and a fresh one can be summoned after your next short rest.

At rank 2, you can summon a companion as a swift action.

At rank 3, you can summon twice per short rest.