Why there are not aviary Animal Companion?

[JM_7053]

I played the first game, and currently I'm playing this one. Also, I have some experience with the tabletop version, and it's odd that there are no bird as companions. I know there are some bird familiars, but that not the same

I mean, I understand this could mess up some mechanics like mount fight, bardings, and all that jazz, but I thinks is really annoying not having any option in that regard... the game have 2 different types of dinosaurs and a giant centipede as possible pets, how come it doesn't have falcons, eagles or owls?

Those animal are described in the basic manual for tabletop pathfinder as possible animal companions, and a giant mountable hawk appear in the bestiary, so it's lore friendly, and are not that different to other game pets.

I dunno, I just think it would be cool to have a bird of pray in your party, and I would have considered it an obvious option.

Edit: some grammar and spelling, I'm not a native english speaker

[KellyR]

Flying is traditionally a heavily restricted ability reserved for high levels and such in D&D.

[Ghost]

may have something to do with GAA (Golarian Aviation Administration) regulations. I hope they loosen up and we see a birds of prey DLC with z-axis movement.

[seeker1]

BTW, the game doesn't seem to have much use of a z-axis, period. Not for players, anyway.

Gargoyles and dragons fly, but they don't seem to start attacking until they land. (Outside of cutscenes and NPCs, anyway.)

You have flying units in the Crusade, but that isn't much functionally different to the teleporting ones; it just means they can go anywhere on the battle-square.

There's no jumping or swimming, either. No fly or levitate spells. You can get wings, but they mostly affect ... terrain.

I don't expect aerial combat is coming soon. No gryphon mounts, either.

Would I love to fly above the enemy and drop bombs? Word to your mom. But I don't see that happening. I think they're still working on ground-based mounted combat.

[JM_7053]

I guess is a fair point that mounting a bird would be kind of op, and the game does not have z-axis...

still I thing it could work, like you can have a pet that could not be mounted, there is the "wings" feat wich aasimar have access to, so you can allow them to fly, and the stats would be priority on dex and wisdom, and low constitution. They would attack by pecking and clawing as natural weapons, and would have some equipment blocked (pets gloves and also capes, you can put them on regular pets, but I can`t see how you'd put that in a bird).

In that way they would be considerably difficult to attack, move quicker, have high innitiative and be immune to ground effects and traps, but would be more restricted in comparison to other animals in regards to equipment and the ability to be mounted, and would have relatively low HP so when hit they would die faster than other pets.

If I knew how, I'd try making a mod, but I'm really bad at that kind of stuff. Let hope they add something in a DLC, tough I don't think is really something they care a lot about.

[seeker1]

Azata get Aivu, a winged havoc dragon that can fly. At least in description and theory.

In practice, however, Aivu does not fly. (Even when it and its wings start to get very big.) Not in any practical sense. Just loops in circles.

I've had characters with the "wings" feat. It mostly increases your mobility on terrain.

In theory, I guess winged animal companions might have similar attributes. They just will never ... fly.