Class skills are the skills found on your character’s class skill list. Each skill point you spend on a cross-class skill gets your character ½ rank in that skill. Cross-class skills are skills not found on your character’s class skill list. (Half ranks do not improve your skill check, but two ½ ranks make 1 rank.)
How do class skills work?
In addition, each class has a number of favored skills, called class skills. If you select a level in a new class, all of its class skills are automatically added to your list of class skills, and you gain a +3 bonus on these skills if you have ranks in them.
What do you need to know about animal companions?
An animal companion has good Fortitude and Reflex saves. This lists the animal’s total skill ranks. Animal companions can assign skill ranks to any skill listed below. If an animal companion increases its Intelligence to 10 or higher, it gains bonus skill ranks as normal.
What kind of skills do animals get in RuneScape?
All of the skills marked with an (*) are class skills for animal companions, so they get the +3 class skill bonus just like you do. Acrobatics* (Dex): The ability to jump and tumble past foes in combat can really help your companion. Many animals have respectable dexterity, which can make this work very well.
How much intelligence does an animal companion have?
Like skills, your selection of feats depends heavily on your companions role. because it is an animal, it has a limited selection of available feats until it reaches 3 intelligence. Acrobatic: Inless you companion spends a ton of time tumbling, not worth a feat.
Do you pass skill check if your companion is injured?
With a few ranks in Handle Animal and that nice +4 bonus, you can be sure to pass the skill check even if your companion is injured (+2 to DC). Between your wisdom, skill ranks, and the +4 bonus, be sure to have a +11 bonus to gurantee that you can always handle your companion, even on a natural 1.
