Using primal surge activates the primal transformation ability on the companion if it isn’t already active. Unlike the evolutions from primal transformation, this evolution is not set it can be changed each time the hunter uses this ability. The companion must meet the prerequisites of the selected evolution.

Primal Surge (Su)Īt 8th level, once per day as a swift action, a primal companion hunter can touch her animal companion and grant it one evolution that costs up to 4 evolution points. Uses of this ability count toward the hunter’s maximum daily duration of evolution use. If a primal companion hunter’s animal companion is dead, she can apply these evolutions to herself instead of to her animal companion. While transformed in this way, the animal companion’s type changes to magical beast, though the primal companion hunter still treats it as an animal for the purpose of the Handle Animal skill. An animal companion transformed in this way cannot exceed the maximum number of attacks available to the eidolon of a summoner whose class level equals that of the hunter. This duration need not to be consecutive, but it must be spent in 1-minute increments. A primal companion hunter can use this ability for 1 minute per day per hunter level. Whenever she gains a level, she must decide how these points are spent, and they are set until she gains another level.Īctivating these evolutions on the animal companion is a swift action. A primal companion hunter uses her hunter level to determine the number of evolution points gained, limitations on how often an evolution can be selected, and so on. The animal companion gains a pool of evolution points that can be used to temporarily give the companion evolutions as if it were anĮidolon. At 8th level, the number of evolution points in her pool increases to 4, and at 15th level, it increases to 6. A primal companion hunter uses her hunter level to determine her effective summoner level for the purpose of qualifying for evolutions and determining their effects. The animal companion gains a pool of 2 evolution points that can be used to temporarily give the companion evolutions as if it were an eidolon.

At first level, a primal companion hunter can awaken a primal creature from within his animal companion as a swift action.

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