Shotalashu

Your companion is a shotalashu, a telepathic creature originally from the planet Castrovel. Acquiring a shotalashu typically requires the prospective rider to bond with it first by spending a week with it and succeeding at a DC 21 Occultism check to establish a telepathic link. A rider who fails the check can attempt again after another week with the shotalashu. Any creature with telepathic capabilities, such as telepathy, touch telepathy, group chat, empathic sense, or the ability to cast spells such as telepathy, gains a +4 circumstance bonus to this check. This link is permanent, and neither can form a new link until one of them dies.

A shotalashu has the beast trait instead of the animal trait but otherwise functions normally as an animal companion.

Type Animal

Size Medium or Large

Melee [one-action] claw (agile) Damage 1d6 slashing

Str +2 Dex +3 Con +2 Int -3 Wis +1 Cha +2

Hit Points 8

Senses darkvision

Speed 40 feet

Special mount

Support Benefit The shotalashu telepathically assails your enemies when you create an opening. Until the start of your next turn, each time you hit a creature in the shotalashu’s reach with a Strike, the creature takes 1d6 mental damage from the shotalashu. If your shotalashu is burly or deft, the mental damage increases to 2d6.

Advanced Maneuver Telpathic Pounce