Animal Companion

You’ve found a companion in the form of a loyal animal.

Benefit(s): Choose one of the following beasts to be your companion: blood hawk, mastiff, mule, or riding horse.

You can give simple verbal commands to your companion without using your action. Your animal companion takes its turn directly after yours, and attempts to fulfill your commands as best as possible. Additionally, your companion gains the following benefits:

• Its proficiency bonus is equal to your proficiency bonus
• It adds its proficiency bonus to its armor class, as well as all of its saving throws.
• For each level you have above 4th, you companion gains an additional hit die, and increases its hit point maximum accordingly.