Does an animal companion gain the normal animals racial modifiers. For example does an eagle animal companion still get its +8 racial modifier to perception?
(James Jacobs 1/3/09) As written, an animal companion gains ONLY the abilities that are listed in its animal companion stat block and the basic rules for animal companions. This does mean that an animal companion doesn’t gain the various racial skill modifiers a normal animal of its kind gets; if the normal animal has bonus feats, the animal companion doesn’t get them either. Animal companions are different than normal animals, after all, and are built using different rules.
