Talk:Animal companion skills quick reference

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Looking great :D

Some skills don't belong here, however, such as Toxicity or Symbiosis. Technically, things that can affect your pet are "pet-affecting skills". However, these skills have no specific effect on your pet as opposed to any other creature in the spirit range. As a result, someone saying, "Hmmm, what are all the pet-related skills I could possibly use?" would find some clutter on this page.

A good guideline for a QR is that it should be as mercilessly specific as possible (within reason, of course). If your QR is centered around "animal companion skills", it should literally only include skills that specifically reference "pet" or "animal companion" in their effects. A skill that only affects your animal companion because it affects any ally or creature does not really belong. It would be similar to placing Orison of Healing under Target other ally quick reference: technically, OoH does target other allies, but it can also target the caster; hence, it does not specifically target other allies only and so does not belong in the quick reference for those skills.

I'm going to go ahead and edit out the stragglers, feel free to flex your Wiki muscle if you disagree. :] -- AudreyChandler 18:22, 23 April 2009 (UTC)