Animal Affinity (Bloodline)

Type: Blood
Source: Dragon #315

Each of the old gods was associated with a totem animal. Depending on your bloodline, you can affect particular animals with this bloodline ability. The totems are as follows: Anduiras (lion), Azrai (snake), Basaia (eagle), Brenna (cat), Masela (dolphin), Reynir (wolf), and Vorynn (owl). This affinity extends to related animals. Thus, Anduiras affinity for lions extends to all large, predatory cats, while Masela's affinity is for water mammals like dolphins, whales, and seals.
Prerequisite: Bloodline (any).
Benefit:

• Benefit (Minor): You have an empathic link with the animals of your kind up to a range of 60 feet. This empathic link is exactly like that of a sorcerer to his familiar, without any of the other special abilities. Animals of this kind will never attack you unless they are compelled or you attack first.
• Benefit (Major): You can speak to animals of your kind as the speak with animals spell. They will aid you in reasonable requests and try to be helpful.
• Benefit (Great): You can detect the nearest totem animal of your kind within a 1-mile radius. As a full-round action, you can see through its eyes and use its other senses as if you were there, and you can communicate with it, and it can talk to you. You may have one animal of your kind as an animal companion as if you were a druid of a level equal to your Hit Dice.