Pets are helpful companions in a fight. They act as “mini-characters” and have their own character sheet, or “pet card”. There are many creatures in Zelda that can be made into pets. Some monsters can be tamed into being pets as well. To play a pet while in combat, all player characters must take their turns first. After all the players have gone, a second round of turns for those with pets are taken as well. To command a pet, you must first perform a wisdom role against the pet’s wisdom state to give it a command.  If the role is successful, the pet can perform an attack. If not, the pet can still move about but will not obey commands of the player’s character. Pets can also upgrade alongside the players. They will earn their own spirit points after battles with bosses and dungeons. once 4 spirit points are earned they can upgrade their action points. They can also upgrade either their shield, damage, or armor points by +2. Their health and stamina however do not upgrade, so take care. This applies to monsters as well if they are made pets. For flying pets, no energy is lost when the fly. Pets can either be purchased or found in the wild. If they are found in the wild, you will need to tame them. To tame an animal roll wisdom against the animal’s wisdom. To tame monsters, players must do a wisdom roll against the monster’s highest action dice. Monsters cannot be purchased and must be tamed in the wild. All pets can sneak, though only a few can perform a sneak attack for extra damage.

 

Here is a list of some creatures that can be used as pets in Temples and Tektites. Monster pet stats are in the monsters and enemies’ section.

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Link to pet cards:

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Hawk: hawks can attack enemies in the air. They can also be used to spy out areas that players might not be able to see.

            Hearts: 2 hearts

            Energy: 5

            Speed: 6

           

            Courage:2                       Damage: 3

            Wisdom:1                       Armor: 2

            Power: 1                          Shield: 4

 

Special Attack: dive bomb for +2 damage. If the enemy is in the air they must fly higher than them.

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Owl: Owls are intelligent creatures, and can perform stealth attacks (moves 2 spaces per turn when in stealth)

 

Hearts: 2 hearts

            Energy: 4

            Speed: 5

           

            Courage:2                       Damage: 3

            Wisdom:2                       Armor: 2

            Power: 1                          Shield: 4

 

Special Attack: stealth bomb, a special stealth attack (need to sneak up on enemies first). like a dive bomb but does +3 damage if the owl is not detected.

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Seagull: another flying pet, seagulls gain strength when near water. If water is in the area their courage rolls gain +2.

            Hearts: 2 hearts

            Energy: 4

            Speed: 5

           

            Courage:2                       Damage: 3

            Wisdom:1                       Armor: 2

            Power: 2                          Shield: 4

 

Special Attack: none.

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Cuccos: Cuccos are generally harmless creatures, but if attacked enough can become very dangerous. They are generally flightless but may be able to help non-flying characters glide to reach hard to reach spots.

Hearts: 2 hearts

            Energy: 3

            Speed: 5

           

            Courage:2                       Damage: 3

            Wisdom:1                       Armor: 2

            Power: 2                          Shield: 4

 

Special Attack: Summon an army of cuccos to do a devastating +4 on a single attack.

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Cats: Cats have long been domesticated in Hyrule and can come in handy in a fight.

Hearts: 3 hearts

            Energy: 3

            Speed: 6

           

            Courage:2                       Damage: 4

            Wisdom:1                       Armor: 2

            Power: 2                          Shield: 4

 

Special Attack: maul for +3 damage

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Dogs: dogs are a hylian’s best friend.

 

Hearts: 3 hearts

            Energy: 4

            Speed: 6

           

            Courage:2                       Damage: 4

            Wisdom:2                       Armor: 3

            Power: 1                          Shield: 4

 

Special Attack: thrash for +2 damage

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Monkey: monkeys are very intelligent and will make use of large sticks  and will throw rocks as attacks (range 10 squares). They can also perform stealth attacks.

 

Hearts: 2 hearts

            Energy: 4

            Speed: 5

           

            Courage:2                       Damage: 3

            Wisdom:2                       Armor: 2

            Power: 1                          Shield: 4

 

Special Attack: Thrash for +2 damage.

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Pigs: Pigs are a generally peaceful creature unless provoked.

 

Hearts: 2 hearts

            Energy: 3

            Speed: 5

           

            Courage:2                       Damage: 3

            Wisdom:1                       Armor: 2

            Power: 2                          Shield: 4

 

Special Attack: rage, does +3 on attacks, if first roll is successful, a second attack is made possible.

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Ostrich: typically living in more mountainous areas of hyrule, Ostritchs make great pets when facing fire based enemies, as they are resistant to fire.

 

Hearts: 3 hearts

            Energy: 3

            Speed: 7

           

            Courage:2                       Damage: 3

            Wisdom:1                       Armor: 2

            Power: 1                          Shield: 3

 

Special Attack: dash attack (see combat moves).

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Monsters that are tameable:

 

Guay and Takkuri

Helmasaur

Kargorok

Keese

Rats

Remlits

Rope snake

Spinuts

Terrorpin

Vulture

Wolves

Dacto

Sand crab

Snapdragon

Tektite

Zirro

Magtail

Biri and bari

Octoroc

Deadrock

Bawb

Armos

Sentrobe

 

Note: Mechanical monsters may be "tamed" as well, however the bonuses of Bremen's Wisdom will not apply to them. If you are playing as an engineer however your class bonuses will. Also, you must use stealth in order to creep up on mechanical monsters so they are not alerted to you. once they are alerted to you you cannot tame them.