## Blessing of Tyrmaria (Racial)
*Your keen connection to the natural order allows you a greater bond with your animal companion*
**Prerequisites:** Vaal subtype, ability to cast 1st level divine spells, animal companion or familiar or mount class feature
**Benefit:** Your connection to Guardians allows you to develop a deeper bond with your companion. Your effective druid level for your mount, animal companion or familiar is treated as 3 higher than normal when determining the abilities of such a companion.
Furthermore, you can cast _speak with animals_ as a spell-like ability 1/day, with a caster level equal to your character level.
|Vaal Race|Affected creatures|
|---|---|
|[[Iduua]]|Snakes|
|[[Hswani]]|Apes and monkey|
|[[Gozu]]|Aurachs, bulls and other bovine|
|[[Mezu]]|Rhinoserus|
|[[Sakari]]|Mice and rats|