## Exalted Companion (Exalted)
Instead of an animal companion, you have a magical beast of good alignment.
**Prerequisite:** Able to acquire an animal companion or mount
**Benefit:** When choosing an animal companion, you may choose a magical beast as shown on the table below. You must choose a companion whose alignment is the same as yours, so only a ranger can have a blink dog, pegasus, or unicorn as a companion.
Even though your companion is a magical beast, you can cast spells on it as though it were an animal. The exalted companion has all the normal abilities of a typical creature of its kind, as well as the characteristics of an animal companion determined by the druid or ranger's level.
| **Companion** | **Alignment** | Effective Druid Level |
| --------------------------------| -------------| ---------------------|
| **Celestial animal<sup>1</sup>** | Any good | 2nd<sup>2</sup> |
| **Blink dog** | Lawful good | 4th |
| **Asperi** | Neutral good | 7th |
| **Giant eagle** | Neutral good | 7th |
| **Giant owl** | Neutral good | 7th |
| **Pegasus** | Chaotic good | 7th |
| **Unicorn** | Chaotic good | 7th |
<sup><sup>1 Apply the celestial creature template to standard animal companion.</sup></sup>
<sup><sup>2 Celestial animals have the same stats as standard animal companions at first level, gaining the abilities of their templates at 2nd level.</sup></sup>