I mentioned this idea in brief within another thread and want to hear what others think.
Every captain needs their poly parrot, or cheeky chimp, so it would be interesting to be able to customize one's pirate with a pet animal.
Rather than just being just cosmetic the animal can be used as a tool to scout for those random world quest encounters, fetch distant items like food, find burried treasure, etc, distract a foe while in combat... etc.
Different animals could be useful for different things. Birds can scout at sea and find fish or fruit depending upon their species; some being agressive or passive in combat. Each having different food and tricks they can perform.
Monkeys / Cats could be good for finding gold and treasure. Could maybe have a spirit wisp as a pet that helps with mystical skeleton quests... Can be rather creative with the options available.
Dogs / Pigs / Seals (I'm biased) could be useful for finding buried or beached treasure... Etc.
Not exactly the most essential feature but it would definately assist with the pirate fantasy.
What do others thing? What pirate pet would you like to have?
