Special mounts/companions/familiars = ally for bard music?

[Steve Conan Trustrum]

Would you consider a paladin's mount, druid's companion, or sorcerer/wizard's familiar to count as an "ally," as the term is meant for the purpose of who benefits from bardic music such as inspire courage? Would/wouldn't this count all the time, or only if the beast in question belonged to the bard character using the ability and not the beast of one of the bard's allies?

 

[Lord Pendragon]

Yes, I'd count all the attendant creatures in the party as allies. They don't have to belong to the bard, either, any more than the fighter has to.

 

[Darklone]

Even summoned monsters count as allies

 

[hong]

Yes, I'd count all the attendant creatures in the party as allies. They don't have to belong to the bard, either, any more than the fighter has to.

Hmm. I wonder what sort of Bluff check might be required to convince the fighter otherwise...?

 

[Darklone]

hong, try the good old Bluff:
"Luke, I am your father. Kill that petty bard next to you for me please, I know you never liked his wailing, right?"