A pack runner is a beastmaster ranger who has chosen to focus his or her connection with the wild through their bond with a canine such as a wolf or jackal. These pack runners form bonds solely with companions of the canine variety, building upon the long history of friendship between canines and humanoids. So connected is the pack runner and his or her canine friend, that their minds can often seem as one, as the ranger takes on doglike characteristics while their feral friend becomes more and more like a sentient creature.