As for non-conversational skill checks, companions are worth having. The world is littered with skill check prompts such as Perception checks when walking past buried treasure, Arcana/Religion/History/Nature checks upon spotting a strange idol or an unusual plant, as well as Medicine/Investigation checks triggered by a corpse with identifiable wounds. Each companion rolls their check separately when approaching the prompt and a single success is all you need, which makes having a party of 4 with a diverse skill spread valuable (at least for these interactions).
This is huge already! I remember from some old PFH seeing those perceptions checks, but I forgot about them. It's great that they are implemented also for other abilities, I were expecting to have those checks only relegated to conversations.
Thanks a lot!
