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I'm making a Kobold ranger variant and I'm planning to spec him for mounted archery. And at level 4 he'll get the Dire Weasel companion. Then I read the statistics of it and it says that it becomes large at 7 HD.
So I was wondering does it have to become large or..? (since its more in my interest that it stays just one size category bigger)
Thanks in advance.
Nope, it doesn't have to become larger. In fact, it cannot become larger through bonus hit dice granted by the druid.
(See the main 3.5 FAQ, page 14)
Oh. Thank you, that solves that :smallbiggrin:
Tsotha-lanti
2009-02-07, 08:05 AM
Animal companions do not increase in size as they gain HD. Larger animals are simply larger specimens, which comes with more HD. An animal companion doesn't magically swell up into a bigger animal. The play-balance of the ability assumes that they do not change in size due to HD increase (which comes with huge increases to Str and nice ones to Con; Dex penalties are outweighed by natural armor bonuses).
LibraryOgre
2009-02-07, 01:34 PM
Think of an animal companion's HD gains as being similar to your HD gains for levels. A kobold of 12 HD isn't going to be medium just because he's gained a number of levels.
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