Natael
2010-02-24, 09:41 AM
I need to figure out how to advance my animal companion appropriately. Technically, my DM gave Rangers full AC progression, though that is irrelevant to the question.
So my 3rd level feat was Exalted Companion {pg 42, BoED}, at 4th level I picked myself up a blink dog, all good and happy. So now I'm 7th level and finally get those happy bonus hit dice. Reading into it I only get d8's instead of magical beast progression, then I see that my companion's BaB is based off the equivalent druid levels, so as I read this, my doggy's BaB would actually have dropped by becoming a companion and then got back to +4 as I get my next two bonus HD.
Is there an explanation or chart somewhere that I may have missed in regards to getting magical beasts as animal companions? Or is there just a rules gap for making magical beasts companions (as I didn't see any good explanation in the Eberron book under Totem Companion either)?
So my 3rd level feat was Exalted Companion {pg 42, BoED}, at 4th level I picked myself up a blink dog, all good and happy. So now I'm 7th level and finally get those happy bonus hit dice. Reading into it I only get d8's instead of magical beast progression, then I see that my companion's BaB is based off the equivalent druid levels, so as I read this, my doggy's BaB would actually have dropped by becoming a companion and then got back to +4 as I get my next two bonus HD.
Is there an explanation or chart somewhere that I may have missed in regards to getting magical beasts as animal companions? Or is there just a rules gap for making magical beasts companions (as I didn't see any good explanation in the Eberron book under Totem Companion either)?