Animal Stats (Hit Die and Grapple)

[key777]

Hi I was checking out the stats on animal companions on dandwiki and I had a few questions. When Hit dies are listed they look akin to this (2d8+4 (13hp)) the first part makes sense to me, I roll 2d8 and add 4 to the result. The last part i'm not sure what it means, is it stating that if their hp ends up lower than 13 to just set it to 13? My other question comes from where the attack and grapple is listed. It looks like this (base attack/Grapple:+1/+3) is this saying that their bab is 1 but when they grapple they use +3? Or is stating that they get +3 to grapple along with their strength mod and bab resulting in a grapple bonus of around 7. Thanks for the help!

[eggynack]

13 is the average HP value. The average roll on 1d8 is 4.5, so 2d8 gives 9 HP, +4 to get 13. You can just use that average instead of rolling, if ya want. The grapple mod is the total.

[key777]

13 is the average HP value. The average roll on 1d8 is 4.5, so 2d8 gives 9 HP, +4 to get 13. You can just use that average instead of rolling, if ya want. The grapple mod is the total.
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