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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Drobney Falcor" data-source="post: 5738618" data-attributes="member: 6673591">Let me start off by saying that I've read the rules for an animal companions...extensively. I understand how the level adjustments work for acquiring an animal companion of a stronger variety. Now then...After adventuring with my wolf for a few levels (6 I think), I decided it was time for a stronger friend. I wanted to take full advantage of this opportunity and scoured for a flying animal of medium size (I'm a gnome). I noticed that an eagle, if raised to 2-3HD, would become medium sized. So i looked at the list of alternative animal companions and saw that most of the ones within my grasp (4th level requirement with a -3 towards effective druid level in advancement) were at 3HD. So I have now been the companion of a 3HD medium eagle for one session. I still used the -3 adjustment and thought nothing more of it until I cam across this.<a href="http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/rg/20070206a" target="_blank">Rules of the Game: Animals (Part Four)</a>-Under Acquiring an Animal Companion"The prospective companion cannot be an advanced animal, nor can it be  another character's animal companion or another character's familiar."I thought that it wouldn't be breaking any rules if I still tried to balance out the power difference. My question is, would it be wise to continue playing with it? I know the people I game with wouldn't mind but I don't want to feel overpowered if this would be a problem. (even though druids are already considered overpowered by some...) In the one session I did play with it I didn't see any noticeable domination but the rules are as clear as day. (I'm a real rules guy and wouldn't mind at all trading in my animal companion.)I think that's all but if I left something out let me know.</blockquote>

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