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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Destil" data-source="post: 3595768" data-attributes="member: 1980">At what level would a winter wolf be a fair animal companion?I'm leaning towards 10th since it's superior to the 7th dire wolf. But how does the dire wolf compare the the other 7th level options? I'm more worried about no survivability if I hold off until 10th, and it the dire wolf is one of the weaker choices I wouldn't have a problem with allowing it at 7th, the player has spent feat for a rather minor related bonus (Beast Totem from ECS) already (+3 to saves vs. Cold effects).Also, how unbalanced would it be to allow the normal wolf to advance in size with bonus HD from druid level? The player is interested in being a wolf rider. I'm playing a druid with a wolf currently but the game is pretty low combat and I haven't had a chance to really see my own wolf in action for a while.... Now I know it would be rather overpowered at 3rd level (the wolf my own druid had was better than our half-orc monk at 3rd by a decent margin), but what about at 6th?</blockquote>