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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kenobi65" data-source="post: 2647983" data-attributes="member: 1515">I'll have to respectfully disagree with those of you who feel animal companions are ineffectual.Arangil, my druid in Legends of the Shining Jewel has a "riding dog" companion.  When the party was low-level, Duncan (the dog) was often the most effective fighter in the party.  Now that we're around 6th level, he still holds his own in most fights.  (For one thing, the dog, especially when he's wearing his leather barding, has a much better AC than the druid...)Then again, I don't play stupid with him.  Arangil will almost never send Duncan in on his own; he'll usually use the dog as a "flank buddy", and won't even allow Duncan to go into a fight that looks particularly nasty.Duncan's also proven to be very useful for:- Guarding innocents or defenseless individuals that the party needed to protect- Helping Arangil track- Chasing down fleeing individuals that we needed to capture (with a 40' move and a trip attack, he's pretty good at that)From a purely RP perspective, it's also been fun.  Duncan quickly developed into an incorrigible mooch, begging for food from other party members whenever the party was at a tavern.</blockquote>