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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Braxis" data-source="post: 6301944" data-attributes="member: 6776247">Well, since we've established that it's definitely CR based I am starting to notice something of a pattern here. It seems like the CR available to a given druid (after factoring the level modifiers) is roughly equal to half the druids' class level. In some cases, that half the class level seems to be rounded up, in others it seems to be rounded down. For example, at 7th level as a druid, you could take a 5 HD CR 3 Dire Ape, or you could take a 6 HD CR 4 Brown bear, and they would both advance as if your druid level were 6 levels lower than it actually is. I get all that. What I don't get is why these two animals are in the same tier? What made them decide to round up for the bear and round down for the ape, assuming that is anything even close to the original formula for calculating this stuff.I just wish I knew what Wizards of the Coast was using to determine which way it should be rounded. Are they taking into account the animals' special abilities/size or other modifiers that adjust CR? I am starting to get a rough idea of how this works I just wish I had a more precise formula.</blockquote>