Dire Wolf base save bonuses? *Solved*

[Korvax]

*UPDATE* Problem solved, thanks Epametheus! More dumb questions to follow


First of all, I'd like to say "Hi everybody!"
Now, on to the matter at hand :

I'm currently playing in a campaign with a druid PC (who has just gained lvl 9) with a Dire Wolf as an animal companion. At lvl 9 the wolf gets its first animal companion boost (+2HD, +1Str/Dex, +2 nat armor, etc.) When calculating the bonuses associated to extra HD, I've come upon a problem:
The dire wolf's base save bonuses are confusing. it seems to me that a basic 6HD direwolf has base saves of +6/+6/+6 which wouldn't really make any sense.

His listed fortitude is +8 (I'm calculating, +3 from con, -1 from size, +6 base?)
Reflex is +7 (+2 dex, -1 size, +6 base?)
Will is +6 (+1 wis, -1 size, +6 base?)

which would make all 3 of his base saves even better than "good".

My question is: am I missing something that makes this normal? or should I set the saves to what it ought to be (fort & ref good, will poor)? or could the dire wolf be one of the animals that actually has a strong will - doesn't sound crazy to me (all saves treated as "good")?

Thanks,
Korvax

 

[Epametheus]

Dire animals in 3.0 had all good saves. I'm guessing that carried over to 3.5.

Size does not effect saves in any way.

The 6HD dire wolf has a base save of +5 in every area, and is then getting its stat modifiers applied to that.

 

[Korvax]

duh, I'm sorry... I had always thought of the +1 that halflings get to all saves as a size-based bonus. (Nobody ever plays a gnome anyway eh? )

my bad, thanks for pointing this out!

(sheepishly walks away)

*edit* what is it with me and typos?