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<blockquote data-quote="Conaill" data-source="post: 1455893" data-attributes="member: 1264">Why +2HD? Beats me... I guess they wanted to make the awakened animal extra &quot;special&quot;, in the same sense that animal companions and familiars are special too: those gain additional HD or hp as well.One common mistake I've seen people make is to switch the HD to d10's, because of the switch to the magical beast (augmented animal) type. By default, the awakened animal would keep it's original HD size, and attack, save and skill progression: &quot;A creature with the augmented subtype usually has the traits of its current type, but the features of its original type.I've heard people argue that the +2 HD are &quot;extra HD&quot; or &quot;bonus HD&quot;, and not real HD with all the usual increases in BAB, saves, skills and feats. I don't see anything in the rules that would support such a position. Then again, I also didn't see anything in the rules that would keep animal companions from gaining size increases...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Conaill, post: 1455893, member: 1264"] Why +2HD? Beats me... I guess they wanted to make the awakened animal extra "special", in the same sense that animal companions and familiars are special too: those gain additional HD or hp as well. One common mistake I've seen people make is to switch the HD to d10's, because of the switch to the magical beast (augmented animal) type. By default, the awakened animal would keep it's original HD size, and attack, save and skill progression: "[i]A creature with the augmented subtype usually has the traits of its current type, but the features of its original type.[/i] I've heard people argue that the +2 HD are "extra HD" or "bonus HD", and not real HD with all the usual increases in BAB, saves, skills and feats. I don't see anything in the rules that would support such a position. Then again, I also didn't see anything in the rules that would keep animal companions from gaining size increases... [/QUOTE]

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