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<blockquote data-quote="eggynack" data-source="post: 6371488" data-attributes="member: 6775558">You mean natural bond and improved animal companion? They're pretty good, yeah, though I'd personally stay away from the latter for the aforementioned homebrew issue. Those feats tend to be a bit better at early levels, when the static increase means relatively more, but having a better pet fighter is always pretty good. I'd likely go with companion spellbond at later levels though. Overall, natural bond is a good choice, though somewhat inferior to the crazier druid options like aberration wild shape or greenbound summoning. I'm referring to the line, &quot;a druid of sufficiently high level can select her animal companion from one of the following lists, applying the indicated adjustment to the druid’s level (in parentheses) for purposes of determining the companion’s characteristics and special abilities.&quot; The indicated adjustment in this case is -12, and it impacts your position on the animal companion ability table. &nbsp; The two best options at your level are probably fleshraker dinosaur, from the MM III, and magebred ghost tiger, from Five Nations. The relevant adjustments for each, assuming the same feats applied, would be 14 on the dinosaur, and 11 on the tiger.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="eggynack, post: 6371488, member: 6775558"] You mean natural bond and improved animal companion? They're pretty good, yeah, though I'd personally stay away from the latter for the aforementioned homebrew issue. Those feats tend to be a bit better at early levels, when the static increase means relatively more, but having a better pet fighter is always pretty good. I'd likely go with companion spellbond at later levels though. Overall, natural bond is a good choice, though somewhat inferior to the crazier druid options like aberration wild shape or greenbound summoning. I'm referring to the line, "a druid of sufficiently high level can select her animal companion from one of the following lists, [B]applying the indicated adjustment to the druid’s level (in parentheses) for purposes of determining the companion’s characteristics and special abilities.[/B]" The indicated adjustment in this case is -12, and it impacts your position on the animal companion ability table. The two best options at your level are probably fleshraker dinosaur, from the MM III, and magebred ghost tiger, from Five Nations. The relevant adjustments for each, assuming the same feats applied, would be 14 on the dinosaur, and 11 on the tiger. [/QUOTE]

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