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Message: <blockquote data-quote="gabrion" data-source="post: 2823213" data-attributes="member: 30779">[sblock=AT]His AC is so low because he will be in wild shape 10 hours/day, and if we're doing any fighting after that, he'll be far away from it.  As for the HP, why would the last one not be 5 instead of 4? If you're going to rule it that way I won't object (it is your game after all), but I'll probably switch it out for something else.  You should keep in mind though that the wording of the feat says "add three to your effective druid level for determining the bonus hit dice, extra tricks, special abilities, and other bonuses your animal companion recieves,"  and (the part I'm sure you're hung up on), "This feat can never make your effective druid level exceed your character level."  Under the fleshraker dinosaur (and many of the core animals too), it says that a druid can have one as an animal companionbut they must "apply a -3 adjustment to the druid's level for purposes of determining the companion's characteristics and special abilities."  The last part is obviously talking about the stuff an animal companion gets according to the entry on page 36 of the PHB (the same stuff called out in the Natural Bond Feat).So, I'm a 5th level druid and I decided to get a fleshraker as an animal companion.  What does this mean?  I'm treated as a 2nd level druid for purposes of the animal companion abilities chart on page 36 of PHB.  I then take natural bond, which treats my level for determining animal companion abilities as 3 higher than it is, to the maximum of my actual druid level.  In this case, my effective level goes from 2nd to 5th, and since my actual druid level is 5th, it doesn't break the cap established by the feat.Like I said, if you're deciding to use the feat differently that this then I will simply swap it out, but could you explain your reading?I'll make sure to add that in there.Altogether I'm carrying 9 lbs., so it shouldn't be too much of a problem.  If I acquire more equipment I can always get some kind of saddle bag for my companion and have him carry it too.Thanks for looking this guy over for me![/sblock]</blockquote>

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