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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hypersmurf" data-source="post: 1202019" data-attributes="member: 1656">Awaken changes the animal's type to magical beast, and it grants extra hit dice.Analogy - Divine Power grants an enhancement bonus to Strength, augments BAB, and grants temporary hit points.  Now, temporary hit points are always lost first, so if the cleric gets hit a couple of times, he probably doesn't have any temporary hit points any more.That doesn't mean he loses the Strength and BAB.The spell grants more than one effect; each is not dependent on the persistence of the others.Awaken changes type, and it grants hit dice.  Just because your type subsequently changes to something other than magical beast has no effect on those extra hit dice.-Hyp.</blockquote>