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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chaosmancer" data-source="post: 8122468" data-attributes="member: 6801228">I think I need to disagree with you here on a few points. Yes, if the ranger picked something like a cat and we compared it to a lion, we'd expect a major difference, but Hyena's, Mastiff's and Wolves are not that dissimilar. The average's for a Male English Mastiff (the breed shown) are between 160 lbs and 230 lbs, and they are between 2.25 ft and 3 ft tall at the shoulder. The average grey wolf? 66 to 180 lbs and standing 2.2 to 2.7 ft tall at the shoulder. In other words, the smallest mastiff is still nearly as big as the largest wolf. And the Spotted Hyena? 98 to 140 lbs and 2.3 to 3 ft tall. So, lighter than the biggest wolves, but heavier than the lightest and bigger than a wolf. And compounding this, the Hyena has one of the strongest bites in the world. And, is in fact, a hunter as well as a scavenger. [MEDIA=youtube]k4iZjBTdt5E:21[/MEDIA]Meanwhile, let us look at some stats in the game.Wolf Ac 13 Hp 11 Bite +4 for 2d4+2 (7) and potential prone and Keen hearing and smellMastiff  Ac 12  Hp 5  Bite +3 for 1d6+1 (4) and potential prone and keen hearing and smellHyena  Ac 11   Hp 5  Bite +2 for 1d6 (3)This is... kind of egregious. The wolf has +2 AC, double hp, double the attack hit and damage and the hyena is denied keen senses for some reason? Because just about every canine and feline gets that. And while you can try and point out things about wild animals and trained behavior... we are talking about a trained beast companion. None of that should matter. And hyena's being companions to gnolls... yeah, they should be, but they suck so badly that no one I know really bothers with them in combat. I mean, they do less damage than a goat, and are less likely to land a successful hit.</blockquote>

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