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Message: <blockquote data-quote="chip079" data-source="post: 740548" data-attributes="member: 6640">ok this is a question about an animal companion gaing levels in a class... curently he is an awakened dire bear with three levels in barbarian.  we started with a brown bear, added the dire templete(from a book if templetes), then i awakened him, and he has starteld taking levels in barbarian (3).  this gives him a total of 13 hit dice. the max for an animal companion for a 13th level druid.  now the question is, what is his ecl? right now we are saying 13, his number of hitdice.  now if he gains expwerience as a 13th level character, does he need the equivelent experience to reach 14th levle in order to take his fourth level of barbarian, or does he gain experiance as a 13th level, but only need enough  experience to advance to fourth from third? any light shed on this subject is greatly appreciated, and thanks in advance.chip</blockquote>