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<blockquote data-quote="fba827" data-source="post: 109411" data-attributes="member: 807">Look at the wording from what you've quoted a little closer ...Daniel is talking about &quot;awakened animals&quot; while Spikey is talking about &quot;animal companions&quot;awakened animals and animal companions are two separate things.Animal companions are the animal friends that a druid or ranger has via the animal friendship spellAwakened animals are normal animals (that could have started as animal companions) that have been affected by the Awaken spell - thus, they have above-animal intelligence and a couple other things.So, in fact, both those quotes are correct and do not contradict.Animal companions (the little friends for druids) do not (by default) gain class levels because they are only normal animals of standard animal capabilitiesAwakened animals (animals that have been altered by the awaken spell) can gain class levels because they no longer have the base animal intelligence but in fact have the inteligence to grasp the needed concepts (of whatever rationale you want to give behind it)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="fba827, post: 109411, member: 807"] Look at the wording from what you've quoted a little closer ... Daniel is talking about "awakened animals" while Spikey is talking about "animal companions" awakened animals and animal companions are two separate things. Animal companions are the animal friends that a druid or ranger has via the animal friendship spell Awakened animals are normal animals (that could have started as animal companions) that have been affected by the Awaken spell - thus, they have above-animal intelligence and a couple other things. So, in fact, both those quotes are correct and do not contradict. Animal companions (the little friends for druids) do not (by default) gain class levels because they are only normal animals of standard animal capabilities Awakened animals (animals that have been altered by the awaken spell) can gain class levels because they no longer have the base animal intelligence but in fact have the inteligence to grasp the needed concepts (of whatever rationale you want to give behind it) [/QUOTE]

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