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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hypersmurf" data-source="post: 2378854" data-attributes="member: 1656">Unless his effective druid level is already reduced somehow - for instance, if he has a 4th-level animal companion like an ape.No, he couldn't."A druid of sufficiently high level can select her animal companion from one of the following lists..."A tiger companion requires a druid of sufficiently high level... namely, 7th.Natural Bond adds three to your effective druid level for the purpose of bonus hit dice, extra tricks, special abilities, and other bonuses the companion receives. It doesn't add three to your effective druid level for purposes of determining what alternative animal companions are available.A Drd6/Ftr1 with Natural Bond could have a normal animal companion with bonuses as if he were a 7th level druid (6, +3 for Natural Bond, capped at 7 for character level), or a 4th-level animal companion with bonuses as if he were a 6th level druid (6, -3 for a 4th level companion, +3 for Natural Bond), but he can't have a 7th-level animal companion (like a tiger) at all, because he isn't 'a druid of sufficiently high level'.-Hyp.</blockquote>