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Message: <blockquote data-quote="nak9788" data-source="post: 2110796" data-attributes="member: 29661">Does anyone know a good way a find the minimum level needed to acquire animal companions that are not listed.  I tried classifying a dire snake based upon CR, which is 4.  By that comparision, it should go into to the 7th+ bracket, yet if you compare its abilities and what it can do to the other snakes in that bracket (Huge Viper), it should go into the next higher bracket. I guess this is yet another case where the CR of a monster doesn't make sense when compared to other creatures with the same CR. How would you classify this creature, and what method would you use to classify other animals (and perhaps certain beasts like dinosaurs, since they include some on the lists already).</blockquote>