Ring of Animal Friendship: more friends, or a bigger friend?

[reapersaurus]

If you already have an Animal Friend as say a 12th level Druid, and you pick up a Ring of Animal Friendship, does it only give you another 12 HD of different animal friends, or could you now have a 24 HD Animal Buddy?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Ferret]

MotW clears this up. Page 36-37 I think.

 

[LokiDR]

page 37, top left of page

Regardless of the total Hit Dice of animal companions an adventuring character can have, none of them can exceed his or her own Hit Dice.

 

[reapersaurus]

thought so.
thanks!