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<blockquote data-quote="Henry" data-source="post: 2503802" data-attributes="member: 158">First of all, choose the biggest monster your DM will let you have as an Animal Companion. If he won't go with a Polar Bear, a Brown bear will do nicely. At 10th level, that brown bear will have 2 extra hit dice, +3 AC better including Dex bonus boost, +1 to hit and damage to all attacks, and freaking evasion. It will have the Grapple bonus from Hell (+17), and it can bite while grappling. Have it grapple any enemy wizards or weaker creatures.Second, Get natural spell if you don't have the feat. Nothing like being able to rain death on an enemy while flying as an eagle 50 feet up. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Don't forget Barkskin. a +4 bonus to your or your animal's AC is a hefty bonus. If you can afford to do so, get your mouse to cast mage armor on you too -- that's a +8 to AC for a very long duration, including most explorations of hazardous areas, and only less effective if you're ambushed in a safer area.Greater magic fang lasts for TEN HOURS on you or your companion. Your companion's bite should be magiced up at all times. (you can also cast it as a +1 to hit and dmg for ALL attack forms.)Stoneskin can also make up for what armor may lack. Don't forget about it, and even maybe invest in making some druid scrolls of it.Flame Strike and Dispel Magic I don't even need to comment on - just plain USEFUL. Spoil those enemy spells! Fry those underlings!More thoughts as I have time to voice them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Henry, post: 2503802, member: 158"] First of all, choose the biggest monster your DM will let you have as an Animal Companion. If he won't go with a Polar Bear, a Brown bear will do nicely. At 10th level, that brown bear will have 2 extra hit dice, +3 AC better including Dex bonus boost, +1 to hit and damage to all attacks, and freaking evasion. It will have the Grapple bonus from Hell (+17), and it can bite while grappling. Have it grapple any enemy wizards or weaker creatures. Second, Get natural spell if you don't have the feat. Nothing like being able to rain death on an enemy while flying as an eagle 50 feet up. :) Don't forget Barkskin. a +4 bonus to your or your animal's AC is a hefty bonus. If you can afford to do so, get your mouse to cast mage armor on you too -- that's a +8 to AC for a very long duration, including most explorations of hazardous areas, and only less effective if you're ambushed in a safer area. Greater magic fang lasts for TEN HOURS on you or your companion. Your companion's bite should be magiced up at all times. (you can also cast it as a +1 to hit and dmg for ALL attack forms.) Stoneskin can also make up for what armor may lack. Don't forget about it, and even maybe invest in making some druid scrolls of it. Flame Strike and Dispel Magic I don't even need to comment on - just plain USEFUL. Spoil those enemy spells! Fry those underlings! More thoughts as I have time to voice them. [/QUOTE]

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