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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pawsplay" data-source="post: 5363635" data-attributes="member: 15538">No, it's not. I specifically made a build to be as similar as possible to the Riding Dog as possible in order to make a straightforward comparision. I'm not even sure swapping out the dog's feat is legal. An animal companion is "typical for its kind." But let's assume we do swap it out. The dog's attack goes up 1. The fighter's attack bonus goes up by 1, and his AC goes down by 1. The fighter then uses Combat Expertise, raises his AC by 1 and lowering his attack bonus by 1, making hiim again equivalent to the dog. The whole point of Dodge, after all, was to make him numerically equivalent. Of course, in actually, he could choose not to make the swap, having a higher attack bonus than the dog, which means he actually has more options, which translates into more ability.Finally, Regdar, assuming he closely follows the Human Fighter starting package in the PHB, has Power Attack, Weapon Focus (greatsword), and Blind-Fight. Assuming a fairly typical array, he may be one hit point and one point of AC behind the dog, or so, but is decidely more powerful. Assuming Str 14 or 15, he would attack for +4, doing 2d6+3/19-20, or Power Attack for +3 melee 2d6+5/19-20, meaning he has a reasonable chance of killing the riding dog, or anything else in the neighborhood of CR 1, in one hit, which the Riding Dog cannot do. He also has a shortbow.</blockquote>