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A few days ago I got my animal companion, and I choose a Giant Spider, I like spiders. I noticed that the poor things dies very easily, but didn't play attention to this since I've heard from reliable sources that the spider is quite weak.

Anyway, when I levelled up and go the opportunity to choose animal companion again, I noticed my Spider has only 4 HP? Lvl:ing up resulting in him getting 9 HP. But the character sheet you see when choosing him, says he should have 31 HP?

I am confused

I noticed this with my panther. They linked the animal companions to that of a druid since they are exactly the same anyway. The problem being is when you finally get one it seems as if the game is showing you the companion of a druid of like level when in the character sheet when leveling but the representation you actually get in game is that a ranger of your level should actually have, that of a druid 5 levels lower. So you are actually getting the correct companion you are simply being shown what the same companion would look like for a druid of your level in the leveling up scree. Its another of the myriad of annoying bugs.

Aha, that explains it. Thanks Mathurin.

Originally posted by Mathurin

So you are actually getting the correct companion you are simply being shown what the same companion would look like for a druid of your level in the leveling up scree. Its another of the myriad of annoying bugs.

Hmmm, I am not sure I understand here. Is it level 6 that a ranger gets an animal companion? and you are saying that this companion will show as a level one does to a druid on start up? When you liken levels, are you likening the companion of a level six ranger to a level six druid?

@Ysh: I am not sure when a druid gets their companion, but as a ranger you get it at lvl 6, but then companion is then lvl 1 I think. If i understand things correctly, the problem is that the char sheet shows the animal companion as if you were a lvl 6 druid, not ranger - thus looking like it is a much higher lvl than it is actually is for the ranger.

Exactly. If I were to take a panther companion as a first level druid it would be exactly the same as that of a ranger taking the same panther at 6th level. The problem arises because in the level up screen the game is showing you what the panther would be if you were a druid of x level, not a ranger.

Ah! now I understand - thanks

@CE - a druid gets an animal companion from the offset, and gets the option to change this one for another at each level up.