Animal Companion/Special Mount leveling? [Archive] - Wizards Community

Animal Companion/Special Mount leveling? [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Spike_Fightwicky
01-24-06, 07:48 AM If I were to get Raise Dead cast upon either my animal companion or special mount, he's losing a Hit Dice. So.... Can the creature gain back that Hit Dice through adventuring? Creatures typically don't partake in XP gain, but what if I'm doing it specifically to bring my animal back up to full strength?
skywyze
01-24-06, 10:10 AM If I were to get Raise Dead cast upon either my animal companion or special mount, he's losing a Hit Dice. So.... Can the creature gain back that Hit Dice through adventuring? Creatures typically don't partake in XP gain, but what if I'm doing it specifically to bring my animal back up to full strength?

If a druid releases her companion from service, she may gain a new one by performing a ceremony requiring 24 uninterrupted hours of prayer. This ceremony can also replace an animal companion that has perished.

Is there any reason in particular why you wouldn't just use the ritual?
Spike_Fightwicky
01-24-06, 10:14 AM Is there any reason in particular why you wouldn't just use the ritual?

Yeah, the character is rather attached to his companion (storywise, he believes it's the reincarnated spirit of one of his ancestors, and it's been with him since level 1. Whether or not it is, or if it will have any effect in game is up to the DM).
skywyze
01-25-06, 01:27 PM Yeah, the character is rather attached to his companion (storywise, he believes it's the reincarnated spirit of one of his ancestors, and it's been with him since level 1. Whether or not it is, or if it will have any effect in game is up to the DM).
Since the animal companion you could summon with the druid ritual would be stat-wise complete identical to your old animal companion, there's nothing wrong with letting you use that ritual to raise your fallen animal companion rather than summoning a new one, or to let the companion get raised without the level loss. After all, the book DOES say that how many HD your companion has depends on the druid in question, NOT the animal companion itself. The only thing standing in the way of you doing that is a DM's (often sadistic and megalomaniacal) nature.

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Spike_Fightwicky 01-24-06, 07:48 AM	If I were to get Raise Dead cast upon either my animal companion or special mount, he's losing a Hit Dice. So.... Can the creature gain back that Hit Dice through adventuring? Creatures typically don't partake in XP gain, but what if I'm doing it specifically to bring my animal back up to full strength?
skywyze 01-24-06, 10:10 AM	If I were to get Raise Dead cast upon either my animal companion or special mount, he's losing a Hit Dice. So.... Can the creature gain back that Hit Dice through adventuring? Creatures typically don't partake in XP gain, but what if I'm doing it specifically to bring my animal back up to full strength? If a druid releases her companion from service, she may gain a new one by performing a ceremony requiring 24 uninterrupted hours of prayer. This ceremony can also replace an animal companion that has perished. Is there any reason in particular why you wouldn't just use the ritual?
Spike_Fightwicky 01-24-06, 10:14 AM	Is there any reason in particular why you wouldn't just use the ritual? Yeah, the character is rather attached to his companion (storywise, he believes it's the reincarnated spirit of one of his ancestors, and it's been with him since level 1. Whether or not it is, or if it will have any effect in game is up to the DM).
skywyze 01-25-06, 01:27 PM	Yeah, the character is rather attached to his companion (storywise, he believes it's the reincarnated spirit of one of his ancestors, and it's been with him since level 1. Whether or not it is, or if it will have any effect in game is up to the DM). Since the animal companion you could summon with the druid ritual would be stat-wise complete identical to your old animal companion, there's nothing wrong with letting you use that ritual to raise your fallen animal companion rather than summoning a new one, or to let the companion get raised without the level loss. After all, the book DOES say that how many HD your companion has depends on the druid in question, NOT the animal companion itself. The only thing standing in the way of you doing that is a DM's (often sadistic and megalomaniacal) nature.