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Thank you very much for this detailed explanation burkoJames.

As I read this I also didn't catch how you calculated the total tricks known. But of course it's dependend on the intelligence as stated in the handle animal section.

Teach an Animal a Trick

You can teach an animal a specific trick with one week of work and a successful Handle Animal check against the indicated DC. An animal with an Intelligence score of 1 can learn a maximum of three tricks, while an animal with an Intelligence score of 2 can learn a maximum of six tricks.

Also thanks for the explanation how you handle sources here.

Hello paizo people, I've started game mastering about 1 year back and now a friend of mine wants to play a druid and I'm not entirely sure on how to calculate the statsitcs of his, for example, bear.

Here we have the Bear from the Animal Choices:
> Bear from animal choices <
and here we have the Animal Companion Base Statstics Table:
> Base Statistics Table <

My main question here is what things add up and what not?
Especially the 4th (or 7th) level advancements.
I've come to the conclusion that probably everything adds up right?

So for example a bear from a 9th level druid could look like this:
(both ability score increases into con)

Size Medium
Init +3 low-light vision, scent;

Defense
AC 21, touch 13, flat-footed 18 (+3 Dex, +8 natural)
HP 60 (8d8 (avarage 36) + 24 from 8x3 con mod.)
Fort +9, Ref +9, Will +3

Offense
Speed 40ft
Melee bite +12(1d6+6), 2 claws +12 (1d4+6
Space 5ft.; Reach 5ft.

Statistics
Str 22, Dex 16, Con 17, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 6;

Plus his tricks, feats and skills.
Is this correct?

And onther question: as I understand the rules it would never be possible by raw that his bear would grow in size again right? Only way would be spells.
I mean this sounds fine but a medium bear feal a bit... well small. Concidering the fact that you could easily get a lion or roc which grow to large.
I'm saying this because I highly anticipate that he wants at some point a large bear companion (also for roleplay purposes) which I can totally understand. So I would have to house roule this and try to adapt the bear statistics to something large.
Any other ideas?

Thank you very much!
- Pryor