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What I don't unerstand is that the wolf starts as medium, therefore can be riden right away, and seems on all points more powerful than the dog.
So why would anyone choose the dog instead of the wolf? I wanted the dog for my character concept, but it seems I'm better off choosing the wolf if I want to ride from level 1...
Flavor. The best and most powerful option does not always have to be chosen.
Flavor. The best and most powerful option does not always have to be chosen.What I don't unerstand is that the wolf starts as medium, therefore can be riden right away, and seems on all points more powerful than the dog.
So why would anyone choose the dog instead of the wolf? I wanted the dog for my character concept, but it seems I'm better off choosing the wolf if I want to ride from level 1...
On the other hand you can simply skin your wolf as a dog and no one will ever know. No reason to go for an sub-optimal choice just because of a label.
Pretty much my thought there Crysknife. I've had a few druids who've skinned wolves to use them as big dogs.
It's funny how many people have trouble with reskinning for flavour its not like a real life wolf has an actual free trip on bite mechanic :P
the animal companion book that's coming out should solve a lot of things like this :)
The wolf is far superior, which is really annoying, yet the dog is better (I think) between 4 and 9.
Its strange that a Level 1 AC Wolf or Dog is also mechanically weaker than a Riding Dog, and has less Str for a while... go figure.
A real druid rides an Ox !
It's funny how many people have trouble with reskinning for flavour its not like a real life wolf has an actual free trip on bite mechanic :P
the animal companion book that's coming out should solve a lot of things like this :)
Oooh, there is an AC book? Whats it called?
Its coming out Sah, just not out YET :)
Greetings, fellow travellers.
It's not been touched directly here (yet), but just as reminder - there are a myriad of threads about it already - that mechanically AC =/= animals.
For AC you take the stats given in CRB and that's it.
So while it says "dog" under the AC entry in the druid section, what you call it has no consequences on the mechanics.
The book on ACs can be found here.
Ruyan.