It seems so obvious, and yet the rules for it don't work at all.
Obviously a Centaur can't take itself as it's own bonded animal, and it's definitely not going to ride a horse, or anything else.
How would you work this?
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I'd probably either find an archetype that replaces the mount feature (such as the Inspiring Commander, by Rite Publishing), or choose a different class: Fighter, Paladin, Inquisitor, War Master (SGG).
You could also take an archetype that minimizes the mounted combat abilities and use the mount as a flanking buddy.
The mount could be you love interest? lol.... or litle brother that is cursed.
Centaur is a 3rd party race correct? I also recall seeing something stated on d20pfsrd about playing a centaur cavalier and basically you didn't get a mount as a class feature and instead got some other type of bonus. I can't look at d20pfsrd at work, so I can't provide a link but I would suggest you go look on their website for further information.
Core Bastairy 1
Centaur
This creature has the sun-bronzed upper body of a seasoned warrior and the lower body of a sleek warhorse.
Centaur CR 3
XP 800
N Large monstrous humanoid
Init +6; Senses darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +7
Defense
AC 20, touch 11, flat-footed 18 (+6 armor, +2 Dex, +1 natural, +2 shield, –1 size)
hp 30 (4d10+8)
Fort +3, Ref +6, Will +6
Offense
Speed 50 ft. (35 ft. in armor)
Melee longsword +5 (1d8+2/19–20), 2 hooves +0 (1d6+1)
Ranged spear +5 (1d8+2/×3)
Space 10 ft., Reach 5 ft.
Statistics
Str 15, Dex 14, Con 15, Int 11, Wis 14, Cha 12
Base Atk +4; CMB +7; CMD 19 (23 vs. trip)
Feats Improved Initiative, Run
Skills Diplomacy +5, Intimidate +6, Knowledge (nature) +4, Perception +7, Survival +9
Languages Common, Elven, Sylvan
SQ undersized weapons
Ecology
Environment temperate forests and plains
Organization solitary, pair, band (3–10), tribe (11–30 plus 3 hunters of 3rd level and 1 leader of 6th level)
Treasure standard (breastplate, heavy steel shield, longsword, spear, other treasure)
Special Abilities
Undersized Weapons (Ex) Although a centaur is Large, its upper torso is the same size as that of a Medium humanoid. As a result, they wield weapons as if they were one size category smaller than their actual size (Medium for most centaurs).
Legendary hunters and skilled warriors, centaurs are part man and part horse. Typically found on the fringes of civilization, these stoic people vary widely in appearance, their skin tones typically appearing deeply tanned but similar to the humans who occupy nearby regions, while their lower bodies borrow the colorations of local equines. Centaur hair and eyes trend toward darker colors and their features tend to be broad, while the overall bulk of their bodies is influenced by the size of the horses their lower quarters resemble. Thus, while an average centaur stands over 7 feet tall and weights upward of 2,000 pounds, there are vast regional variations—from lean plains-runners to burly mountain hunters. Centaurs typically live to be about 60 years old.
Aloof with other races and at odds even with their own kind, the centaurs are an old race only slowly coming to accept the modern world. While the majority of centaurs still live in tribes roaming vast plains or the fringes of eldritch forests, many have abandoned the isolationist ways of their ancestors to walk among the more cosmopolitan cities of the world. Often such free-spirited centaurs are considered outcasts and are shunned by their own tribes, making the decision to leave a heavy one. In some rare cases, however, whole tribes under progressive leaders have come to trade or make alliances with other humanoid communities—typically elves, but sometimes gnomes, and rarely humans or dwarves. Many races remain wary of centaurs, though, largely due to legends of territorial beastmen and the regular, violent encounters the centaurs have with stubborn settlers and expansionist countries.
But a centaur isnt a cavalier. Sure he has a horse's body, but its still his body, there's no mount. The point of a cavalier is mounted combat.
That said, if you just want the non-mounted aspects of the cavalier are ok with 3rd party material there is an easy option. Super genius games has a lone of archetype products. Unlike paizo archetypes they trade out a specific set of abilities from every class to take any of them.
One of the packages the cavalier can trade out includes the mount, cavliers charge, expert trainer, mighty charge and supreme charge. You could trade those abilities for any archetype in the 4 products (martial archetypes probably work best with the cavalier).
But a centaur isnt a cavalier. Sure he has a horse's body, but its still his body, there's no mount. The point of a cavalier is mounted combat.
That said, if you just want the non-mounted aspects of the cavalier are ok with 3rd party material there is an easy option. Super genius games has a lone of archetype products. Unlike paizo archetypes they trade out a specific set of abilities from every class to take any of them.
One of the packages the cavalier can trade out includes the mount, cavliers charge, expert trainer, mighty charge and supreme charge. You could trade those abilities for any archetype in the 4 products (martial archetypes probably work best with the cavalier).
I think you are missing the point "Doomed Hero" want make centaur that is a cavalier and want to know what to do about all the mounted abilty and the mouunt once he take level in that classs.
I would say look UCG there is many archetype that give up mounted stuff for other things
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Abandoned Arts has a very cheap yet well done PDF here on the site that allows for a tauric cavalier.
Core Bastairy 1
Centaur
This creature has the sun-bronzed upper body of a seasoned warrior and the lower body of a sleek warhorse.Centaur CR 3
XP 800....more stuff
I didn't take the OP's original post as regarding the Bestiary creature, if you look on d20pfsrd there is a 3rd party centaur race that is also called centaurs IIRC. I think on that page it lists how to handle that race with classes with the mount feature.
If he does indeed mean to make the character based off the Centaur in the Bestiary then it would really just have to be something special worked out between the OP and his GM because otherwise he gets a mount that is not useful as a mount, and silly even if he could mount it.
Take Leadership and get a cohort who rides you (and has oodles of Ride skill and Mounted Combat so he can deflect hits from you).
Probably require a good bit of working with your GM as the mounted combat rules aren't really designed for this situation. (They mostly assume that Medium-sized PC is riding a horse, or close analogies, and don't get into other stuff.)
Rite Publishing also has several samurai archetypes that have mount replaced with something else.
Kuge (samurai archetype)
Nitojutsu Sensei (samurai archetype)
Tajiya (samurai archetype)
These are all available in Way of the Samurai supplement.
http://www.d20pfsrd.com/races/3rd-party-races/super-genius-games/lapith
Lapith is what I was referring to earlier.
Good stuff.
Basically, the consensus is that if you want to a Centaur Cavalier, take an Archetype that replaces Mount.
It's not a published archtype (although it should be, it's the only one that even remotely tempted me to want to play a cavalier), but this is the one I would recommend for your centaur.
