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Deaths Adorable Apprentice wrote:

Though I have been advised against a mount for this game.

Small characters with smaller mounts have an easier time with indoor campaigns. If its all difficult terrain that would be a different story.

A riding dog is only medium-sized (think mastiff, Irish wolfhound or a large boxer) and the mounted combat feats aren't broken -- they mostly help you charge. That said, the dog would be an extra combatant (with attacks of his own) and you'll want to spend extra on barding for him. You'll need Handle Animal to do more than basic stuff with your bonded animal, and you'll need to know the rules inside out so the extras aren't something for nothing.

I would sit down and talk with the DM about this new direction and get some more insight on why she (rolled d4 for random pronoun) recommends against a mount. Let her know this is something you'd like to do, but you don't want to make her life more difficult.

All that said, I would love to see the Kobold calling his mangy mutt a "steed."