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Thanks, I edited my post to remove the spoiler

Sorry if all these points are covered in various other threads, but I'm trying to determine if my cavalier/mount is all legal, and will function the way I intend it to.

Victar
Cavalier (Drill Instructor) 5
Human variant race trait: Eye for Talent
Cavalier Order: Order of the Dragon
Feats: Dirty Fighting, Improved Trip, Paired Opportunists
Tactician Feat: Tandem Trip

I have a series of 3 chronicles that give me an Axe Beak mount.

Mount: Poiyo (+2 INT from Eye for Talent let's me learn non animal companion feats)
Large Axebeak
Feats: Light Armor Proficiency (bonus from Cavalier class), Improved Unarmed Strike, Vicious Stomp, Paired Opportunists

So one of the main questions I have is: As I understand it, while mounted, my mount and I count as being adjacent, so when something we threaten gets tripped my mount can make an attack of opportunity using an unarmed strike (because of vicious stomp) and paired opportunists will then let me make an Attack of Opportunity. Is this correct?

Next question: I have been told that a large Axebeak has 10' reach, but I don't see this listed in the level 4 advancement for the Animal Companion in Bestiary 3. Is this correct or is the person who told me this mis-interpreting something?

edited for clarity and to remove a spoiler

My longest running game has two players each with two characters, It works really well. Each player has one character that they focus on for roleplay and the other one helps round out the party. It has worked out well enough that when I started running a game with 2 other friends we went this direction again instead of trying to recruit more players (two of us already have a difficult enough time scheduling due to opposite work schedules)

I was a little wary of doing this with the second group because one of the players is kinda new to Pathfinder, but it really hasn't caused any issues yet. I guess we will see how it goes when they get up a few more levels since they are only 4th level right now.

Really, give it a shot, and if your players are feeling overwhelmed then explore other options. It's not like Gestalt characters really are that much less complicated than playing two characters anyways, so I don't think your players will have much more trouble keeping track of two characters. i would rather experiment with two characters than ruin a new player by giving them a Gestalt character and making that their expectation of what Pathfinder is like.