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Hi I'm playing a campaign in Forgotten Realms. My list of QUESTIONS will be about leveling up and mount animal companion bonus.

Books are all base core books and Realms books.
Including Unearthed Arcana and books not set in a specific setting other than core or Realms.
Just go with my stats as all 18's for feat selections.
Race is Rashemen Human
Have a flaw for feat. Only 1 trying to convince my DM to allow the 2
First 8 levels not necessarily in this order:
Paladin 5 choosing Dire Wolf as Special Mount
Human Paragon 1
Beastmaster 1
Prestige Ranger 1

My feat choices
Regional (Flaw 1) Dreadful Wrath
If Flaw 2 two weapon fighting otherwise it will be my 9th level feat unless I take level 2 of paragon.
Human Track
1st endurance
3rd skill focus handle animal
6th devoted tracker.

Now for my questions.

1. What would my levels be calculated at for Animal Companion
2. What would my levels be calculated at for Special Mount
3. What choices do I have (if any) to gain more natural attacks for my Dire Wolf Mount Animal Companion
4. Knowing that I can acquire the Multiattack feat from the Animal companion sidebar can I take other feats that use this as a prerequisite even if I still don't have more than 1 natural attack

Not going for the most elite uber mount. Just looking for a little help to make this fluffy dog my little terrier.

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I did a search for what I was needing an answer to. This thread pulled up. Most of my questions were answered. Except the last one. But now to go through all again. Thank you for pointing me in the right direction jeraa.

I'm basing this all off of 3-3.5 DND

Your animal companion can be your special mount as per Beastmaster. Beastmaster is level +3 stacks with all other classes that give AC/Mount.

by the time my character is level 8 my build should look like this

Human Race
Paladin 5
Human Paragon 1
Beastmaster 1
Prestige Ranger 1

Feats:
Flaw 1 - Track
Flaw 2 - Endurance
Human - 2 Weapon Fighting
1st - Skill Focus (Handle Animal)
3rd - Mounted Comabat
6th - Devoted Tracker

Now on to the Dire Wolf.
Base HD is 6d8
I want to make sure I have calculated the totals correct.
for Special Mount I count Paladin(5) + Beastmaster(1+3=4) + Prestige Ranger (1) = 10 then check chart
For Animal Companion I count Beastmaster (1+3=4) + Paladin (5) + Prestige Ranger (1) = 10 then check chart

Is this it or did I miss the calculations?

Captain Zoom is Correct, My Dire Wolf is a Dire Wolf not a Shapechanger so thats a moot point to me. But the fact i get multiattack as an Animal companion of 15-17 druid level(15-6=9 for Dire Wolf)

Multiattack (Combat)
This creature is particularly skilled at making attacks
with its natural weapons.
Prerequisite: Three or more natural attacks.
Benefit: The creature’s secondary attacks with natural
weapons take only a –2 penalty.
Normal: Without this feat, the creature’s secondary
attacks with natural weapons take a –5 penalty.

As stated before the Dire Wolf ONLY HAS 1 Natural Attack. Under Multiattack you must have 3 or more natural attacks. (ie Bite and 2 claws or bite, claw, tail)

Multiattack cannot be taken as a Dire Wolf

Once my Dire Wolf has reached the Prereq's for the Animal Companion to gain the Multiattack feat then I will be okay.

Multiattack: An animal companion gains Multiattack as a bonus feat if it has three or more natural attacks (see the Monster Manual for details on this feat) and does not already have that feat. If it does not have the requisite three or more natural attacks, the animal companion instead gains a second attack with its primary natural weapon, albeit at a –5 penalty.

Im not a shapechanger this is for my Paly special mount thats also an animal companion.

Is there a feat that grants sneak attack??
What book is vital strike in??

What about feats like Improved Critical?? Will these work for a natural weapon?? Taking a Bite with a natural 20 x2 crit to a 19-20 x2 crit

Are there ways (ie feats, items or spells) to increase the Crit multipler (ie x2 to a x3 or x4)??

In my case I am doing the paladin/beastmaster Uber mount type build.

My Special Mount/Animal Companion will be a Dire Wolf and if I added it up wright (not going for the insane type uber) I should be able to have a Special Mount when I'm at Character Level 7 that will be a level 9 paly mount and a level 3 (9-6 for Dire Wolf) Animal Companion.

The base HD is 6d8(+6 X Con Mod) + 2 HD for AC + 4 HD for Paly = 12 HD

since base Dire Wolf is 6 HD I am adding 6 HD. My question here is can I use these xtra HD as Character Levels? Like 6HD Dire Wolf + 6 levels Rogue???

Monkey Grip???
Epic Monkey Grip???

I have a question I'd Like to add to this.

As stated above, Creatures with only 1 Natural attack do not obtain additional attacks from high BAB.

I have a Animal Companion/Special Mount DIRE WOLF

Now for the ??

Since DIRE WOLVES only have the 1 Bite attack can they obtain more Natural Attacks by way of using feats like Weapon Proficiency(Natural Weapon: Claws)? Thus Allowing them to gain access to the Multiattack feat in the Monster Manual and progress up from there?

Due to my mount acquiring Additional HD from Special Mount and Animal Companion this would create an opportunity for my Dire Wolf to grow into a more fearsome predator. Rather than a Big Fluffy with 1 Bite.