lemeres wrote:
Oh- this is something you have been missing- You cannot get an animal companion from divine bond, and gain the animal ally feat at the same time.
One of the prerequisites for animal ally is that you do not have an animal companion or mount.
So if you have divine bond with an animal, then it takes precedence.
I would aim for bribing the GM more better selection honestly (bears are honestly not that strong a choice; similar to horses actually). As I said, the divine bond feature gives you a 6 int creature you can pal around with. It also eventually becomes a celestial version at level 11.
And it doesn't help that a bear starts off as a small creature then becomes medium at lvl 4 so unless you area halfling or a gnome it couldn't be a mount anyway