I'm sure this has probably been discussed before, but I was just curious if anyone had an idea on how to make a NPC that was good at taking control of a players AC and using it against them. A friend of mine is using a Halfling cavalier with wolf mount and another player is using a dire tiger as his AC. And yes, this is homebrew. But considering we typically use the same characters for different campaigns and missions, when it is my turn to DM, I want to be able have a rival group of NPCs that can deal with a dire tiger. I was thinking of using a bard/ ranger build, with the ranger's handle animal and animal companion as well as using a bard performance of dominate animal with a ring of charm animal. Any thoughts or suggestions would be much appreciated.