Cavaliers are limited to their list in the APG under their class listing.
3) Both paladins and cavaliers have a suggested list of mounts, but both say something along the lines of DM discretion is allowed for other mounts (Core Rulebook p.63, APG p.33).
You've answered your own question. As long as you're NOT playing a "Pathfinder Society" game, just Ask your DM.
I'm in the process of doing exactly the same thing, but for an Axe Beak (Bonus Bestiary), even with the possible stipulation that I'm not allowed to use it in combat until 4th level... so be it.
I apologize, as I did not realize this thread was in the Pathfinder Society section when I posted my reply, please disregard it. Mr. Frost, who authored the organized rules gave you the correct answer.
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What you might want to consider if you want to ride a crocodile is Summoner. Just take an Eidelon with the Mount evolution for 1 point and you are set. Also, later down the road you can give it wins and have a Flying Croc of erm... Doom, yeah Doom.
Unfortunately summoned creatures aren't allowed to look like animals, they have to be fantastical. In home play your GM may allow you to appear to be mundane, but in PFS the class has to be played as-is, and as such Eidelons that look like animals are prohibited.
Unfortunately summoned creatures aren't allowed to look like animals, they have to be fantastical.
Fantastical is very debatable and easily fixed with as much as a color change, a PURPLE crocodile would be fantastical. (Ex: Paul Bunyon's BLUE ox, Babe.) Also remember Eidolons have a glowing rune marking their true nature.
Besides that, the normal response in civilization to a "crocodile" is one of two things... KILL IT or RUN AWAY (get someone else to 'REMOVE' it). Crocodiles do not make good spies, lol.
Not in PFS, the PFS head GM has rules ya can have what is listed, noting more.
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Just to make sure we're all on the same page: this is the Pathfinder Society Organized Play forum and we're discussing the issue of cavaliers and their mounts inside the OP frame.
Paladins, if they choose get a mount as their divine bond, don't get a mount until 5th level where there are a wider variety of open options for them since their animal companion equivalent level is equal to that of a druid.
Cavaliers get their mount at first level and their animal companion level is equal to that of a druid as well. Horses and camels are the only mount options because they're the only companions that start out Large. Small-sized cavaliers could, potentially, have more options (if I allowed them) but then everyone's cavalier would be a halfling or gnome so they could ride a medium-sized companion. It's not a fair distribution of that ability and therefore cavaliers get horse or camel and that's it.
I need to add the cavalier clarification to the next document update.
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...but then everyone's cavalier would be a halfling or gnome so they could ride a medium-sized companion...
I have little exposure to people outside of my immediate group, but have you seen many mounted characters that aren't halflings or gnomes? Are they higher level? It took just one session with my large mounted cavalier to realize I was going to be a sad panda in many mods because there just isn't enough room for a large mount, and even less if you don't use a lance or other reach weapon.
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I have little exposure to people outside of my immediate group, but have you seen many mounted characters that aren't halflings or gnomes? Are they higher level? It took just one session with my large mounted cavalier to realize I was going to be a sad panda in many mods because there just isn't enough room for a large mount, and even less if you don't use a lance or other reach weapon.
Yeah it's not something they can really plan on in the PFS to design adventures around large mounts. You must play homebrew for that. In my 23 scenarios I have only seen a large mount used once. I have never played the cavalier but two of my friends have. One was a human the other hallfing. The human always has to leave his mount behind and is reduced to only teamwork feat buffs. Mildly effective but he could be a different class with much more to contribute to the group. Now the halfling rides all over the place and is extremely effective. The cavalier is a nice class but with this new ruling is unsuitable for PFS play.
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I was playing around with some ideas, and I think spells could help the medium cavalier. Alter self would work for making him a small humanoid, and reduce animal would make his mount medium. How to do this though?
Alter self is on the bard list and shoehorns nicely with the Battle Herald prestige class. Then the question becomes how to get reduce animal? Looks like a wand or ranks in UMD would be required. The hour long buff for Reduce Animal makes it easy to handle, but the minutes long buff if Alter Self would likely require a wand of that too, to maintain.
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I assume when Mr. Frost says only horses or camels, he really means the original list. That was his original post, and it wouldn't make any sense to restrict small characters to large mounts.
Nope only to horses and camels because he wants it only to be large sized mounts. There's not much PFS can do to help out cavaliers they aren't designed for the dungeon crawling nature of the PFS.