I've never played a PF barbarian. If I don't want my animal companion to consume my rage rounds, can I turn the rage power on and off? If so, would both be free actions that I could perform multiple times per rage, or would I have to begin and end my rage each time I wanted to turn the power on and off? This rage power normally does not require an action to activate.
Thanks!
Ferocious Mount has the extra text "She can elect not to pay this cost, in which case her mount does not rage."
I suspect this was intended for Ferocious Beast as well, but the designers dropped the ball on that one.
In general, feats aren't supposed to have permanent, basically unavoidable drawbacks.
Thanks for that information, blahpers. I hadn't looked at Ferocious Mount. I, too, suspect it is a design oversight, for the very reason you name. I guess it's in the category of "Ask your GM."
I received developer clarification on this issue. Here's my post in the product thread (which reproduces the developer's response to my PM).
Awesome, thanks Gliz, and thanks Patrick!