I am Aching For Some Bacon

[Dr Vinnie Boombatz]

So, I read thru The Great Pig Debacle of 2011. And I decided that the guy trying to have a pig mount might be onto something. We'll that and I want a pig mount for my medium creature as well.

Although its not Pathfinder's fault there are some Iconic mounts and companions out there. There is some dark skinned elf with a 600 pound cat, There are Dwarven Griffin riders. There are Elves on what I think is a big deer or a small moose. Another pirate Dark Elf has been spotted riding a Nightmare, and a Ax Beak. And of course his friend Riding on a fiendish Dire Boar

My point is that these images create a want that is not being addressed in PFS. Its being addressed in home games just fine by modifying the rules. But I fail to see what harm it would do to modify the rules.

Would it just be easier to create a template system like Eidolons to create animal companions \ Mounts? But i do worry about folks trying to Optimise something like that. But there doing it any way by looking thru all the animals they can choose from.

.. Let me get this straight, you took a Dire Fiendish Giraffe??..

What does everyone think Am i alone on this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c11eJo34QgI

[GM Lamplighter]

Pig is now a legal familiar. But PFS is not going to develop a new rules system - they use Pathfinder Rules and only modify them when it is in the absolute necessity for organized play. And recall - in PFS you can have a different GM every time, so home rules just don't cut it.

[ElterAgo]

I believe you could get the pig as a familiar. Then using the new stuff from the familiar folio you could make it large enough to use as a mount.

And I would rather have a dire sloth than a dire giraffe.

[Dr Vinnie Boombatz]

it looks like I better go pick up the new book. I assume you are referring to the Familiar Folio?

[gnoams]

Well pigs are small animals, so as a small character you could take the undersized mount feat (ACG) and ride one.

[gnoams]

Also boar is a basic animal companion from the CRB that becomes medium at level 4, so that would work too. The monstrous mount feat (ISC) lets you get a griffon... Not really sure what you looking for here. You can pretty much get anything you want already.

[Dr Vinnie Boombatz]

I took a ORC Shaman, i know silly me. Ive been looking at Undersized Mount as well. I was even toying with creating a Eidolon Devil Pig with Tentacles (Think Displacer beast) But I have to wait Forever before I can Increase him to large. It just seems a little odd to me that Pathfinder wouldn't take advantage of the Iconic mounts \ Animal companions. I know there is a lot of Rule bloat already, so I can see why they would Hesitate as well. But thanks everyone, Just trying to scratch an Itch.

[GM Lamplighter]

The pig is in Ultimate Magic, which has been out for a couple of years, at least.

[Nefreet]

There are already a few methods to achieve a fantastical mount.

I can even think of a way to create a celestial pig mount (complete with tentacles).

PFS isn't in the business of creating rules. That's the Design Team's job.

[Imbicatus]

Dr Vinnie Boombatz wrote:

it looks like I better go pick up the new book. I assume you are referring to the Familiar Folio?

That's the one. Pay special attention to the Mauler archetype for familiars.

[TwilightKnight]

Dr Vinnie Boombatz wrote:

Iconic mounts...Pig

Umm, are you saying what I think you are?