First off, thank you to Nathan Monson and his Dragon Rider archetype for inspiring this hybrid class idea.
This is just a first draft that I started early this morning. I hope that, potentially, it meets everyone's dragonriding needs.
Why does the dragon use animal HD and not Eidolon (outsider) HD or dragon HD?
Does the rider get any casting? Does the rider get any to-hit bonuses?
It would be interesting if the dragon shared the rider's pseudo-challenge bonuses.
The dragon mount is animal-like in nature and, for balance purposes, advances like an animal companion.
No casting. This is not meant as a gish class. However, bonuses to combat rolls might be found in the society abilities that are not yet written.
Agreed. Perhaps that can also be factored into the society abilities.
Bump
By the way, I changed the class name to Wyrmknight.
Is it a good idea to give them an evolution pool? For summoners, customizing your eidolon is fun, but in this case, we already know that we are going to recreate a dragon. As a player, I would be okay with being told that my dragon mount gets certain features like breath weapon, fly-speed, etc. at the listed levels. At the very least, the mount could follow the format of the unchained summoner's eidolon.
Not sure how I feel about the term "societies". At first, I thought it was something akin to a bloodline, but in fact, it is the equivalent of a cavalier's order. So, who exactly comprises the members of a society? The rider, the mount, or both?
This honestly feels lazy. I get the attempt here, I really do, but it feels like a copypastah of the Cavalier. Ignoring for a moment that I hate the awkward progression of Cavalier... This really feels like it needs a new companion mapped out. Same as spirits and eidolons.
Prey doesn't fit at all. I'm a bloody dragon rider. I want to wash an army in the death of a Dragon's Breath. I want to jump from target to target, possibly both me and the Dragon picking different targets.
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Thank you all. I recently found out that "Dragonrider" already exists as a base class in Pathfinder. I'm going back to the drawing board with this thing. It needs an overhaul.
To Mortonator. I threw this thing together in a day. Yes, much copy and pasting did occur because a) it is a hybrid class, and b) I wanted to help insure correct wording. Hopefully the next draft won't look so patched together.