Cat as a mount??


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I have a player that wants a cat as a mount in Golarian....I know that the cat needs to be large. Are there any other considerations I need in order to get him to be able to have the mount? Like Feats etc to be able to control an exotic animal or anything. He is a shield champion.


Yellowepi wrote:
I have a player that wants a cat as a mount in Golarian....

No he should only need ride and possibly handle animal. The real trick is getting the weird animal in the first place. Basically treat as a horse. He knows and can be taught tricks. If given the same training as a horse it can be ridden similarly by RAW. As a dm feel free to make it behave more catlike. Remember animals are always under dm control. Gotta love a good mount :)


Better for him to get the Animal Ally feat. Animal companions are quite powerful and loyal to the character(good treatment provided)
Big Cat not included in the feat but can be GM overruled.

Boon Companion feat to increase his animals level to his own


Likely the reason cat isn't on many lists for riding companion is how it would trump many others (basically all others) and a GM should be wary of giving it full status as such.

With a lot of training a small pc could train his companion however. It would require a lot of specialized equipment. Saddles would have to be exotic for instance.


For the question: No he only need the skills handle animal and ride.

For feats he could consider:
Animal companion, it needs "Nature soul" as a prerequirement.
Boon Companion, if he wants it to have the same level progression as a Druid.
Undersized mount, if he cant wait until its lvl 7 to grow large enough to ride.

But in the end its wholly up to the GM if he wants to allow it, you could look at the cat companions that a druid can get for easy stats if you want to look over the options first.

Lastly.... is he trying to be "He-man" by any chance? And is he asking for the cat to be green?


He might need an exotic saddle for the cat.

Scarab Sages

There are options for Riding Cats and War Lions in this book, along with a host of other options for mounted characters.

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