BadBird |
Well, the two problems are that 1. Human Samurai must pick a Horse or Camel, and 2. Tiger is medium-sized until level 7.
1. You could plan on building a Samurai that starts with one level of Lunar Oracle and takes the Primal Companion Revelation for a tiger. Animal Companion levels stack, so Primal Companion opens up your choice-list. I guess you could do that with Druid as well, but Lunar Oracle has some cooler options - notably Prophetic Armor.
2. Undersized Mount feat.
So you could make a Lunar Oracle with the Primal Companion Revelation and take Undersized Mount at level 1, and then go Samurai from level 2 onwards and hopefully re-train Undersized Mount to something else at level 7. You would also be able to take Extra Revelation: Prophetic Armor if you wanted to use your CHA instead of DEX for AC, which can be pretty powerful since it's easier to stack up STR/CHA than it is to stack up STR/DEX. As another bonus, you can use divine wands and scrolls and stuff.
pezlerpolychromatic |
I think this is what you're looking for, from the Advanced Class Guide:
Undersized Mount (Combat)You've learned techniques that allow you to ride beasts of smaller sizes than normal.
Prerequisite(s): Ride 1 rank.
Benefit: You can ride creatures of your size category, although encumbrance or other factors might limit how you can use this ability.
Normal: Typically a mount suited for you is at least one size category larger than you.