| RealAlchemy |
I am a fan of unusual mounts, but I know currently only a few animan companions have the Mount trait. So we need a new feat.
Beast Rider (General Feat 7)
Prerequisites : Ride, Expert in Nature, Mature Animal Companion
If your animal companion is at least one size category larger than you, you can treat it as if it has the Mount trait.
| HumbleGamer |
That would be imo overkill.
With just 1 general feat you are going to give a companion "special" perk to all other companions, which have different advantages in terms of attacks ( compare the Horse companion with a wolf companion which also has the "mount" trait, to see the difference in terms of AC, attacks, moveset, skills ).
Note also that you can already ride any companion ( once it's medium or large, depends your character size ). What changes is this
If it is carrying a rider, the animal companion can use only its land Speed, and it can’t move and Support you on the same turn.
Finally, with that feat, character would be able to ride a flying mount by lvl 8 ( using incredible companion with the savage specialization ).
Flying mounts are supposed to be a thing just by lvl 20 (currently, the champion is the only one allowed to have one, apart from being with the orc or half orc heritage, taking the lvl 9 "dragon grip" ancestry feat. But that would be up to the DM allowing it or not ).