A player of mine managed to buy an adult pseudonatural hippogriff (Complete Arcane template, gives int 3 to the base creature). He would like to domesticate and train it to use it as a flying mount.
Are there rules about training adult (not trained from infancy) wild monsters that have an intelligence score higher than 2 (the max allowed with the handle animal skill)? And what does the intelligence score limitation for the handle animal imply? Is it that creatures with 3 or more don't need to be trained, but can rather be convinced to serve through language?
Given that I want to allow the training of the adult outsider hippogriff, what do you think it would costs my player to do this (money, time) and what type of checks should be made to know if it worked? Are there spells or items that he could use to help in that task?
Are there rules about training adult (not trained from infancy) wild monsters that have an intelligence score higher than 2 (the max allowed with the handle animal skill)? And what does the intelligence score limitation for the handle animal imply? Is it that creatures with 3 or more don't need to be trained, but can rather be convinced to serve through language?
Given that I want to allow the training of the adult outsider hippogriff, what do you think it would costs my player to do this (money, time) and what type of checks should be made to know if it worked? Are there spells or items that he could use to help in that task?
