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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lord Pendragon" data-source="post: 1744341" data-attributes="member: 707">Actually, it seems to me that a mount would be one of the better ways a ranger could use their animal companion.  The 1/2 level deal is crippling for the animal's melee survivability, but a ranger with Mounted Combat and maxed out Ride ranks can make good use of the stronger mount.  And if the mount dies, since there's no penalty for AC death, he heads to the horsedealer in the local town, picks up another one, slaps the AC powers onto it, and is good to go again.Have your experiences with it been different?  I have to admit I haven't ever had a ranger actually go this route.  IME most rangers pick up a wolf or somesuch to help them with tracking and maybe toss in the occasional trip attack if a melee brute gets to close to them.</blockquote>