Best Mount EVAR!

[pallandrome]

Ok, assume that the GM has allowed one to build a Pally/Druid gestalt at level 5 (he allows lawful neutral Pallys).

Can I make my Pally Mount my Animal Companion? And if so, do the bonuses stack?

 

[DarkJester]

I know you can get Paladin and Ranger to stack with the feat devoted tracker. It gets really scary with a paladin ranger halfling outrider with that feat...

 

[Quartz]

Can I make my Pally Mount my Animal Companion? And if so, do the bonuses stack?

No, because with Gestalt builds you take the better bonus per level when it applies to one thing. That's not to say you can't have a mount and an animal companion. Also, the mount is a creature from the celestial realms, and not an animal.

 

[DarkJester]

I don't think that you would be prohibited from combining the bonuses of your animal companion and paladin mount in the gestalt rules, assuming you were able to apply them both to the same animals (which I don't believe you can, as a druid/paladin, by any WOTC source). They are different abilities, after all.

 

[Klaus]

No you can't. Your special mount is a Magical Beast, and your animal companion must be an Animal.

 

[pallandrome]

Oh nertz, I forgot about that. I guess I was thinking about the "training magical beast" rules for handle animal. Oh well.

 

[Slaved]

The Book of Exalted Deeds has a feat to turn your mount into a celestial creature and another feat that allows your animal companion to be selected from a special list which includes magical beasts.

I do not know of any way to combine the two however.

You could look at the variant classes though. If you took the druid avenger and the other druid variant at the same time and got the celestial mount feat for your paladin side it would make for a very interesting character. Probably not a good one, but definately interesting.

 

[Presto2112]

Ooh, this thread got the gears going...

Feat: Companion Mount (General)
You are able to call upon energies from your celestial patrons to bestow a wondrous transformation upon your animal companion.
Prerequisites: Paladin Level 5th, Animal Companion one size larger than you, Cha 13
Benefit: When you call upon your Special Mount, you may instead use a full round action to concentrate upon applying the celestial template upon your animal companion. If you choose this option, the animal companion gains the Celestial template, and it heals 1d8 damage per three paladin levels you posses; its hide take on a bright, metallic sheen, and a benevolent intelligence seems to gleam in its eyes. You must provide all of the saddle and gear in order to actually use your animal companion as a mount. This transformation lasts for two hours per paladin level.

Should the Companion Mount die, it immediately reverts back to its basic animal form, and you suffer all penalties and limitations from losing both your Special Mount and your Animal Companion.

 

[Klaus]

The Book of Exalted Deeds has a feat to turn your mount into a celestial creature and another feat that allows your animal companion to be selected from a special list which includes magical beasts.

I do not know of any way to combine the two however.

You could look at the variant classes though. If you took the druid avenger and the other druid variant at the same time and got the celestial mount feat for your paladin side it would make for a very interesting character. Probably not a good one, but definately interesting.

The only way (so far) to combine the two is to be a Paladin/Ranger and take the Devoted Tracker feat. You can then designate your Animal Companion as your Special Mount, and the benefits of both abilities apply.

 

[chitzk0i]

The only way (so far) to combine the two is to be a Paladin/Ranger and take the Devoted Tracker feat. You can then designate your Animal Companion as your Special Mount, and the benefits of both abilities apply.

The Devoted Tracker feat can be used to combine paladin and druid. Only part of the feat is ranger-specific.