Is this an insane way to do business as a Druid?
Assuming that a wolf animal companion advances in size with its bonus hit die (subject to intense debtae on another thread), could the wolf be a mount for a medium sized druid?
I was originally thinking of being an elf druid to manage the ranged combat duties, but the reduced Con was too much of a penalty in my eyes when looking at wildshaping later. So human it is (bonus feat and skill points are nice).
At 3rd level of Druid, the wolf would be 4HD and progress to size large. Assuming it has been trained (or would be trained) for a general purpose of Combat Riding could the druid use it as a mount in combat? I was thinking about taking the Mounted Combat and Ride By Attack feats for my human Druid.
This achieves 3 things. Firstly, would allow a hit and run approach to keep the druid (and wolf) out of harm's way. Second, Mounted Combat would let you protect the wolf from possibly one strike per round. Thirdly, increased movement rate (50ft).
On a Handle Animal training question, as a wolf has the Scent special ability and Track as a bonus feat, does it need to be trained in 'track' to follow a scent presented to it? (see the dog entry under animals as another example).
Assuming that a wolf animal companion advances in size with its bonus hit die (subject to intense debtae on another thread), could the wolf be a mount for a medium sized druid?
I was originally thinking of being an elf druid to manage the ranged combat duties, but the reduced Con was too much of a penalty in my eyes when looking at wildshaping later. So human it is (bonus feat and skill points are nice).
At 3rd level of Druid, the wolf would be 4HD and progress to size large. Assuming it has been trained (or would be trained) for a general purpose of Combat Riding could the druid use it as a mount in combat? I was thinking about taking the Mounted Combat and Ride By Attack feats for my human Druid.
This achieves 3 things. Firstly, would allow a hit and run approach to keep the druid (and wolf) out of harm's way. Second, Mounted Combat would let you protect the wolf from possibly one strike per round. Thirdly, increased movement rate (50ft).
On a Handle Animal training question, as a wolf has the Scent special ability and Track as a bonus feat, does it need to be trained in 'track' to follow a scent presented to it? (see the dog entry under animals as another example).
