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ThallosBelmont 04-22-07, 07:14 PM	I would like to play a character that has an animal companion that can fly and is ridable by a small character. i have no clue what race or class that could get it. perhaps a druid and get the dire bat at lvl 4, but i dont know. anyway you guys can help?
ThallosBelmont 04-22-07, 10:48 PM	oh come one guys, nothing?
Necromas 04-22-07, 10:52 PM	Just buy a tamed winged creature that can carry a small sized character and roleplay it as your animal companion. Better yet, get good at handle animal and tame a wild one.
rice830 04-22-07, 10:53 PM	~Ok, i think your best bet might be to have Races of Wild and take halfling racila substatution levels, and actually either a regular eagle or a dire eagle from Races of Stone would be a great flying animal companion.
ThallosBelmont 04-22-07, 11:00 PM	~Ok, i think your best bet might be to have Races of Wild and take halfling racila substatution levels, and actually either a regular eagle or a dire eagle from Races of Stone would be a great flying animal companion. could a regular eagle carry a halfling?
Necromas 04-22-07, 11:07 PM	could a regular eagle carry a halfling? No, regular eagles are small creatures with 10str, I think he meant a giant eagle (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/monsters/eagleGiant.htm), which can carry up to 300lbs, and is large sized so a small creature has no problem mounting it. Cost-wise if you aren't a druid, "Giant eagle eggs are worth 2,500 gp apiece on the open market, while chicks are worth 4,000 gp each. Professional trainers charge 1,000 gp to rear or train a giant eagle." (cost is free if you can track one down, spend 6 weeks training it, and make a DC 25 handle animal check)
scienceman47 04-22-07, 11:28 PM	Become a wizard or cleric. Animate a zombie dragon or some other flying bugger with 10 HD or less (vrock is the most HD available, but not very well adapted for carrying a hafling). Fly about. Take leadership, find something that flies and can carry you. Make it your cohort. Ride it.
The_Shaman 04-23-07, 11:27 AM	Any PrC with a flying mount can work fine for you. There are griffonriders, hawkriders, pegasus riders, and all that kind, and their companions usually advance quite well. A very weird way to handle it is by becoming a Dracolyte, and getting a golden wyrmling (hey, it's medium). Sorcerers or wizards can do it with the draconic familiar feat, paladins can take dragon steed or just opt for a flying mount (should be able to get a medium one by lvl 8 or so), rangers and druids can use an animal companion, etc. The MM 1 doesn't have many medium + birds, but other sources mention them. Alternatively, save a feat for leadership and you're set. Failing that, you could just pay for a trained giant owl, see the MM for details.
Eatable_Dice 04-23-07, 11:32 AM	Or you could go Wizard and then Zhentarin Skymage, effectively becoming an one man bomber.
The_Shaman 04-23-07, 12:05 PM	True, that's one seriously bad-donkey PrC. The Moonsea Skysentinels apparently have a serious death wish.
ThallosBelmont 04-23-07, 08:56 PM	Any PrC with a flying mount can work fine for you. There are griffonriders, hawkriders, pegasus riders, and all that kind, and their companions usually advance quite well. A very weird way to handle it is by becoming a Dracolyte, and getting a golden wyrmling (hey, it's medium). Sorcerers or wizards can do it with the draconic familiar feat, paladins can take dragon steed or just opt for a flying mount (should be able to get a medium one by lvl 8 or so), rangers and druids can use an animal companion, etc. The MM 1 doesn't have many medium + birds, but other sources mention them. Alternatively, save a feat for leadership and you're set. Failing that, you could just pay for a trained giant owl, see the MM for details. where is that griffon rider class located? because if icould find a way to get that to ork, I would do that. and also is there like progression tables for griffons, like riding a medium one?