The Wild Plains Outdier is a prestige class for characters whose mount is also their animal companion. It is intended for druids, paladins, and rangers who form a mystical bond with their mount. It is a short, 3-level prestige class.
Prerequisites[]
- Skills: Ride (9 Ranks)
- Feats: Mounted Combat, Track
- Special: Animal companion large enough to serve as a mount, or a paladin's special mount.
A druid, paladin, or ranger can gain access to this prestige class by level 6.
Class Basics[]
- Hit Die: d8
- Skill Point Base: 4
- Attack Bonus: 1/level
- Saving Throws: Fort Good
- Class Skills: Balance, Handle Animal, Jump, Knowledge (nature), Listen, Move Silently, Ride, Spot, Survival, Swim
Class Features[]
Level 1[]
Continuing Features[]
Wild Plains Outriders continue to improve their animal companion or special mount as if they were a member of their original class.
Mount Bonus[]
Add your class level to Ride checks and Handle Animal checks made with your special mount or animal companion.
Wild Plains Stalker[]
Your mount uses your skill ranks in Hide and Move Silently rather than its own (it still applies its own modifiers to those ranks)
Level 2[]
Wild Plains Swiftness[]
Increase all of your mount's movement speeds by 10 ft.
Level 3[]
Wild Plains Offensive[]
Your mount can take a single move action on your turn, and you may still use the Full Attack action.
Sample[]
Joran Vahsk (CR 9) is a human ranger 6/wild plains outrider 3 who favors archery and attacks goblinoids and orcs in preference to others. His companion is a heavy warhorse named Ji'ikala.