Archetype Feature: Unusual Mount

If you spend 1 hour befriending and feeding a Medium beast of CR 1/2 or less, you become its mounted guardian. The type of beast you can befriend this way is determined by your archetype, but must have an Intelligence score of 2, 3, or 4. The beast you are the mounted guardian of is your unusual mount. It follows you and is loyal to you, but it acts independently. Your unusual mount shares your initiative and takes its turn simultaneously with yours. The mount won’t attack except as a reaction to being attacked, but it can take other actions as normal and makes death saving throws . You can only be a mounted guardian to one beast at a time.

With the Narrator’s permission, rangers can take this as an exploration knack.

Other Mounts. At the Narrator’s discretion, other suitably sized beasts could make good mounts, but it’s recommended to change the flavor text instead. A dire sparrow described as a giant insect could make a fantastic steed for the right rider and none of its statistics have to change for that to happen.