[RPG] How to give an animal or mount skill ranks or feats

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Lets say I buy a giant chameleon and want it to have the stable gallop and narrow frame feats.

How do animals (not familiars or animal companions) gain feats, if they do at all?

How do they gain skill ranks?

Can I substitute out it's starting skills/feats for ones I want?

Best Answer

As the other answer points out correctly - generally feats are only gained when you gain hit dice.

However arguably the Cavalier ability Tactician could grant Teamwork feats to a mount, though a GM might rule against it.

More usefully however the feat Animal Ally would allow you to gain an Animal Companion, which will gain hit dice as you level and thus gain feats (note that many feats and skills require an Int of 3* or greater, but the animal companion will gain stat bonuses every 4 levels, just as a character does). http://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ktcl?Animal-Companion-with-3-INT

The Monstrous Mounts section of the leadership feat may also be worth a look.

Familiars generally don't gain feats and generally can't be used as mounts, but they do gain skills. There are exceptions, such as a Beast-Bonded Witch, and feats you can take to improve or evolve familiars. There are lots of different ways to gain familiars - there may be one available to you.

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