Quote Originally Posted by Cluedrew View Post
In response to Willie the DuckTo Quertus: Is there a way for a fighter (or any similar class, if there is a mounted Tome of Battle rider class that is great) to acquire a flying mount in the same way a wizard can acquire fly? Which is to say as a consequence of leveling up, in a safe way that cannot be taken from them, although temporarily disabled is fine.
Sort of in 3.5e, not so much in 4e or 5e. While it's widely know for the potential for abuse in theory/totally premissive games the feat Leadership can got you a flying mount as a cohort at higher levels. Likewise the web-published feat Wild Cohort can do the same thing. Although I think that's at slightly higher level (for anything better than a giant bat) but with a better 'recovery after loss' mechanisim.