Q18 Does anyone know whether an official ruling on the Familiar Mount ritual was every made- specifically whether it works like a Shaman's Spirit Companion, or whether it's 5 + 1/2 level damage over the course of its being a mount? I know that the Mount guide says (based on CustServ) that it's the latter, and the Familiar guide that it's the former.

Q19 Similarly, anyone know if an official ruling was ever made about the familiar wearing a Mount item?

Q20 Ignoring both of the above, is there any reasonable way for a generic (non-Beastmaster) Medium-sized PC to get a mount that scales with level?