A 14 is 5 points in pathfinder, not 6.
Are we using PF point buy or 3.5?
This:
1) This is a 3.5 game which allows PF material where it adds to but does not alter the core dynamics of the game. The classes, races and so on are per 3.5 rules. For examples, we will not have a CMB and you do not gain additional hit points or skill points for taking levels in your favored class.
would suggest 3.5.
CNC is dead right, here. This is a 3.5 game, so it uses the 3.5 point buy.
Also...
Is using the "rear a wild animal" function of Handle Animal an option for this game and if so, how would it work?
Repost.
You may use the rear animal function of Handle Animal, but as the SRD is painfully lacking on rules for it, I had to make some. Thus, you are limited to animals you can find in a temperate forest, plains or river environment and may not rear an animal with more than 4 HD. There's also an associated cost of raising an animal based on its number of HD and whether it is noncombative/combative (no hard rule on this, case-by-case basis), as follows:
1 HD.................3 gold/15 gold
2 HD.................6 gold/30 gold
3 HD.................16 gold/80 gold
4 HD.................40 gold/200 gold
You can also rear an animal that could normally be found in a mountainous or underground environment, but pay more for each hit die of the animal, as follows:
1 HD.................5 gold/25 gold
2 HD.................10 gold/50 gold
3 HD.................30 gold/150 gold
4 HD.................68 gold/340 gold
Finally, you can rear an animal from a more exotic environment, but there's a severe premium on acquiring and caring for it. These animals are priced per hit die as follows below, and you absolutely cannot have more than one such animal.
1 HD.................15 gold/75 gold
2 HD.................30 gold/150 gold
3 HD.................75 gold/375 gold
4 HD.................185 gold/925 gold
Naturally, the hamlet itself and anyone in it is limited to purchase values on single items of 100 gold or less, so a lot of this is unattainable without a little cheese (I
think there are things that stretch GP limits for your purchases, but nothing from the top of my head). If you're really keen on something with more HD, we can talk about it, but anything more powerful than this is generally a no-no, on account of it being too risky to have in a hamlet where the only levels are NPC class levels. Also, no dinosaurs.