Q 115:
I have seen people make the claim that training a Warbeast allows you to add the template.
After reading that section in the MM2, all those rules seem to elaborate on are just the Handle Animal checks for training a creature that is already a Warbeast. It never mentions adding the template.
Is this correct?
TRAINING A WARBEAST
[spoiler]A warbeast can be reared and trained just as the base creature can.
If the base creature is a domestic animal, the creature need not be specially reared, but it must be trained for two months (Handle Animal DC 20) to develop its abilities.
A warbeast based on a wild animal must be reared for one year (Handle Animal DC 15 + HD of the warbeast), then trained for 2 months (Handle Animal DC 20 + HD of the warbeast).
A warbeast based on a beast must be reared for one year (Handle Animal DC 20 + HD of the warbeast), then trained for 2 months (Handle Animal DC 25 + HD of the warbeast).
A warbeast based on a vermin, being mindless, is untrainable.
A trained warbeast is capable of carrying a rider into battle, and it gains the combative mount special quality (see above).[/spoiler]