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I have a player in my curse of the crimson throne game who is making a new character as my pcs are adventuring in the cinderlands. He is a half orc cavalier and is interested in getting a dire boar as his mount. Hes level 9. His class features stats that it needs to be a horse or something he could ride.

Now he can certainly figure out how to ride a boar and i think he could figure out how to ride a dire boar to. But are their any adjustments i need to make to the dire boar for him to have it as a Mount for his class?

Like does it need less bab or more bab or do i just take its base statistics which is 5 hd and cr 4 and just ad the benefits of a 8th level druid to the base creature?

I'm willing to use unusual mounts as i think the cinder wolf would also be interesting, as i had figured it would be easy to add to such a low hit dice creature. Should i charge gold or extra gold for him to acquire this creature?

Or can his nature as a half orc living in the cinderlands give him the appropriate chance to grab one from the orcs of Belkzen or even a wild one that might have wondered into the cinderlands.

My pcs are already pretty powerful and i just don't want to give him something that is going to make him over the top compared to normal mounts.

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Rightous Man wrote:

I have a player in my curse of the crimson throne game who is making a new character as my pcs are adventuring in the cinderlands. He is a half orc cavalier and is interested in getting a dire boar as his mount. Hes level 9. His class features stats that it needs to be a horse or something he could ride.

Now he can certainly figure out how to ride a boar and i think he could figure out how to ride a dire boar to. But are their any adjustments i need to make to the dire boar for him to have it as a Mount for his class?

Like does it need less bab or more bab or do i just take its base statistics which is 5 hd and cr 4 and just ad the benefits of a 8th level druid to the base creature?

I'd probably mash up the statistics of the Boar (applying some of its 4th level advancement) and Wolf companions for the Druid class to make a Dire Boar companion progression. Something like:

Dire Boar
Starting Statistics: Size
Medium; Speed 40 ft.; AC +6 natural armor; Attack gore (1d8); Ability Scores Str 15, Dex 10, Con 15, Int 2, Wis 13, Cha 4; Special Qualities low-light vision, scent.
7th-Level Advancement: Size Large; Attack gore (2d6); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex –2, Con +4; Special Attacks ferocity.

As a cavalier, his mount is combat trained and gains Light Armor Proficiency as a bonus feat.

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Starglim wrote:

I'd probably mash up the statistics of the Boar (applying some of its 4th level advancement) and Wolf companions for the Druid class to make a Dire Boar companion progression. Something like:

Dire Boar
Starting Statistics: Size
Medium; Speed 40 ft.; AC +6 natural armor; Attack gore (1d8); Ability Scores Str 15, Dex 10, Con 15, Int 2, Wis 13, Cha 4; Special Qualities low-light vision, scent.
7th-Level Advancement: Size Large; Attack gore (2d6); Ability Scores Str +8, Dex –2, Con +4; Special Attacks ferocity.

As a cavalier, his mount is combat trained and gains Light Armor Proficiency as a bonus feat.

Thank you i actually like those stats a lot and i think i will use them. I wanted to give him something besides a horse and something native to this area so this will work out fine.

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