when the paladin gets a new mount provided his level is sufficient that an animsl companion is large then it can be taken as a mount.
for most paladins this is lvl 10 I think when the Dino ac become large.
Hello,
I'd like to make a character on a dinosaur mount, in the vein of the Cold One Knights from Warhammer Fantasy (getting GM permission should be no problem - they tend to trust me not to break the game). That is a Paladin, in plate armor, with a lance, and all that.
Do any such mounts already exist? If yes, where can I find them? If no, are there any dinosaurs that could be modified into a mount easily? We're talking pretty much horse-sized, here, but if only smaller ones exist, a Halfling Paladin would work, too. And if no, does anyone have any good homebrew rules for riding dinosaurs, or at least guidelines for how I can make one?
In advance, thank you :) .
If I remember correctly, if the creature is a quadraped, then it's one size category larger, if biped, then you need two categories larger...
Which means the critter needs to be huge. So just a huge sized megaraptor, or a large sized say... stegosaurus.
If that's too much trouble, why not just use rhino stats and flavor it like a triceraptops?
I once had a campaign where there were no horses at all, characters rode things like ostriches, but actually, there were a bit more lizard like and probably would have been more of an axe beak...
If you look around (possibly at Louis Porter Junior's 'Undefeatable' series; I don't have it on this computer) there's a feat that increases the level of your animal companion/mount. IIRC, it raises it by 4 levels, which would make your critter rideable by 3rd level.
Hello,
Do any such mounts already exist? If yes, where can I find them?
The 1st level cavalier in my game uses the ostrich stats (http://www.d20pfsrd.com/bestiary/monster-listings/animals/ostrich) for his gallimimus mount.
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@Arachne: I'd just ask your DM if you could consider the Allosaurus Large Sized for the purposes of Mounted Combat... At least until it actually DOES increase in size, where it gets the stat bonuses, size bonuses/penalties, etc. I don't think it'd be terribly broken (in fact, I don't think it'd be bad at all), and it'd be a mostly flavor thing anyways.
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@Arachne: I'd just ask your DM if you could consider the Allosaurus Large Sized for the purposes of Mounted Combat... At least until it actually DOES increase in size, where it gets the stat bonuses, size bonuses/penalties, etc. I don't think it'd be terribly broken (in fact, I don't think it'd be bad at all), and it'd be a mostly flavor thing anyways.I already did :) .
My Tiefling Paladin of Shelyn is most happy with Sir Alistair, her allosaurus mount.
.... I'm playing a Goblin Paladin of Sarenrae, and YOUR CHARACTER makes mine go "WTH???"
That said, Paladins of Sarenrae = WIN. Such a fun looking character.
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Hello,
I'd like to make a character on a dinosaur mount, in the vein of the Cold One Knights from Warhammer Fantasy (getting GM permission should be no problem - they tend to trust me not to break the game). That is a Paladin, in plate armor, with a lance, and all that.
Do any such mounts already exist? If yes, where can I find them? If no, are there any dinosaurs that could be modified into a mount easily? We're talking pretty much horse-sized, here, but if only smaller ones exist, a Halfling Paladin would work, too. And if no, does anyone have any good homebrew rules for riding dinosaurs, or at least guidelines for how I can make one?
In advance, thank you :) .
If I remember right I think the Monster Manual 3 has a riding dinosaur. Let me caution you in most games it is a pain. Try feeding the thing and taking it into a city to stable it. One of my good mates had a campaign where we used dinosaur as mounts but we were stuck on a primitive island and were making due. I never really thought about the consequences of having a mount like that until we returned to the mainland. Have fun with it and if you have a DM that can roll with the punches it can be a good time.
One word of warning, we had a technical DM and when my mount was wounded badly, he didnt feel like hunting and ate our halfling fighter in a frenzy.
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@Arachne: I'd just ask your DM if you could consider the Allosaurus Large Sized for the purposes of Mounted Combat... At least until it actually DOES increase in size, where it gets the stat bonuses, size bonuses/penalties, etc. I don't think it'd be terribly broken (in fact, I don't think it'd be bad at all), and it'd be a mostly flavor thing anyways.I already did :) .
My Tiefling Paladin of Shelyn is most happy with Sir Alistair, her allosaurus mount.
.... I'm playing a Goblin Paladin of Sarenrae, and YOUR CHARACTER makes mine go "WTH???"
That said, Paladins of Sarenrae = WIN. Such a fun looking character.
stupid edit button. I meant Paladins of Shelyn = win
Eberron had some rules for riding dinosaurs, specifically for halflings, but...Deinonychus was one of them, I don't remember what the others were. Personally, I would allow it with very little discussion. I'd probably require an exotic saddle, and maybe a feat to ride the dino, but other than that, if you can find someone to combat train the dino...ride, baby! ride!
The new Pally I am making uses a riding lizard converted from the FRCS, not quite a dinosaur but the ability to charge across the ceiling or wall is awesome!