How do you think advancing a rat or dire rat would work out for a mount if I were to make a ratfolk cavalier. I'd prefer to not just reskin a wolf, and I know it can't be done RAW from first level, but I have some leway and as long as it's for flavor and doesn't unbalance the play mechanics everything should be kosher. Advancing monsters isn't my strong point...
Isn't a goblin dog just a giant, somewhat funny looking rat?
That's one option, although I like the climb speed of a rat. I guess I'm just really wondering if advancing the size of a dire rat would be unbalanced, and if it is how could it be re-balanced?
A brief glance comparing the dire rat with the giant simple template to a horse or wolf tells me you should be in the clear.
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Would it be a rodent of unusual size?
How do you think advancing a rat or dire rat would work out for a mount if I were to make a ratfolk cavalier. I'd prefer to not just reskin a wolf, and I know it can't be done RAW from first level, but I have some leway and as long as it's for flavor and doesn't unbalance the play mechanics everything should be kosher. Advancing monsters isn't my strong point...
A giant dire rat (Medium) would be quite appropriate for a Small ratfolk's mount... especially since the ratfolk's artwork in the Bestiary 3 clearly shows a ratfolk riding a giant rat.
How do you think advancing a rat or dire rat would work out for a mount if I were to make a ratfolk cavalier. I'd prefer to not just reskin a wolf, and I know it can't be done RAW from first level, but I have some leway and as long as it's for flavor and doesn't unbalance the play mechanics everything should be kosher. Advancing monsters isn't my strong point...A giant dire rat (Medium) would be quite appropriate for a Small ratfolk's mount... especially since the ratfolk's artwork in the Bestiary 3 clearly shows a ratfolk riding a giant rat.
when you think about it, that's just so wrong. It's like riding an ape into battle as a human.
Now a girallon on the other hand...
