Mount Tricks

[Mokshai]

A couple of questions arose in one of my games.

1. Can I take a Cavaliers mount, and through the tricks, teach it how to drink a potion ?

2. Through the use of a trick, can I teach the mount, how to use the command word using the circlet of speaking (Animal Archive pg 26) for armiger's panopoly(KIS pg 32 which has been modified for a mount)

[Mokshai]

anyone shed light on this ?

[Graeme]

1. If a GM were to allow it, I would suggest it would take at least two actions - one action to open the potion (perform trick) and then one to drink it (not sure which, but probably perform again). The reason is the mount is going to have to use it's mouth to open the potion first before it can drink it. You may also need a fetch trick first to get the potion in the first place (and hope it gets the right one!)

2. I would say yes - probably again using the perform trick. However, since the command word is probably not a word in the language that the circlet gives to the animal, I'd suggest it wouldn't be a 100% chance of success each time.

All subject to GM ruling, of course.

[Momo Kimura]

There is no preexisting "Drink Potion" trick for animals. There is "Deliver" which allows transport of an Alchemist Fire, "Bombardment" which allows a flying animal to drop say an Alchemist Fire on a goblin, there is "Fetch" which allows for retrieving the Alchemist Fire off a coffee table.

2. Sounds reasonable as it would be like teaching a dog to speak a word with a condition.

[Mokshai]

Gives me something to think about, thank you.