So having had some time to mull it over, I have a question about the Trox and Wyrwood races. Namely, they each have one class they physically CANNOT be. The Trox can't be a cavalier- no mount for large creatures, and the Wyrwood can't be an alchemist-because it can't drink the extracts. ANyone have an idea about how to deal with this?
Wyrwood is a construct right? If so it can drink the extracts. Constructs just aren't required to eat or drink.
Beyond that, these aren't intended for player races in the first place. I don't see why it's an issue that needs to be dealt with.
There seems to be an easy solution: Simply don't pick those races combined with those classes?
Yeah, a wyrwood should be able to drink potions/extracts. Just because it doesn't need to drink doesn't mean it should lose access to all ingested magic (though possibly converting potions/extracts into oils would fix the problem).
As for the Trox, by current raw, yeah they make kind of terrible cavaliers. But if you're playing that kind of weird and wild race anyway I don't think it's to far of a stretch to houserule in a larger mount.
Also a Mammoth Rider trox would work fine (if you were willing to wait till 10th level).
No, it can't. The whole problem with the Trox is that it's Large, and you can only ride creatures that are larger than yourself.
Where is that rule?
These rules cover being mounted on a horse in combat but can also be applied to more unusual steeds, such as a griffon or dragon.
Mounts in Combat: Horses, ponies, and riding dogs can serve readily as combat steeds. Mounts that do not possess combat training (see the Handle Animal skill) are frightened by combat. If you don't dismount, you must make a DC 20 Ride check each round as a move action to control such a mount. If you succeed, you can perform a standard action after the move action. If you fail, the move action becomes a full-round action, and you can't do anything else until your next turn.
Your mount acts on your initiative count as you direct it. You move at its speed, but the mount uses its action to move.
A horse (not a pony) is a Large creature and thus takes up a space 10 feet (2 squares) across. For simplicity, assume that you share your mount's space during combat.
Combat while Mounted: With a DC 5 Ride check, you can guide your mount with your knees so as to use both hands to attack or defend yourself. This is a free action.
When you attack a creature smaller than your mount that is on foot, you get the +1 bonus on melee attacks for being on higher ground. If your mount moves more than 5 feet, you can only make a single melee attack. Essentially, you have to wait until the mount gets to your enemy before attacking, so you can't make a full attack. Even at your mount's full speed, you don't take any penalty on melee attacks while mounted.
If your mount charges, you also take the AC penalty associated with a charge. If you make an attack at the end of the charge, you receive the bonus gained from the charge. When charging on horseback, you deal double damage with a lance (see Charge).
You can use ranged weapons while your mount is taking a double move, but at a –4 penalty on the attack roll. You can use ranged weapons while your mount is running (quadruple speed) at a –8 penalty. In either case, you make the attack roll when your mount has completed half its movement. You can make a full attack with a ranged weapon while your mount is moving. Likewise, you can take move actions normally.
Casting Spells While Mounted: You can cast a spell normally if your mount moves up to a normal move (its speed) either before or after you cast. If you have your mount move both before and after you cast a spell, then you're casting the spell while the mount is moving, and you have to make a concentration check due to the vigorous motion (DC 10 + spell level) or lose the spell. If the mount is running (quadruple speed), you can cast a spell when your mount has moved up to twice its speed, but your concentration check is more difficult due to the violent motion (DC 15 + spell level).
If Your Mount Falls in Battle: If your mount falls, you have to succeed on a DC 15 Ride check to make a soft fall and take no damage. If the check fails, you take 1d6 points of damage.
If You Are Dropped: If you are knocked unconscious, you have a 50% chance to stay in the saddle (75% if you're in a military saddle). Otherwise you fall and take 1d6 points of damage. Without you to guide it, your mount avoids combat.
Nope.
Just let a Trox select a horse. It can ride those just fine.
Except that a horse, even a heavy horse will collapse under the weight of a large humanoid. A heavy horse with a strength of 20 will have a max heavy load of 1200 lbs. A large humanoid is going to be that heavy or heavier. Meaning your horse won't be able to carry a Trox or other large humanoid.
Remember the cube rule, if you double somethings dimensions, you multiply its weight by 8.
BTW, I guess you can now play Pinocchio.
Yeah...I would just say Trox can't be cavaliers. I might consider reflavoring Wyrwoods alchemists as applying oils instead of drinking potions/extracts, although I could also argue that wyrwoods can't be alchemists.