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<blockquote data-quote="sniffles" data-source="post: 3256458" data-attributes="member: 30035"><p>The landstriders' legs weren't that long. They were played by people in suits, so even assuming that the puppets of Kira and Jen were intended to be perceived as human-size creatures, the landstriders only had 6-foot-long legs. They weren't very horse-like, either. I can't really think of a real-world animal to equate them with.</p><p></p><p>And Appa (from Avatar) is a flying bison. Oh my inner geek is showing... <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/laugh.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="Laughing :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" /> </p><p></p><p>Avatar also had a character riding an animal like a giant ferret, but it had no eyes and maneuvered by an extremely accute sense of smell. I don't recall that they gave it a name, though.</p><p></p><p>We've got a player in a D&D game who rides an axebeak. It's a large bird from one of the Sword & Sorcery <em>Creature Compendiums</em>, I think. Similar to the chocobo from Final Fantasy. </p><p></p><p>Jack Vance's <em>Dying Earth</em> stories had some people who rode on non-intelligent humanoids. But at the moment I can't remember what they were called. </p><p></p><p>The Twk-men in the Dying Earth setting ride on dragonflies, but the Twk-men are tiny, sort of like fairies. I'm sure there are plenty of stories or games with giant insect mounts, though. </p><p></p><p>In RuneQuest people rode all sorts of animals: gazelles, impalas, bison, boar, zebra, sable antelope... And we had a magic saddle once that just floated along by itself, without any animal to wear it. </p><p></p><p>I think Warhammer used to have riding rams for the dwarves. And I've seen some riding bears depicted. </p><p></p><p>I think someone already mentioned the red elk from <strong>Princess Mononoke</strong>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sniffles, post: 3256458, member: 30035"] The landstriders' legs weren't that long. They were played by people in suits, so even assuming that the puppets of Kira and Jen were intended to be perceived as human-size creatures, the landstriders only had 6-foot-long legs. They weren't very horse-like, either. I can't really think of a real-world animal to equate them with. And Appa (from Avatar) is a flying bison. Oh my inner geek is showing... :lol: Avatar also had a character riding an animal like a giant ferret, but it had no eyes and maneuvered by an extremely accute sense of smell. I don't recall that they gave it a name, though. We've got a player in a D&D game who rides an axebeak. It's a large bird from one of the Sword & Sorcery [I]Creature Compendiums[/I], I think. Similar to the chocobo from Final Fantasy. Jack Vance's [I]Dying Earth[/I] stories had some people who rode on non-intelligent humanoids. But at the moment I can't remember what they were called. The Twk-men in the Dying Earth setting ride on dragonflies, but the Twk-men are tiny, sort of like fairies. I'm sure there are plenty of stories or games with giant insect mounts, though. In RuneQuest people rode all sorts of animals: gazelles, impalas, bison, boar, zebra, sable antelope... And we had a magic saddle once that just floated along by itself, without any animal to wear it. I think Warhammer used to have riding rams for the dwarves. And I've seen some riding bears depicted. I think someone already mentioned the red elk from [B]Princess Mononoke[/B]. [/QUOTE]
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