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[Paladin mount questions] But the Lone Ranger never killed off Silver...
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<blockquote data-quote="Rackhir" data-source="post: 798329" data-attributes="member: 149"><p>A lot of the survivability question comes down to the type of opposition the char are facing, but once into the upper levels (Say 13+) the survivability of even a substantially boosted mount starts becoming dicey without some MAJOR magic defenses. However high level combat in general is extremly lethal irregardless of the target, but any efforts focused on killing a mount are probably going to succeed at those levels.</p><p></p><p>Personally from what I have seen a dire animal of some sort is a substantially better mount than any horse is going to be even with a template. They should also scale well to higher HD.</p><p></p><p>Griffons are fairly weak at first, but if bumped up a few dice which increase them in size category, they start becoming much better. They also offer extra movement capabilities that can be enhanced quite well. As a result they are also spared most melee combat threats. I am somewhat dubious as to how well they will work for a melee focused character though. Personally I think they are also substantially overated as to their cohort level of 9 for a CR4 creature. </p><p></p><p>In general, mounts actually work better with missile weapons than melee weapons, simply because you can get off a full attack while moving and can stay at a distance. The one exception might be a character optimized for a lance charge, but I suspect situations where one can take repeated advantage of that are going to be relatively rare.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rackhir, post: 798329, member: 149"] A lot of the survivability question comes down to the type of opposition the char are facing, but once into the upper levels (Say 13+) the survivability of even a substantially boosted mount starts becoming dicey without some MAJOR magic defenses. However high level combat in general is extremly lethal irregardless of the target, but any efforts focused on killing a mount are probably going to succeed at those levels. Personally from what I have seen a dire animal of some sort is a substantially better mount than any horse is going to be even with a template. They should also scale well to higher HD. Griffons are fairly weak at first, but if bumped up a few dice which increase them in size category, they start becoming much better. They also offer extra movement capabilities that can be enhanced quite well. As a result they are also spared most melee combat threats. I am somewhat dubious as to how well they will work for a melee focused character though. Personally I think they are also substantially overated as to their cohort level of 9 for a CR4 creature. In general, mounts actually work better with missile weapons than melee weapons, simply because you can get off a full attack while moving and can stay at a distance. The one exception might be a character optimized for a lance charge, but I suspect situations where one can take repeated advantage of that are going to be relatively rare. [/QUOTE]
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