D&D 5E The 200gp Elephant Mount in the PHB

jodyjohnson

Adventurer

• Aug 22, 2017

• #1

Does anyone actually let their players buy an elephant mount for 200 gp?

How much is the upkeep?

In my game that '200 gp' elephant is a draft animal with a high upkeep actually costing 2000gp (the same as a hippogriff).
I'd charge about 4000 gp for a fully trained war elephant (the same as a griffon).

And let me note that I actually like mounts.

 

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LordEntrails

Hero

• Aug 22, 2017

• #2

No, I wouldn't.

 

Ancalagon

Dusty Dragon

• Aug 22, 2017

• #3

Only in a geographically appropriate area....

 

jodyjohnson

Adventurer

• Aug 22, 2017

• #4

Ancalagon said:

Only in a geographically appropriate area....

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So anywhere but Australia. Potentially more so in a fantasy world with dinosaurs and dragons.

Colossal dragons and rocs have to eat.

 

Ancalagon

Dusty Dragon

• Aug 22, 2017

• #5

fair point!

Buuuut perhaps not all these species were tamable. Look at the horse vs Zebra for example

...then again people ride freaking wyverns so...

 

Satyrn

First Post

• Aug 22, 2017

• #6

Sure. But the players better not expect to ever rest again.

 

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Bardbarian

First Post

• Aug 22, 2017

• #7

Buying an Elephant is one thing, finding a place where they can travel, stable them is another. When it made sense I let them bring them along but huge creatures present problems that the party very quickly decides aren't worth the extra muscle. Try bringing an elephant in a cave. When the players who beat it on initiative have to move through its squares the novelty wears off quickly even if you have 15-foot wide corridors, to begin with.

 

jodyjohnson

Adventurer

• Aug 22, 2017

• #8

Bardbarian said:

Buying an Elephant is one thing, finding a place where they can travel, stable them is another. When it made sense I let them bring them along but huge creatures present problems that the party very quickly decides aren't worth the extra muscle. Try bringing an elephant in a cave. When the players who beat it on initiative have to move through its squares the novelty wears off quickly even if you have 15-foot wide corridors, to begin with.

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The same could be true of horses.

Or certainly the T-Rexes in the new ToA AP.

 

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Seramus

Hero

• Aug 22, 2017

• #9

I wouldn't mind. Feed them Goodberries and use Speak with Animals, so the Elephant has a good idea of what's going on. Don't take them into caves or buildings, and hope your DM isn't a dick and kills him every time you leave him outside said caves or buildings.

 

Ancalagon

Dusty Dragon

• Aug 22, 2017

• #10

Satyrn said:

Sure. But the players better not expect to ever rest again.

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Nah, they let your rest after 3 battles! But ONLY if you had 3 battles.

"Joe-bob, grandpa needs a nap, go wrasle with him or something or the elephants will get mad"

/other thread reference