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[3.5] Paladin's Mount w/Leadership: Is this one legal?
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<blockquote data-quote="FireLance" data-source="post: 1035537" data-attributes="member: 3424"><p>Hi, Artoomis, you might have read my following post in a previous thread on Paladin mounts:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>From the looks of your example, you're going for option (4). The DMG is unclear about how the Special Mount abilities are added to the cohort, and it can be argued that a paladin could add the Special Mount abilities for a standard mount of his level to whatever cohort he can attract with his Leadership feat, after taking into account the +2 LA.</p><p></p><p>However, this interpretation may be too good. By this rule, an 18th-level Small paladin with Cha 20 and a Leadership score of 23 could have a bonded Very Young Silver Dragon mount with 18HD, including the bonus HD for being the mount of a 18th-level paladin.</p><p></p><p>I am thinking that the following may be a more balanced interpretation of the rules:</p><p></p><p>The paladin can use the Leadership feat to attract a cohort to serve as a mount as normal, without the +2 LA under option (4) or the -2 to Leadership score for having a bonded mount, but the minimum level at which the paladin can attract the mount as a cohort sets the baseline for the mount's Special Mount abilities. Its bonuses to HD, Natural Armour, Str and Int and other special abilities then follow the table on DMG p205.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FireLance, post: 1035537, member: 3424"] Hi, Artoomis, you might have read my following post in a previous thread on Paladin mounts: From the looks of your example, you're going for option (4). The DMG is unclear about how the Special Mount abilities are added to the cohort, and it can be argued that a paladin could add the Special Mount abilities for a standard mount of his level to whatever cohort he can attract with his Leadership feat, after taking into account the +2 LA. However, this interpretation may be too good. By this rule, an 18th-level Small paladin with Cha 20 and a Leadership score of 23 could have a bonded Very Young Silver Dragon mount with 18HD, including the bonus HD for being the mount of a 18th-level paladin. I am thinking that the following may be a more balanced interpretation of the rules: The paladin can use the Leadership feat to attract a cohort to serve as a mount as normal, without the +2 LA under option (4) or the -2 to Leadership score for having a bonded mount, but the minimum level at which the paladin can attract the mount as a cohort sets the baseline for the mount's Special Mount abilities. Its bonuses to HD, Natural Armour, Str and Int and other special abilities then follow the table on DMG p205. [/QUOTE]
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