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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Taluron" data-source="post: 989003" data-attributes="member: 4138">>>"quote:Ride...ride should be a different skill for each kind of mount, don't you agree? Riding a giant eagle is nothing like riding a horse!">"It already is."WRONG. Go back and read what it says. "If the character uses THE skill with a different mount" the characters RANK is reduced.  It says nothing about taking the skill multiple times for different mounts. If a character sticks with the new, unfamiliar mount long enough the DM should stop imposing the reduction after a time, as the character will be familiar with it. Ride is actually the closest skill to Perform in 3.0. The additional perform types that you receive with every rank are "familiar" perform types. Things the bard was praticing to master during the time period from one skill rank to the next.----------------------From the 3.0 SRD:Ride (DEX)When the character selects this skill, choose the type of mount the character is familiar with. For this purpose, "horses" includes mules, donkeys, and ponies. If the character uses the skill with a different mount (such as riding a giant lizard when the character is used to riding horses), the character's rank is reduced by 2 (but not below 0). If the character uses this skill with a very different mount (such as riding a griffon when the character is used to riding horses), the character's rank is reduced by 5 (but not below 0).</blockquote>