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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 2983141" data-attributes="member: 22779">Umm, you're pokemount arguement isn't exactly damning.&nbsp; Shadowfax was a pokemount.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp; (Take that RC)In fact, there are numerous examples of summonable mounts from fiction.&nbsp; S. R. Donaldson had them in the Thomas Covenant Chronicles.&nbsp; Hercules had one in an animated series.Apparently, for some reason, keeping clunky mechanics that every player hated is better than coming up with new mechanics that fit with the character (after all, a paladin calling upon a celestial mount to aid him in his battles with evil drips with flavour) and makes the players happy.To each his own I suppose.The laughable part here is that Rounser has so loudly denounced the flavour additions to various books while denouncing the stripping of flavour here.&nbsp; Which is it?&nbsp; Is 3e devoid of flavour or does it have too much?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 2983141, member: 22779"] Umm, you're pokemount arguement isn't exactly damning. Shadowfax was a pokemount. :) (Take that RC) In fact, there are numerous examples of summonable mounts from fiction. S. R. Donaldson had them in the Thomas Covenant Chronicles. Hercules had one in an animated series. Apparently, for some reason, keeping clunky mechanics that every player hated is better than coming up with new mechanics that fit with the character (after all, a paladin calling upon a celestial mount to aid him in his battles with evil drips with flavour) and makes the players happy. To each his own I suppose. The laughable part here is that Rounser has so loudly denounced the flavour additions to various books while denouncing the stripping of flavour here. Which is it? Is 3e devoid of flavour or does it have too much? [/QUOTE]

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