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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jasin" data-source="post: 2638418" data-attributes="member: 7531">I'm probably playing a Knight Phantom this Sunday. It's an Eberron Ftr/Wiz class that uses phantom steeds for dragoon tactics: use mounts to travel, dismount, fight on foot.However, I've noticed that the ride DC for soft fall after you're mount is dropped is relatively low (15), and since you're neither paying money for the steeds nor are they your cherished companions, you might as well go into battle on one. When it's killed, well, you're no worse off than if you entered the battle on foot (if you made the DC 15 ride check to land on your feet).Of course, you're not getting that much benefit either, if you don't take mounted combat feats, and if you do, the cost of a steed dying suddenly goes sharply up: you have feats that are of no use now! Still, a wizard charging into battle with a sword, mounted on an unnaturally silent grey horse that just turns into fog when hit, with the wizard dropping to his feet unfazed... very cool, IMO.So if you make it standard practice to ride into battle on the steed... why not try to make it more durable, if possible?So is it? It doesn't seem to be, really. The steeds hp are terrible: 7 hp + 1/level mean they go down in one hit, and there seems really to be little you can do about that.But I might be missing something, so I call upon the collective wisdom of ENWorld...</blockquote>