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<blockquote data-quote="Irda Ranger" data-source="post: 7420816" data-attributes="member: 1003">What spell are you guys reading? My 5E Player's Handbook clearly says &quot;you or a creature you choose can ride the steed&quot;.The spell also says that if the saddle or bridle are taken 10 feet away, they disappear into a puff of smoke. Which implies that you can take them off and hold them in your hands, so they have some &quot;quasi-real&quot; physical heft. The spell further says that the creature uses the statistics for a riding horse, except its speed is 100 and can travel 10 miles in an hour. Those are the only differences, so presumably the carrying capacity and pull weight are the same.My take on &quot;only you or a person you choose can ride it&quot; is because it's a created creature that obeys your commands only. If anyone else tries to ride it, it will just stand there.My take on &quot;quasi-real&quot; means that it looks and feels like a horse, but if it takes any damage it unravels into a puff of smoke. Anyway, my DM has already ruled in favor of this. The spell says it's a creature, so it can be targeted by other spells as a creature. Not only did I summon a Phantom Steed, I summoned four Phantom Steeds, cast Water Walking on them, and we pulled our becalmed ship into harbor.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Irda Ranger, post: 7420816, member: 1003"] What spell are you guys reading? My 5E Player's Handbook clearly says "you [B]or a creature you choose[/B] can ride the steed". The spell also says that if the saddle or bridle are taken 10 feet away, they disappear into a puff of smoke. Which implies that you can take them off and hold them in your hands, so they have some "quasi-real" physical heft. The spell further says that the creature uses the statistics for a riding horse, except its speed is 100 and can travel 10 miles in an hour. Those are the [I]only[/I] differences, so presumably the carrying capacity and pull weight are the same. My take on "only you or a person you choose can ride it" is because it's a created creature that obeys your commands only. If anyone else tries to ride it, it will just stand there. My take on "quasi-real" means that it looks and feels like a horse, but if it takes any damage it unravels into a puff of smoke. Anyway, my DM has already ruled in favor of this. The spell says it's a creature, so it can be targeted by other spells as a creature. Not only did I summon a Phantom Steed, I summoned four Phantom Steeds, cast Water Walking on them, and we pulled our becalmed ship into harbor. [/QUOTE]

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