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<blockquote data-quote="Blue" data-source="post: 7352115" data-attributes="member: 20564">CR is how much challenge a foe will be in a single encounter.&nbsp; It's not really the proper measure to say how well something will do long term, or as a mount, that I would use it as a gatekeeper for what can be had.&nbsp; Where I would use CR is as a guideline to make sure the mount isn't too fragile for the challenges the party will face - the Find Steed warhorse tends to go down quickly to area of effect attacks at later levels.I would rather look into what abilities I want the party to have.&nbsp; For example, the absolutely minimum for a flying mount would be 5th when PCs could get Fly, but in reality flying all the time without expenditure of resources will be a boon in exploration and combat and maybe would hold off on that until 9th.&nbsp; So maybe a spider-climbing mount by 5th, or a particularly fast one.Other special abilities the mount has need to be looked at if they will be too powerful outside an encounter.&nbsp; This is the same reason why certain summoned fey are much more desirable then others of the same CR - they have nifty other abilities.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Blue, post: 7352115, member: 20564"] CR is how much challenge a foe will be in a single encounter. It's not really the proper measure to say how well something will do long term, or as a mount, that I would use it as a gatekeeper for what can be had. Where I would use CR is as a guideline to make sure the mount isn't too fragile for the challenges the party will face - the Find Steed warhorse tends to go down quickly to area of effect attacks at later levels. I would rather look into what abilities I want the party to have. For example, the absolutely minimum for a flying mount would be 5th when PCs could get Fly, but in reality flying all the time without expenditure of resources will be a boon in exploration and combat and maybe would hold off on that until 9th. So maybe a spider-climbing mount by 5th, or a particularly fast one. Other special abilities the mount has need to be looked at if they will be too powerful outside an encounter. This is the same reason why certain summoned fey are much more desirable then others of the same CR - they have nifty other abilities. [/QUOTE]

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