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Message: <blockquote data-quote="77IM" data-source="post: 7240094" data-attributes="member: 12377">Have you read Dragonlance? Riding dragons is a pretty big deal. It only happens when the world is threatened, etc.That said, the dragon only needs to be Large-sized in order for a Medium-sized creature to ride it. Young metallic dragons are in the CR 6-10 range and have no legendary actions, so they should be roughly balanced as NPC companions. And the can be as young as 6 years old! Dragons develop rather quickly so a 6-year-old dragon is probably wiser and better spoken than most adult humans; but, they might still be very curious about the world, and enjoy traveling with mortals, and even willing to take direction in combat. Personally, I'm partial to silver and bronze dragons, who are also frequently allies of the smaller people. A young bronze is CR 8, which means it's the equivalent of a whole PARTY of level 8 PCs, and looking at the stats, I can believe it. According to the encounter-building guidelines, the young bronze won't even be a threat to a 12-level party of 4. So, I think that's also a good level at which it would be appropriate for an NPC bronze dragon to tag along with the party and serve as a mount. That's the answer I'd give the warlock player: level 10-14, depending on the type of dragon. This will give the warlock something to work towards.</blockquote>