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Message: <blockquote data-quote="James Gasik" data-source="post: 8578168" data-attributes="member: 6877472">Basically, the idea of not having mounts because they are sometimes inconvenient or get killed strikes me as silly.  One of my first orders of business when a group I'm in gets some money is purchasing a cart or wagon.  Early in the game there is going to be overland travel, and not everyone has tons of carrying capacity.I'm always on the lookout for a base of operations as well, although many games I've been in are freewheeling treks across vast distances, so that isn't always viable without Teleporation Circle.  The way I see it, as long as I'm not strapped for cash, there's no reason not to shell out for things that will make my life easier.It is obnoxious, to me at least, when I'm out in the middle of nowhere and my horse just died- in this case it doesn't matter how much money I have, I'm now doing without.  Ideally, I'd have hirelings to keep watch wherever we've parked our rides, but most DM's I know don't like trying to keep track of extra NPC's, even if they are primarily non-combat ones.  I'm still not sure I want to bother with a familiar of my own in 5e just yet- I'd much rather have something like what the Chain Warlock gets, but the Warlock's mechanics would drive me nuts.  Spam EB all day because who knows when I'll get the ability to cast a spell again?  Yeah, no thanks.</blockquote>