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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wednesday Boy" data-source="post: 6986467" data-attributes="member: 53678">My new-to-roleplaying friend in college wanted to try his hand at GMing D&D 3.x.  I guess the thrill of being the GM went to his head because he forewarned us that he would kill at least one character each session.  Our characters' short life expectancy sapped our investment in serious characters so my friend and I made a goofy duo.  He made your standard knight in shining armor and I made a dwarven monk who carried him around as his steed.  The dwarven monk actually gelled pretty well.  Dwarves are slower than a horse but the monk speed increases would make up for that.  Dwarves don't suffer speed penalties from carrying heavy loads.  And as a monk the dwarf could still make unarmed attacks while carrying the knight.  We joked about how the dwarf's beard could be braided into reins and since the knight had Mounted Combat, he could make the dwarf dodge attacks with a Ride check.  Unfortunately the GM lost his interest in the game so we never actually got to see those two in action.In a WEG Star Wars game I jokingly made a <a href="http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Columi" target="_blank">columi </a>seductress because their stats are perfect for one.  But the GM wouldn't hear of it, even as a joke.</blockquote>