I know it was a joke but...(complete riding dog)

[Ralif Redhammer]

What about the Complete Riding Gelatinous Cube?

Might be interesting. But they did cover similar ground in the Arms & Equipment book (with the afore-mentioned Gelatinous Cube as mount concept), but that as I recall mostly focused on mounts. On the 3rd party side, there's also The Book of Familiars.

 

[Wik]

WaaaaAAAAAAaaaay back when (when TSR was saying "There's no way there'll be a 3rd edition! EVER!") there was an article in DRAGON about various breeds of dogs (with stats!), tricks to teach dogs, and a lot of ideas for why an adventuring party would want dogs with them. I lost it years ago, but I still put it on my top 5 list of best Dragon articles ever.

I think a "Complete Animal" might be a neat idea, but I'd say it shouldn't follow the complete format (Last thing I want is thirty plus pages of animal-themed prestige classes and spells!). Honestly, though, I think the whole thing would be better as a DRAGON article - and Raven, if you submitted those with a little bit of an introduction and a feat or two, I'm sure you'd have an article. I'd buy the mag for that info alone.

 

[khyron1144]

I would like to see, once and for all, an actual description of what it takes to make an animal "trained for war" (and, thus, proficient in barding, among other effects). The current stock response from WotC Customer Service is, "it's a DM call" -- which doesn't work worth a squat in Living Greyhawk, where the campaign staff is specifically told by WotC to *not* make interpretations / "DM calls" on rules.

What about the Warbeast template from Monster Manual 2?


It's 3.0, but it works well for what it was intended to do.

Would anyone else like to see a book similar to the description of "complete riding dog"

I can think of a lot of players who would like enhanced familiars, rules on pets, different types of familiars and mounts, etc.

With how important animals were in medieval times, and in fantasy in general, I would think it would be a fairly good book.

Anyone else want to voice an opinion??

Corvidae

I think it could be cool.


I'd also want to see the rules for playing a non-awakened orangutan as a PC.

 

[BigFreekinGoblinoid]

Troll Lord's " The Book of Familiars" was a pretty exhaustive exercise on the subject:


http://www.trolllord.com/newsite/d20/1011.html

 

[Argent Silvermage]

The Complete Companion

Might I suggest a book that deals with Familiars, Companions, Mounts and all other Cohorts of all breeds.
It would make Rangers, druids, Characters with the Leadership feat and all the rest more managable to play.
They could incorporate the Companions for every class feats in it.

 

[kenobi65]

What about the Warbeast template from Monster Manual 2?


It's 3.0, but it works well for what it was intended to do.

AFAIK, the campaign doesn't use that template.

 

[Whimsical]

The Arms & Equipment guide has some cool fantasy mounts. My DM used the riding lizard to be the mount for the dwarven paladin.

 

[Argent Silvermage]

I'd almost like to write it

Here are some of the thoughts that sprang to mind when the topic came up nine months ago...

-Hyp.

Let me know if you want help. I would love to work on this.

 

[GreatLemur]

Would anyone else like to see a book similar to the description of "complete riding dog"

I can think of a lot of players who would like enhanced familiars, rules on pets, different types of familiars and mounts, etc.

I actually really hate all those pets-as-class-features WotC seems to love so much. But, I've gotta say, you're completely right. It is a subject that's totally worth a whole book. They could offer loads of alternate critters for familiars, mounts, animal companions, wildshaping and summoning; animal advancement rules; templates and equipment, etc. Hell, they could even include material for awakened animal PCs.

 

[GAAAHHH]

Troll Lord's " The Book of Familiars" was a pretty exhaustive exercise on the subject:
http://www.trolllord.com/newsite/d20/1011.html

I second this one.