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<blockquote data-quote="Tony Vargas" data-source="post: 7136605" data-attributes="member: 996"><p>D&D traditionally considers horses un-suitable for underground adventuring (though mules are OK according to D&D tradition, so if you want a somewhat comedic cavalry).</p><p></p><p>Riding Lizards have been a thing in D&D. Giant spider-climbing cave lizards, for instance, might be good. You could have a tactic where the dwarven cavalry charges 4-abreast down a 10x10 corridor - one on the floor, one on the cieling, one on each wall!</p><p></p><p>You could swipe Alan Dean Foster's <em>L'borean Riding Snake</em>, the Cadillac of multi-rider fantasy mounts, with crossbowdwarves firing in series as the mount's sinuous movement brings them clear of their fellow riders.</p><p></p><p>Drakes - whatever exactly you picture them to be, devolved draconoids, domesticated reptiles, fantasy dinosaurs - would also be a reasonable, though less traditional, option. </p><p></p><p>Constructs could also be good, dwarves love working stone & metal, afterall, and they don't require fodder.</p><p></p><p> Yes, but in a fun way. Maybe they could have a lesser 'tame' version, perhaps with an enlarged dorsal plate that shields the rider when tunneling?</p><p></p><p>Any underground critter could work, really, if you could picture a sufficiently brave & clever dwarf saddling it up.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tony Vargas, post: 7136605, member: 996"] D&D traditionally considers horses un-suitable for underground adventuring (though mules are OK according to D&D tradition, so if you want a somewhat comedic cavalry). Riding Lizards have been a thing in D&D. Giant spider-climbing cave lizards, for instance, might be good. You could have a tactic where the dwarven cavalry charges 4-abreast down a 10x10 corridor - one on the floor, one on the cieling, one on each wall! You could swipe Alan Dean Foster's [i]L'borean Riding Snake[/i], the Cadillac of multi-rider fantasy mounts, with crossbowdwarves firing in series as the mount's sinuous movement brings them clear of their fellow riders. Drakes - whatever exactly you picture them to be, devolved draconoids, domesticated reptiles, fantasy dinosaurs - would also be a reasonable, though less traditional, option. Constructs could also be good, dwarves love working stone & metal, afterall, and they don't require fodder. Yes, but in a fun way. Maybe they could have a lesser 'tame' version, perhaps with an enlarged dorsal plate that shields the rider when tunneling? Any underground critter could work, really, if you could picture a sufficiently brave & clever dwarf saddling it up. [/QUOTE]
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