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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pax" data-source="post: 384784" data-attributes="member: 6875">You can dislike animals all you want; killing one without what canbe OBJECTIVELY described as a good reason, is still evil, regardless.Your hatred for horses justifies it as bing "in character" but not for being "good" ... does an extreme hatred for small children, make themurder of small children not an evil act?Nope.... nothing except point out the consequences of your actions.  If a paladin pulls the "slaughter horses for levels" trick, s/he loses their Paladin status.  *pfft*, gone.Son, I'm willing to bet money you've not spent ten consecutive minutes in the company of a real, live horse that wasn't tied to a post or the like, in your entire life, have you?Horses are herbivores ... with the exception of a mare defending her offspring (maybe), and a stallion protecting his herd of mares (guaranteed), a horse will exceedingly rarely act aggressively to something it perceives as a threat.If the enclosure is complete ... thent he horse will run about the edge of the enclosure, seeking (in a mindless panic) to find an escape route.  It will FAR more likely attack the corral fence (etc), before it turns on you.And regardless, it's not an obstacle you need to overcome, so you won't get XP for it at all.  Frankly, you might get a NEGATIVE award for even trying such a lame stunt.Which is why Lawful Good nobles (heck, if you look at real-life medieval and renaissance history, good aligned at all) are so rare.And not every nobleman hunts, and of those that do, not every one does so purely for sport.  One needn't lack enjoyment of the hunt, for the hunt to be intended to feed oneself.Reread it; it also states that "defeat" does not mean kill.  I distinctly recall a passage about wether or not sneaking past a Minotaur was a challenge to be defeated, or not; it indicates that if the party needed to get past the Minotaur to reach, say, a treasure vault they needed/wanted to loot ... then simply sneaking by earns full XP.  IF, however, the minotaur is just napping along a side hall, even SLAUGHTERING it earns ... nothing.  Nada.  Dipkiss.If the warrior was a paladin, and the mount was his or her bonded mount ... then no, you don't get XP.  If the warrior was a Ranger or Druid, and the mount was their animal companion, then no, you don't get XP.The concept is: animal companions, Paladin's Mounts, etc ... are all covered, XP-wise, by the class level of the "owning" character.Is the goal to escape?  IF so, the escaping character(s) earn full XP for defeating the SOURCE of the charmed monsters ... but none for the monsters in question.Followers due to leadership are part of the leader's XP awards.  Defeat him, get the XP; fail, get nothing.  If defeating him requires you to slaughter scores of lower-level followers ... well, them's the breaks, the enemy Leader DID pay for the feat, and work on CHA and other benefits to push their Leadership score up.</blockquote>

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