Upgrade your account to a Community Supporter account and remove most of the site ads.
Rocket your D&D 5E and Level Up: Advanced 5E games into space! Alpha Star Magazine Is Launching... Right Now!

Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lord Pendragon" data-source="post: 2470191" data-attributes="member: 707">Hrm.  I'm not sure I'd allow this in my game.  It makes the Ring of Featherfalling rather pointless, since you can get the same "insurance" at a much cheaper price.  Not sure how much that bothers me, though.As for the question, first, what character class is the rider?  That will make a difference in the kinds of items that could be useful.In general:* Ring of Featherfalling to prevent a nasty accident.  A second one for the mount.  Remember, Tanglefoot bags are cheap.  They have a short range, so you won't usually have to worry about grounded foes hitting you with them, but they're nasty in an aerial battle between flying foes.* A Battle Bridle from, I believe, Magic of Faerun.  It provides a +10 bonus to ride checks on the animal, and free use of the Mounted Combat feat.  If you have Mounted Combat, it allows free use of the Ride-By Attack feat.* A masterwork saddle.  You don't want to fall out of the saddle, period.  I rule that this can also be enchanted later as an animal item slot.  So you could start enchanting it as a "Saddle of Resistance" for instance, to buff up your mount's saves.  You'd have to check with your own DM about this, of course.* Barding.  You'll need to be careful about this.  A flying mount can only carry aloft its light load.  If it is pushed into a medium load, you're grounded.  So you need to look at your own character's weight first, then determine how much weight you have to work with.  Fill up most of that weight with barding.  If you're a paladin, Golden Barding, from the Complete Divine, is a nice way to get your mount barding.  1st-level paladin spell that provides force barding for your mount at 1 hour/level.  A Heward's Handy Haversack can also be a nice way to cut down your own weight so you can spend more weight on better barding.</blockquote>

Verification