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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DrSpunj" data-source="post: 843821" data-attributes="member: 994">I'll just throw in my 2 coppers here for the little guys. I'm currently playing a 2nd level Halfling Holy Warrior (BotR Paladin) marching up the Mounted Combat feat chain on a Riding Dog. So far I've only got Mounted Combat of course.The only points I wanted to add were that using a Riding Dog (appropriate for Small PCs) means you lose the +1 for higher ground IMO if you're attacking a Medium-size opponent (since my 2'10" self on top of a Medium-sized Dog to me doesn't qualify as "higher ground") but it does kick in if attacking something smaller than Medium-size. Furthermore, you lose reach since Light Lances don't have reach.These couple things don't take a lot of power away from the build, but they should be realized before someone goes this route.The advantage of a Small PC on a Riding Dog? You can stay mounted almost all the time as the Dog can go almost everywhere the rest of the Medium-size PCs can (barring ladders, and when we faced this our DM allowed the use of a rope harness, though it didn't help in the midst of combat!). This lets you get the most of build if the entire campaign isn't centered around mounts like Aithne's is.DrSpunj</blockquote>