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<blockquote data-quote="Li Shenron" data-source="post: 8215100" data-attributes="member: 1465">1. Just because we don't have stats doesn't mean we don't have ostriches. In 99% of the situations you only need to know the speed of a mount, which you can choose based on similar creatures. I do not recommend to have mounts participate in combat, much less be directly controlled by their players, so I wouldn't worry about lack of stats before you really need them.2. I would not count mounts as allies, but awakened mounts are meant to be more like NPCs and therefore I would count them as allies. However, I also think that the concept of &quot;ally&quot; is non-technical, and it's up to the caster to choose the spell's targets.3. Nightmares come generically from the lower planes, Hades is one of them (if you want to go along with some canon). What really happens there depends on your DM.4. Why would this? The dragon acts independently anyway. A mount moves together with the rider for sure, but they still act independently.5. Yes, attunement generally applies to every creature.6. I doubt that a mount can recognize someone was polymorphed, particularly because in those forms they can't even speak. In fact, it's not obvious that an intelligent creature would recognize it either. A generous DM might decide the mount can instinctively do anyway.7. I am not sure... it seems people are confident that a 9th-level Dispel Magic doesn't work on a 9th-level Geas, but I think it would work. The RAW says that 9th-level Geas will last until ended by Remove Curse, Greater Restoration or Wish, but it doesn't say it cannot be dispelled.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Li Shenron, post: 8215100, member: 1465"] 1. Just because we don't have stats doesn't mean we don't have ostriches. In 99% of the situations you only need to know the speed of a mount, which you can choose based on similar creatures. I do not recommend to have mounts participate in combat, much less be directly controlled by their players, so I wouldn't worry about lack of stats before you really need them. 2. I would not count mounts as allies, but [I]awakened[/I] mounts are meant to be more like NPCs and therefore I would count them as allies. However, I also think that the concept of "ally" is non-technical, and it's up to the caster to choose the spell's targets. 3. Nightmares come generically from the lower planes, Hades is one of them (if you want to go along with some canon). What really happens there depends on your DM. 4. Why would this? The dragon acts independently anyway. A mount moves together with the rider for sure, but they still act independently. 5. Yes, attunement generally applies to every creature. 6. I doubt that a mount can recognize someone was polymorphed, particularly because in those forms they can't even speak. In fact, it's not obvious that an intelligent creature would recognize it either. A generous DM might decide the mount can instinctively do anyway. 7. I am not sure... it seems people are confident that a 9th-level Dispel Magic doesn't work on a 9th-level Geas, but I think it would work. The RAW says that 9th-level Geas will last until ended by Remove Curse, Greater Restoration or Wish, but it doesn't say it cannot be dispelled. [/QUOTE]

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