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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Flyspeck23" data-source="post: 1366774" data-attributes="member: 10648">That's also on the special extended edition of LotR: TT. Remember the battle with the wargs and how the orcs are riding on them? Mainly, it's the difference between herbivores (horses), where (simply put) the back forms a straight line and stays that way during movement, and carnivores (dogs), where this just isn't the case <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />  That said, let's move back from the "real world" to the fantasy world...  That is cool, no doubt. I'd rule that it's difficult to stay in the saddle while the dog is climbing the wall, and even more difficult if he's climbing the ceiling.Every round, the character should have to make a ride check to stay in the saddle. The base DC for that is 5, and I'd modify it by +10 when the dog sticks to a wall, and +15 while on the ceiling. Furthermore, I'd add +10 to the DC if the dog is moving.So if the character wanted to use a sling while the dog is racing along the ceiling, the ride check DC would be 30. OTOH, if the dog would just hold on to the wall without moving, the DC would be only 15. Best thing would be to check with your DM. As far as I know there isn't a rule for riding a mount on the ceiling <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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