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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 5100467" data-attributes="member: 22779">Totally agree here, actually.  I think that this particular concept doesn't work well in a group game.  And, yes, at the end of the day, it's going to be up to the player.My problem is with the idea of the DM okaying the concept and then washing his hands of it.  "Hey, you picked that concept, it's not MY fault you only get to use your horse 10% of the time.  Talk to the other players."I'd rather just talk to the first player and avoid the drama in the first place.No.  Please actually read what I'm writing and not what you think I'm writing."They" cannot choose anything.  Because there is no "they".  There is one guy with a mount and four other players who don't have this restriction.  Sure, the mounted guy would LOVE to avoid any situation that would prevent him from using the mount, but, since he's in the very minority position in the group, his voice doesn't carry all that much weight.Unless, of course, the other four decide to go along with what he wants.But, what will likely happen is the other four make decisions based on their own characters, not on his, so, they find themselves in a number of situations where mounts are not viable.  This is not me dictating anything.  You can continue to ignore the rest of the group all you like, but, unless you do nothing but lone wolfing, or the group creates an entire party of mounted character concepts, you'll run into the situation where the mounted guy is not really "mounted guy" but, "Vanilla Fighter who happens to get to ride a horse once in a blue moon".Now, if you have players who have no problem with that, then fine.  I think most players want to actually play their concepts.  They tend to be funny that way.  But, then again, I tend to view D&D as being a bit larger than:If you do nothing but dungeon crawls, then, hey no problem.  Mounted knights aren't a problem for you.  Me, my worlds tend to be a bit broader than that.  To each his own.</blockquote>

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