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<blockquote data-quote="Merkuri" data-source="post: 5333212" data-attributes="member: 41321">I would say it entirely depends on the nature and training of the creature.A fairly docile creature (most herbivores) with basic rider training will probably respond like your average riding horse.&nbsp; As long as they know the right commands anyone will be able to ride off with it.&nbsp; No checks needed to mount and ride.&nbsp; The biggest difficulty in stealing one of these will be dealing with guards or the owner.But an aggressive creature that required a lot of training to make it accept a rider at all will probably attack any strangers trying to mount it.&nbsp; I would probably allow PCs a nature, handle animal, or similarly appropriate skill check to attempt to subdue the animal in lieu of fighting it.&nbsp; I might also probably come up with some sort of mini-system the character can use in battle instead of attacking the creature, like a grab/grapple attempt to forcefully mount the creature, and after repeated rounds of successfully maintaining the grab I might have the creature grudgingly accept the rider.&nbsp; Such a mount would probably be unreliable until it was retrained, however.&nbsp; In battle I might even give the mount a saving throw (in 4e) at the beginning of each round to see whether it continues to obey the rider, and if the mount succeeds in the check it would spend its turn trying to throw the rider off.&nbsp; You do not want to be taking a stolen aggressive mount into battle right away.Warhorses or similarly trained mounts have been specifically trained to accept only one rider and to attack anyone else who gets too close or tries to mount.&nbsp; I'd treat these exactly like &quot;aggressive&quot; mounts above.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Merkuri, post: 5333212, member: 41321"] I would say it entirely depends on the nature and training of the creature. A fairly docile creature (most herbivores) with basic rider training will probably respond like your average riding horse. As long as they know the right commands anyone will be able to ride off with it. No checks needed to mount and ride. The biggest difficulty in stealing one of these will be dealing with guards or the owner. But an aggressive creature that required a lot of training to make it accept a rider at all will probably attack any strangers trying to mount it. I would probably allow PCs a nature, handle animal, or similarly appropriate skill check to attempt to subdue the animal in lieu of fighting it. I might also probably come up with some sort of mini-system the character can use in battle instead of attacking the creature, like a grab/grapple attempt to forcefully mount the creature, and after repeated rounds of successfully maintaining the grab I might have the creature grudgingly accept the rider. Such a mount would probably be unreliable until it was retrained, however. In battle I might even give the mount a saving throw (in 4e) at the beginning of each round to see whether it continues to obey the rider, and if the mount succeeds in the check it would spend its turn trying to throw the rider off. You do not want to be taking a stolen aggressive mount into battle right away. Warhorses or similarly trained mounts have been specifically trained to accept only one rider and to attack anyone else who gets too close or tries to mount. I'd treat these exactly like "aggressive" mounts above. [/QUOTE]

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