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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hawk Diesel" data-source="post: 7000392" data-attributes="member: 59848">Thanks for the feedback [MENTION=284]Caliban[/MENTION]! I also looked at the mounted combat feat for ideas, but decided not to implement them for a few reasons.1) The AC starts low, but will grow. The idea is that the dinosaur is supposed to be squishy at lower levels, because it is still growing and quite young. Even if the dinosaur does not increase its dexterity at all (which it can do whenever the barbarian gains the Ability Score Improvement), by level 20 it will have an 17 AC. That's pretty respectable given bounded accuracy.2) As the dinosaur acts on its own turn with its own initiative and full suite of actions, I didn't want the dinosaur to outshine the other players in combat. It could get a few good licks in, but after a while (until he grows up) he'll be using the Dodge action and be more about positioning and using his reaction to get AoO's when bad guys try to move around the battlefield.3) While these are Talenta Dino Riders, in Eberron (As I envision it) they get their name from outsiders who see them riding dinosaurs. But the dinosaurs are much, much more than mounts for the Talenta Barbarians. They are partners. They work together, protect each other, and would die for each other. Using the dinosaurs as a mount is an option, but it is a very tiny part of their relationship.</blockquote>