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Message: <blockquote data-quote="(Psi)SeveredHead" data-source="post: 2883540" data-attributes="member: 1165">A horse cannot travel as long with a person on them. They might go as fast (in terms of miles per hour and combat speed), but they get tired more quickly. This is why people used to take multiple horses with them - they would "switch" every once in a while.A human, wearing light armor or chain mail, does not really encumber a horse in game rules, yet people still used to switch horses. I figure then that a cart might make an elephant tired when pulling it, so it tires out at about 16 miles.The rules for carts and stuff probably assume you're using horses to pull them. Other animals have differing amounts of endurance and suitability for the task. I'm not sure if an elephant actually has more endurance than a horse, and it's not as suited for the task of pulling carts anyway. Furthermore, elephants need to eat a lot. While their metabolism is lower than that of a horse, an elephant still weighs a lot more and must each huge amounts of food. They don't eat grass, either. You're going to have to load that cart down with food, which will make it weigh more and therefore tire the elephant out, at least in the early part of the journey.</blockquote>