Vaalingrade
Legend
It's remarkable how the concept has held on despite the stereotype that the horse will die quickly.
It's remarkable how the concept has held on despite the stereotype that the horse will die quickly.
This isn't the expectation for wilderness play, or aerial play, or underwater play. Why would it be the expectation for mounted or on-the-seas play?If the game wants people to have better mechanical options for characters on mounts or sailing vessels... every game mechanic (such as Feats) needs to have as part of its description how the Feat is used/expanded/changed) while on the backs of animals or on ships. So if a player selects it, they know the Feat will be useful in every type of situation.
I think it's because the concepts of knights in shining armor, jousting, etc., etc. are solidly embedded in our culture even outside of fantasy.It's remarkable how the concept has held on despite the stereotype that the horse will die quickly.
There's another reality - map size. A warhorse has double the movement rate of a typical character on foot. If you scale the map for characters on foot, the horse just becomes a "go anywhere on the map" tool. If you scale the map for mounted characters, anyone unhorsed may well be just out of the fight.
It's remarkable how the concept has held on despite the stereotype that the horse will die quickly.
Horses in D&D are given stats that make them sensible mounts for the general populace and fairly mundane armies. So a warhorse is a CR 1/2 creature, and they will die whenever something to challenge higher level characters show up. Less a stereotype and more a statistical reality.
There's another reality - map size. A warhorse has double the movement rate of a typical character on foot. If you scale the map for characters on foot, the horse just becomes a "go anywhere on the map" tool. If you scale the map for mounted characters, anyone unhorsed may well be just out of the fight.
This isn't the expectation for wilderness play, or aerial play, or underwater play. Why would it be the expectation for mounted or on-the-seas play?