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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Roadkill101" data-source="post: 3697452" data-attributes="member: 30952">The argument that these other worlds have the same animals as those of Earth for the purposes of familiarity and identification for players, makes complete sense.At the same time I agree with the OP, there is definately a lack of fantastic animals, that have also been domesticated by humanoid-kind and are a common sight.  And like the OP, this had also bugged me, since around 1998 or so.  So for my Homebrew Campaign I resolved the issue.I made horses and equines in general, miniature breeds, too small and fragile for even Hobbits to use.  I replaced them with creatures of my own devising;  3 to fill the roles of cavalry mounts, 2 for use as general pack/dray animals, 2 for general riding/messenger purposes.  Climate and terrain do affect where thes creatures may be found in use.BTW, Hobbits IMC tend to use various medium and large dog breeds.I once had a Dwarf character who rode a mountain goat bred for war.</blockquote>