Mounted Combat (Remastered!): Galloping into Battle with Horses, Pegasi, and Dragons
01/13/24 • 34 min
Do you like horses? Do you like the idea of charging into battle atop a mighty steed? If you don’t like horses, how about a pegasus or a dragon? No? How about riding around on a party member’s shoulders? In this episode of the RPGBOT.podcast, we discuss mounted combat both in DnD 5e and throughout the history of Dungeons and Dragons, as well as drawing comparison to Pathfinder 2e's handling of mounts. We discuss the current state of the rules in 5e, including issues with the mounted combat rules and challenges around handling things like centaurs, intelligent mounts, and riding on your party members' shoulders.
For more on mounted combat in 5e, see our Practical Guide to Mounted Combat.
Materials Referenced in this Episode
- DnD 5e's Mounted Combat rules, which are available in the Basic Rules for free both as a PDF and on DnDbeyond.com.
- Chainmail (affiliate link), available as a PDF on DMsGuild.com
- DnD 1st edition source book Unearthed Arcana (affiliate link), available as a PDF on DMsGuild.com
- DnD 3rd edition source book Unearthed Arcana (affiliate link), available as a PDF on DMsGuild.com and available for free on d20srd.org
- Pathfinder 2e's rules for Animal Companions, which are available in both in the Pathfinder 2e Core Rulebook (affiliate link) and for free on Archives of Nethys.
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Do you like horses? Do you like the idea of charging into battle atop a mighty steed? If you don’t like horses, how about a pegasus or a dragon? No? How about riding around on a party member’s shoulders? In this episode of the RPGBOT.podcast, we discuss mounted combat both in DnD 5e and throughout the history of Dungeons and Dragons, as well as drawing comparison to Pathfinder 2e's handling of mounts. We discuss the current state of the rules in 5e, including issues with the mounted combat rules and challenges around handling things like centaurs, intelligent mounts, and riding on your party members' shoulders.
For more on mounted combat in 5e, see our Practical Guide to Mounted Combat.
Materials Referenced in this Episode
- DnD 5e's Mounted Combat rules, which are available in the Basic Rules for free both as a PDF and on DnDbeyond.com.
- Chainmail (affiliate link), available as a PDF on DMsGuild.com
- DnD 1st edition source book Unearthed Arcana (affiliate link), available as a PDF on DMsGuild.com
- DnD 3rd edition source book Unearthed Arcana (affiliate link), available as a PDF on DMsGuild.com and available for free on d20srd.org
- Pathfinder 2e's rules for Animal Companions, which are available in both in the Pathfinder 2e Core Rulebook (affiliate link) and for free on Archives of Nethys.
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Ash Ely
- Professional Game Master on StartPlaying.Games
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- YouTube@ashravenmedia
Randall James
- @JackAmateur
Producer Dan
- @Lzr_illuminati
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