Questions tagged [mount]
For questions relating to riding or otherwise being transported on the back of creatures.
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Can a controlled mount take an action to free themselves from a spell's effects?
Some spells impose effects such as movement restrictions on targets that require an action to remove. From example Web says:
A creature restrained by the webs can use its action to make a Strength ...
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Is there any information about what mounts have proficiency in armour? [duplicate]
The general rule for a DM determining proficiency is "Assume that a creature is proficient with its armor, weapons, and tools. If you swap them out, you decide whether the creature is proficient ...
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Can an Otherworldly Steed use a readied action while acting as a controlled mount?
The Otherworldly Steed
functions as a controlled mount while you ride it.
The restrictions on a Controlled Mount’s actions are explicitly limited to the rider’s turn:
The Initiative of a controlled ...
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Does a mount need Armor Proficiency? [duplicate]
For using Barding, does a mount need proficiency to not get its minuses to attack rolls?
If its combat trained?
If so, why are animal companions able to take armor proficiency feats?
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Vortex Warp (and other teleportation), does the rider go with a targeted mount?
If a rider were to cast Vortex Warp (from Strixhaven) on their mount, would only the mount be teleported, or would the rider go with it?
If only the mount, what, if any, teleportation spells would ...
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How do I calculate a monster's racial stats? Specifically, a unique Worg
I have a player, a 2nd Level Goblin Rogue, who wants a Worg mount.
I've decided that sounds pretty cool, and is reasonable considering a goblin's natural affinity for Worgs and the racial bonus to ...
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Is it possible for a Small Cavalier to have a mature, Medium mount?
This is a follow up on this question.
I noticed that Goblins have an ancestry feat that would allow them to get a Medium Wolf as a Cavalier, but it seems like at maturity, the Wolf would become Large.
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Will a Cavalier's mount grow upon maturity if it already grew from the dedication?
The Cavalier Dedication states:
You must choose an animal companion that's at least one size larger than you, but if the animal usually starts as Small, you can begin with a Medium version of that ...
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Unfolding Animate Objects
I'm playing a bard in a campaign with my friends in D&D 5e. One of the biggest goals of my character is to fly. Now my character is level 9 and has finally reached the animate objects spell. I ...
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Are there any mounts that make good companions throughout a character's entire development?
I frequently find that during one of my campaigns, with a specific group of players, the PCs get very attached to their mounts and very frustrated if they die in combat or become too weak to take ...
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Do mounted creatures maintain relative position with their mounts?
Is there any text in the core rulebooks that specifies a mounted creature maintains a constant relative position with its mount?
The only relevant snippet that I can find is the first sentence of the ...
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Easiest item/spell/other for making a Tendriculos aquatic?
Building an a character that uses the Arms & Equipment Guide rules for having a Tendriculos as a mount (basically, raise it from a seed and use alchemy to turn off its digestive acid, then ride in ...
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Is there precedent in official material for Small creatures to mount bipedal creatures two sizes larger than they are?
The rules for mounted combat state:
A willing creature that is at least one size larger than you and that has an appropriate anatomy can serve as a mount, using the following rules.
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Can you cast Ashardalon’s Stride while mounted?
The description of Ashardalon’s Stride spell reports:
3rd level transmutation
Range: Self
Components: Verbal, Somatic
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
The billowing flames of a dragon blast ...
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Does teleporting off of a mount count as "dismounting" the mount?
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Is "dismount" in the first sentence of the first paragraph on "Mounting and Unmounting" section of the rules using the generalized meaning of "dismount" ...
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