Dragon Riders [Archive] - Wizards Community

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kam_Islash

02-08-04, 07:31 PM
I wonder, what does a character have to do in order to get a dragon as a steed?

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The Lone Sorcerer

02-08-04, 07:48 PM
Are we talking feats and such or role playing . If were talking feats i'm pretty sure the normal riding feats work. Roleplaying wise i can think of a number of reasons. Perhaps a god os some sort has asked or ordered the dragon to ally with a "lesser" being for some mutual purpose. Or you could try and earn the respect of a dragon(a darn hard thing to do i might add). If it were the Dragonlance setting its really easy to find blues and silvers as mounts. Thats all i can think up right now
i'm sure there are many others.
Charles Phipps

02-08-04, 09:02 PM
A friend explained to me that Dragons with Riders get a number of benefits that they like to exploit

* In Dragon to Dragon combat the dragon rider covers the explosed "back area" of dragon combat, giving an immense tactical advantage

* The Dragon gets an extra attack per round with which lance or magic can be quite helpful

* The Dragon also gets an extra pair of eyes watching his back regions

Off things, I usually rule Dragons get Dragon-Riders by casting "Find Familiar" on a human being or training them or simply making a deal with an interested knight
whiteflame

02-10-04, 12:31 PM
All you need to do is to get a Dragon to follow you in some way So you really only need to take the dragon cohort feat and then just flying.