What do you buy for a minotaurs mount [Archive] - Wizards Community

What do you buy for a minotaurs mount [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Crimsondagger
08-02-07, 02:04 PM Ok I have a bit of a problem. I am playing a minotaur ranger and while most of the party has horses or pony's I cant quite figure out what would be a good mount for something that big.:help:

Remember If you cant take the punches. Learn how to block. :monk:

Acording to the test I am a Lawful Good Dwarf Paladin.:D
Sorcen_Anenooata
08-02-07, 02:26 PM A really big horse.

Barring that an elephant or choose from some of the magical beasts mounts. Or if you feel froggy create a new beast to be a specially bred mount for minotaurs.
Ecalsneerg
08-02-07, 02:27 PM Ok I have a bit of a problem. I am playing a minotaur ranger and while most of the party has horses or pony's I cant quite figure out what would be a good mount for something that big.:help:

An elephant? Then give the Minotaur a lance...
Omega_Grey
08-02-07, 02:37 PM I looked up the following creatures of the animal subtype from the Monster Manual and created a list of all the ones that meet the size requirements. Most of them are very powerful and are beyond the rangers animal companion ability, but I didnt know all the details of your campaign so I included all that I could think of.

Dire Bear (Advanced to 17 HD), Dire Boar (Advanced to 17 HD), Dire Lion (Advanced to 17 HD), Dire Tiger (Advanced to 33 HD), Elephant, Giant Crocodile, Huge Constrictor Snake, Megaraptor (Advanced to 17 HD), Roc, Triceratops, Tyrannosaurus.

I was really hoping that the Bison could be advanced to huge, as that seemed like a great fit, I suppose you could always try to homebrew a dire bison to fit the bill.
Ecalsneerg
08-02-07, 02:39 PM http://www.onaraonline.org/downloads/PlayersGuideErrata_2006-06-03.pdf
Dire bison is in the appendix (corrected stat blocks). At least, I think so, this is just my link to the document.
duboisjf
08-02-07, 02:54 PM It's not exactly a mount but you could have four-horse chariot.

Watch out for difficult terrain and opponents sundering your wheels.
Lord_Of_The_Abyss
08-02-07, 05:07 PM Steelwing, from MMV. Huge magical beast, a little expensive, but perfect, it gives you the carrying capacity (does it say what that is for the elephant in the MM?) Also, it's a little strong, you'd definately need your DM's permission, but it can carry you plus 2 other people and still fly and attack (does anyone know why they can carry twice as much people as normal? They're huge and they can carry two large creatures :confused: )
Angel Black
08-02-07, 05:48 PM Ok I have a bit of a problem. I am playing a minotaur ranger and while most of the party has horses or pony's I cant quite figure out what would be a good mount for something that big.:help:

Remember If you cant take the punches. Learn how to block. :monk:

Acording to the test I am a Lawful Good Dwarf Paladin.:D

1.Forget the mount and ask for a magic rug, or

2. Get a Reduce Monstrous Humanoid ring.
Thomar_of_Uointer
08-02-07, 09:49 PM I looked up the following creatures of the animal subtype from the Monster Manual and created a list of all the ones that meet the size requirements. Most of them are very powerful and are beyond the rangers animal companion ability, but I didnt know all the details of your campaign so I included all that I could think of.

Dire Bear (Advanced to 17 HD), Dire Boar (Advanced to 17 HD), Dire Lion (Advanced to 17 HD), Dire Tiger (Advanced to 33 HD), Elephant, Giant Crocodile, Huge Constrictor Snake, Megaraptor (Advanced to 17 HD), Roc, Triceratops, Tyrannosaurus.

I was really hoping that the Bison could be advanced to huge, as that seemed like a great fit, I suppose you could always try to homebrew a dire bison to fit the bill.

Actually, there are no size requirements. Your mount just has to be able to carry you (which typically means you have to have a mount at least one size category larger). The real problem there is finding the weight of a minotaur.
Garonak
08-03-07, 03:23 AM A minotaur weighs about 700pounds.
I would suggest an advanced Dire Horse with the warbeast template, all in MM2. Costs 100+100/HD I think.
UnrelentingHoror
08-03-07, 08:35 AM I just had a wonderful image in my head!

If there are exotic beast markets or something you can get to, buy a Rhino! That would be pretty cool.:D
Helpmeplease
08-03-07, 09:00 AM If the GM allows it. A simple animal growth spell and permancy.

Or Have a MU create a bridle of animal growth w/1-3 uses a day. You can put on any horse trained for you and then you can take it off when feeding time comes, you won't have a huge mount to feed, and No need to pay for extra large equipment.
zelf_gale
08-03-07, 10:41 AM Huge Vipers have the lowest CR of the Huge animals in Monster Manual I. Its speed is only 20, but it also has a climb speed, a swim speed, and poison.
Asra
08-03-07, 12:09 PM Instead of just getting an elephant, I suggest a Dire Elephant. You can build a shack on top of it and have a mobile home! Much better than just some random means of transportation!
joshlordofillogic
08-03-07, 12:54 PM A kodo beast.

now seriously: a dire rhino, a giant centipede, a dire moose, a giant rust monster (ooh this one's evil), a giant mantis.
Onikani
08-03-07, 01:03 PM There's a feat in ComAdv that lets you add 4 to your druid level as long as it won't exceed your HD. That really shouldn't be a problem here (racial HD).

Also the Beastmaster PRC (also CA) gives you 4 druid levels at level 1 (and they CAN exceed your HD).

Combined you get another 8 levels to add to your druid level.
You should be able to get a rhino or an elephant pretty easily...
moosekickedmysisterstoof
08-13-07, 04:38 PM How about a dinosaur? Maybe a t-rex or a triceratops?

- John
Ogrebear
08-14-07, 08:32 AM If you have access to the Warcraft D20 rpg books then there are stats for the Minotaur like Tauren mounts called the Kodo's in there.

Kodo's are vaguely dinosaur like. Page on them from WoW Wki (http://www.wowwiki.com/Kodo)

http://www.wowwiki.com/images/7/70/GreatWhiteKodo.jpg
gullas
08-14-07, 10:53 AM take few lvls in the dragon rider class and ride the dragon;)
lord_xarallon
08-14-07, 02:18 PM Tlalusk, Battletitan Dinosaur, Bullette, and Beacon Moth are trainalbe huge creatures.

But there does not seem to be a mount trick, but it should be fairly simple to make one up with you DM.

Otherwise my vote goes for Dragon rider because it would be cool.
monkofcuthbert4684
08-14-07, 03:06 PM Use a dire bull (if there is one). It would be like a kuo-toa riding a giant frog.
DrRufio
08-14-07, 04:50 PM Battletitan is a trainable, ridable dinosaur from mm3. Depending on the level of your party though, you may not even be able to come close to affording it (not to mention it could probably fight all your battles for you.)
UnrelentingHoror
08-15-07, 02:38 AM Use a dire bull (if there is one). It would be like a kuo-toa riding a giant frog.

Speaking of that, I have yet to see stats for giant frogs. :(
You'd think they would have been published.... then again I only have the original MM.
JellyPooga
08-15-07, 03:13 AM I've always wanted to play a Half-Ogre, Ogre or Minotaur (depending on level) Arcane Heirophant with a Rhino as his Familiar Companion/mount...that intelligence is going to cause arguments at some point and I just wanted to see my character wrestling his Companion to the ground to "persuade" it to let him saddle-up :P .
Wolf72
08-15-07, 04:51 PM A large quadruped with a really good str and Mighty steed feat instead of one of its normal feats (Mighty steed, source?, lets a mount carry creatures of its own size).

so create your own dire horse (up the str, con, hd) w/o increasing size ... give it a the new feat, voila!
Thief_of_Hope
08-16-07, 03:51 AM Here's the link to Necromancer Games' pdf containing their dire template:

http://www.necromancergames.com/pdf/ToHDire.pdf

Mighty steed sounds mighty useful. :P I'm curious as to where it is from as well.
Andorxor
08-16-07, 04:53 AM You could use a permant animated huge statue of a horse with wheels.
Wolf72
08-16-07, 12:37 PM Here's the link to Necromancer Games' pdf containing their dire template:

http://www.necromancergames.com/pdf/ToHDire.pdf

Mighty steed sounds mighty useful. :P I'm curious as to where it is from as well.

ToH and Creature Catalog are most excellent (own first run ToH)

Just looked it up: Mighty Steed is from BoK and KOoK (Bestiary and Knightly Orders of Krynn)

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Crimsondagger 08-02-07, 02:04 PM	Ok I have a bit of a problem. I am playing a minotaur ranger and while most of the party has horses or pony's I cant quite figure out what would be a good mount for something that big.:help: Remember If you cant take the punches. Learn how to block. :monk: Acording to the test I am a Lawful Good Dwarf Paladin.:D
Sorcen_Anenooata 08-02-07, 02:26 PM	A really big horse. Barring that an elephant or choose from some of the magical beasts mounts. Or if you feel froggy create a new beast to be a specially bred mount for minotaurs.
Ecalsneerg 08-02-07, 02:27 PM	Ok I have a bit of a problem. I am playing a minotaur ranger and while most of the party has horses or pony's I cant quite figure out what would be a good mount for something that big.:help: An elephant? Then give the Minotaur a lance...
Omega_Grey 08-02-07, 02:37 PM	I looked up the following creatures of the animal subtype from the Monster Manual and created a list of all the ones that meet the size requirements. Most of them are very powerful and are beyond the rangers animal companion ability, but I didnt know all the details of your campaign so I included all that I could think of. Dire Bear (Advanced to 17 HD), Dire Boar (Advanced to 17 HD), Dire Lion (Advanced to 17 HD), Dire Tiger (Advanced to 33 HD), Elephant, Giant Crocodile, Huge Constrictor Snake, Megaraptor (Advanced to 17 HD), Roc, Triceratops, Tyrannosaurus. I was really hoping that the Bison could be advanced to huge, as that seemed like a great fit, I suppose you could always try to homebrew a dire bison to fit the bill.
Ecalsneerg 08-02-07, 02:39 PM	http://www.onaraonline.org/downloads/PlayersGuideErrata_2006-06-03.pdf Dire bison is in the appendix (corrected stat blocks). At least, I think so, this is just my link to the document.
duboisjf 08-02-07, 02:54 PM	It's not exactly a mount but you could have four-horse chariot. Watch out for difficult terrain and opponents sundering your wheels.
Lord_Of_The_Abyss 08-02-07, 05:07 PM	Steelwing, from MMV. Huge magical beast, a little expensive, but perfect, it gives you the carrying capacity (does it say what that is for the elephant in the MM?) Also, it's a little strong, you'd definately need your DM's permission, but it can carry you plus 2 other people and still fly and attack (does anyone know why they can carry twice as much people as normal? They're huge and they can carry two large creatures :confused: )
Angel Black 08-02-07, 05:48 PM	Ok I have a bit of a problem. I am playing a minotaur ranger and while most of the party has horses or pony's I cant quite figure out what would be a good mount for something that big.:help: Remember If you cant take the punches. Learn how to block. :monk: Acording to the test I am a Lawful Good Dwarf Paladin.:D 1.Forget the mount and ask for a magic rug, or 2. Get a Reduce Monstrous Humanoid ring.
Thomar_of_Uointer 08-02-07, 09:49 PM	I looked up the following creatures of the animal subtype from the Monster Manual and created a list of all the ones that meet the size requirements. Most of them are very powerful and are beyond the rangers animal companion ability, but I didnt know all the details of your campaign so I included all that I could think of. Dire Bear (Advanced to 17 HD), Dire Boar (Advanced to 17 HD), Dire Lion (Advanced to 17 HD), Dire Tiger (Advanced to 33 HD), Elephant, Giant Crocodile, Huge Constrictor Snake, Megaraptor (Advanced to 17 HD), Roc, Triceratops, Tyrannosaurus. I was really hoping that the Bison could be advanced to huge, as that seemed like a great fit, I suppose you could always try to homebrew a dire bison to fit the bill. Actually, there are no size requirements. Your mount just has to be able to carry you (which typically means you have to have a mount at least one size category larger). The real problem there is finding the weight of a minotaur.
Garonak 08-03-07, 03:23 AM	A minotaur weighs about 700pounds. I would suggest an advanced Dire Horse with the warbeast template, all in MM2. Costs 100+100/HD I think.
UnrelentingHoror 08-03-07, 08:35 AM	I just had a wonderful image in my head! If there are exotic beast markets or something you can get to, buy a Rhino! That would be pretty cool.:D
Helpmeplease 08-03-07, 09:00 AM	If the GM allows it. A simple animal growth spell and permancy. Or Have a MU create a bridle of animal growth w/1-3 uses a day. You can put on any horse trained for you and then you can take it off when feeding time comes, you won't have a huge mount to feed, and No need to pay for extra large equipment.
zelf_gale 08-03-07, 10:41 AM	Huge Vipers have the lowest CR of the Huge animals in Monster Manual I. Its speed is only 20, but it also has a climb speed, a swim speed, and poison.
Asra 08-03-07, 12:09 PM	Instead of just getting an elephant, I suggest a Dire Elephant. You can build a shack on top of it and have a mobile home! Much better than just some random means of transportation!
joshlordofillogic 08-03-07, 12:54 PM	A kodo beast. now seriously: a dire rhino, a giant centipede, a dire moose, a giant rust monster (ooh this one's evil), a giant mantis.
Onikani 08-03-07, 01:03 PM	There's a feat in ComAdv that lets you add 4 to your druid level as long as it won't exceed your HD. That really shouldn't be a problem here (racial HD). Also the Beastmaster PRC (also CA) gives you 4 druid levels at level 1 (and they CAN exceed your HD). Combined you get another 8 levels to add to your druid level. You should be able to get a rhino or an elephant pretty easily...
moosekickedmysisterstoof 08-13-07, 04:38 PM	How about a dinosaur? Maybe a t-rex or a triceratops? - John
Ogrebear 08-14-07, 08:32 AM	If you have access to the Warcraft D20 rpg books then there are stats for the Minotaur like Tauren mounts called the Kodo's in there. Kodo's are vaguely dinosaur like. Page on them from WoW Wki (http://www.wowwiki.com/Kodo) http://www.wowwiki.com/images/7/70/GreatWhiteKodo.jpg
gullas 08-14-07, 10:53 AM	take few lvls in the dragon rider class and ride the dragon;)
lord_xarallon 08-14-07, 02:18 PM	Tlalusk, Battletitan Dinosaur, Bullette, and Beacon Moth are trainalbe huge creatures. But there does not seem to be a mount trick, but it should be fairly simple to make one up with you DM. Otherwise my vote goes for Dragon rider because it would be cool.
monkofcuthbert4684 08-14-07, 03:06 PM	Use a dire bull (if there is one). It would be like a kuo-toa riding a giant frog.
DrRufio 08-14-07, 04:50 PM	Battletitan is a trainable, ridable dinosaur from mm3. Depending on the level of your party though, you may not even be able to come close to affording it (not to mention it could probably fight all your battles for you.)
UnrelentingHoror 08-15-07, 02:38 AM	Use a dire bull (if there is one). It would be like a kuo-toa riding a giant frog. Speaking of that, I have yet to see stats for giant frogs. :( You'd think they would have been published.... then again I only have the original MM.
JellyPooga 08-15-07, 03:13 AM	I've always wanted to play a Half-Ogre, Ogre or Minotaur (depending on level) Arcane Heirophant with a Rhino as his Familiar Companion/mount...that intelligence is going to cause arguments at some point and I just wanted to see my character wrestling his Companion to the ground to "persuade" it to let him saddle-up :P .
Wolf72 08-15-07, 04:51 PM	A large quadruped with a really good str and Mighty steed feat instead of one of its normal feats (Mighty steed, source?, lets a mount carry creatures of its own size). so create your own dire horse (up the str, con, hd) w/o increasing size ... give it a the new feat, voila!
Thief_of_Hope 08-16-07, 03:51 AM	Here's the link to Necromancer Games' pdf containing their dire template: http://www.necromancergames.com/pdf/ToHDire.pdf Mighty steed sounds mighty useful. :P I'm curious as to where it is from as well.
Andorxor 08-16-07, 04:53 AM	You could use a permant animated huge statue of a horse with wheels.
Wolf72 08-16-07, 12:37 PM	Here's the link to Necromancer Games' pdf containing their dire template: http://www.necromancergames.com/pdf/ToHDire.pdf Mighty steed sounds mighty useful. :P I'm curious as to where it is from as well. ToH and Creature Catalog are most excellent (own first run ToH) Just looked it up: Mighty Steed is from BoK and KOoK (Bestiary and Knightly Orders of Krynn)