There are few topics in these style of games that create more division then talking about mounted combat. Few games attempted it. Even fewer got it right. However, knowing that larian has a lot larger budget then many of their competition, it is a valid discussion.
How would it work?
- your allowed to use any mount that is the size same as yours. Unless heavy armour [then it needs to be +1 size]
- your mount size should increase, depending on class, every 2-4 levels.
- you need to add barding, adding a few items for them to wear
- mounts could scale with Wisdom[for mounts that use magic]
Or scale with strength / dexterity
- classes that can dominate animals, should be able to ride them [make a concentration check every round]
Class Selection eg:
Ranger: would get a feat at lvl 5, gets access to dog, wolf, or raven
Barbarian: would get feat at lvl 4: gets access to lizard, or horse
Scaling for mounts
The mount would scale to player -4 for mounts that are controlled by dominate beast. This would allow you to mount a beast, and attack it with party for an easy kill. It also opens a lot of ways for beat some hard encounters.
Regular mounts would scale to the level of the pc. Any players who take said classes as multi class would get the -4 scaling.
Pros for this
Adds a large amount of play styles that would normally not work. It would not be as powerful as summons in dos2 or pathfinder, but provide the option to those who want it. Would also provide larian an excuse to finish familiars that are broken right now.
TLDR: do you agree? If so what should be improved? If not why.
