Riding
Appearance
There are horses distributed all around the served that can be used in conjunction with the Ride skill to gain a mobility bonus when on the surface.
Mechanical Information
- Mounted Combat:
- Riders suffer from 10% Spell Failure unless they have the Mounted Combat feat.
- The Mounted Combat feat adds +1 melee AB instead of the normal bonus.
- Mounted Archery remains unmodified.
- It is impossible to ride in caves or indoors areas.
- Riders do not gain Tumble AC while on horseback. Every 5 ranks in Ride will grant +1 AC, up to +6 at 30 ranks.
- Lances may only be wielded when on horseback.
- There are different breeds of horses, that will react differently to the race of the rider.
- Every 3 points in Ride (ignoring dex but counting items) will add 1% of riding speed. These bonuses cap at 10% to 30%, depending the quality and nature of the breed of horse.
- Characters with the now-disabled Riding Award:
- May still summon their horses.
- Granted a 5 + Hit Dice Ride bonus.