Questions tagged [mounts]
For questions about animals that can be used by other species to ride on, for example battle mounts.
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What sort of mount would a naga use and how? [closed]
Is there any sort of animal (living or extinct) that would be a practical mount for a naga? And how would they be able to ride it? Or is this not a workable idea at all and should I throw out the idea ...
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What are some logistic of mounts can also fly and swim?
So I have this dragon thingy named Kebera in my vampire-demon(?)-dragon world, that Zerk/'Gutsy' and Tincan 1000/TK-1000/TK, a human and small robot respectfully, ride upon.
Kebera can of coarse walk ...
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Ruminant mounts
All other factors being equal, would an army with a ruminant mount perform better than an army with horses?
I'm thinking about more efficient digestion, leading to less needed space/time for eating.
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Feline rider's position: reclining, seated or Prone?
I'm looking at the idea of a large feline as a rideable mount, and I'm running into a question about the rider's posture when riding. Would it be best to have the rider mounted Prone, like on a modern ...
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Would crab-cavalry work? [closed]
Basically, giant crabs ridden by humans as cavalry, I just don't know if it's a good idea, and I could use some answers on how to make it work.
The setting is medieval fantasy.
The Giant Crabs won't ...
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What mount would work best in a desert setting as a cavalry animal?
The story I’m currently writing, is in a fantasy desert setting. It’s gonna be focused on world and city building so obviously the army is gonna play a big role. The technology of the world is based ...
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Would merfolk gain any real advantage from mounts (and beasts of burden)?
In writing my merfolk centric fantasy novel, I've largely ignored any creatures of burden used within their society. Animals of burden were very important in the growth of human civilization, and the ...
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Adaptations necessary for a big feline to be rideable?
I imagine they'd need to be much larger than any extant cat (like ligers, Panthera atrox, or the ginormous cat mounts they have in World of Warcraft) and need more rigid spines, longer legs, and more ...
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Riding Flying Animals, sitting or lying on them?
A long time ago I asked a question about dragon saddlery(Dragon Riding Question) and later on how to pilot flying animals(How to pilot flying animals?), but recently I saw a lot of art on the internet ...
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What if large pterosaurs like Quetzalcoatlus had survived as isolates in New Zealand and ended up domesticated by the Maori?
The question.
Let's say a pterosaur like Q. Northropi survived as an isolate and thrived as apex predator in New Zealand for millions of years.
Without much evolutionary pressure its species remained ...
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The Witch's Broom
A very common trope in witchcraft-themed fictional narratives is the iconic Magic Broom, a magical object made from wood and straw to fly and serve as a vehicle for witches. Witches generally fly with ...
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is it possible in a given world to ride a triceratops and so how would it work?
I've been thinking about this world that's been in my mind and one of the things in it are drake knights which are warriors who raised and ride domesticate breed of triceratops like the war elephants ...
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Raid-efficient feline species
Let's say that there is a warlike tribe that focuses on raiding small villages. They are kind of like the Vikings, but they don't arrive by riverboats; they strike the oblivious villages, arriving ...
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What advantages would riding a reindeer have over a horse?
I am currently creating a world in which the group in question is intended to ride reindeer rather than horses. The reasons for this aren't quite relevant, but they simply don't have horses available ...
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Gryphons as mounts
So, an idea I keep coming back to is about a fantasy setting where gryphons are used as mounts.
Obviously, since this is a fantasy setting and such a creature doesn't exist, it can't be "...
