Post by Gandalf Istari on Aug 31, 2005 8:41:29 GMT -5
Rereading the Aerial Combat section of the DMG (pages 50-53) was really refreshing, as I didn't pay alot of attention to this section back in the day. One thing that I think stands out is how learning to fly on mounts and conduct combat in the air is handled.
Essentially, any character can train a mount and learn to handle them in combat simply by spending in-game time, money, and resources (the same goes for airborne archers). No Non-Weapon Proficiency slots to fill, no Skill Ranks to allocate, etc. Your character simply spends campaign time and money, and he can learn the "skill." How great is that?
I think I'm going to apply this paradigm from now on whenever a character wants to learn something like this. Its simple, with little to no added baggage or rules required.
Essentially, any character can train a mount and learn to handle them in combat simply by spending in-game time, money, and resources (the same goes for airborne archers). No Non-Weapon Proficiency slots to fill, no Skill Ranks to allocate, etc. Your character simply spends campaign time and money, and he can learn the "skill." How great is that?
I think I'm going to apply this paradigm from now on whenever a character wants to learn something like this. Its simple, with little to no added baggage or rules required.