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A mount is any creature that has been trained to the purpose of "Riding" or that has received "Combat Training".  Both of these purposes can be trained into any creature, via the [[Handle Animal]] skill.  With the proper training, any creature can be made into a mount (with GM approval).  Intelligent creatures will likely require some serious negotiations before allowing anyone to ride them (at least a nice dinner first), but with the proper incentives, it may even be possible to ride a dragon.  Of course, ''staying on'' a dragon will require at least as much skill as convincing one to let you ride it in the first place.

This page details the rules for creating a mount from any creature, as well as a wide variety of example mounts.  The prices listed for the example mounts assume the mount is Combat Trained.  A mount which is only trained for the Riding purpose costs half the listed amount.

==Mounted CR==
Mounts have a Challenge Rating (CR) just like monsters in the [[Bestiary]], but the Mounted CR can vary greatly from a creature's normal CR, depending on the movement speeds and combat benefits granted by the mount.  For example, [[Dire Bat]]s are CR 2 in the Bestiary, but have a (minimum) Mounted CR of 13.

To determine a mount's Mounted CR, look up each of its movement types and speeds provided on the table below, and add these numbers together. If the mount also grants bonus damage to its rider's melee attacks (if combat trained), each point of bonus damage is counted as a +1 modifier to its Mounted CR.

For example, Dire Bats grant their riders a [[Lesser Flight]] speed of 60 ft. (a +15 CR modifier), and a [[Walk]] speed of 10 ft. (a -2 CR modifier, because it's terrible).  The sum of these modifiers (15 - 2 = 13), is the Dire Bat's minimum Mounted CR.  If the Dire Bat also grants a +2 bonus to its rider's melee attacks, its Mounted CR would increase to 15.

Note that mounts which do not possess a Walk speed at all get a -3 modifier to their CR.  Mounts which cannot survive indefinitely on land (i.e. need water to breathe) also get a -3 modifier to their CR.  These are cumulative, where appropriate.

{| class="ep-default" width="100%" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%; border-collapse:collapse;"
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! rowspan="2" width="5%" | Move Speed || colspan="16" | CR Modifier
|-
! width="5%" | Walk || width="6%" | Vaulting || width="6%" | Burrow || width="6%" | Tunnel-<br>ing || width="6%" | Earth Glide || width="6%" | Lesser Climb || width="6%" | Greater Climb || width="6%" | Brachi-<br>ating || width="6%" | Hover || width="6%" | Lesser Flight || width="6%" | Greater Flight || width="6%" | Lesser Swim || width="6%" | Greater Swim || width="6%" | Jet || width="6%" | Lesser Teleport || width="6%" | Greater Teleport
|-
| '''10 ft.'''
|	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Walk 10}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Vaulting 10}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Burrowing 10}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Tunneling 10}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Earth Glide 10}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Lesser Climb 10}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Greater Climb 10}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Brachiating 10}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Hover 10}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Lesser Flight 10}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Greater Flight 10}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Lesser Swim 10}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Greater Swim 10}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Jet 10}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Lesser Teleport 10}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Greater Teleport 10}}
|-
| '''20 ft.'''
|	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Walk 20}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Vaulting 20}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Burrowing 20}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Tunneling 20}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Earth Glide 20}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Lesser Climb 20}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Greater Climb 20}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Brachiating 20}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Hover 20}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Lesser Flight 20}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Greater Flight 20}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Lesser Swim 20}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Greater Swim 20}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Jet 20}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Lesser Teleport 20}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Greater Teleport 20}}
|-
| '''30 ft.'''
|	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Walk 30}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Vaulting 30}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Burrowing 30}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Tunneling 30}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Earth Glide 30}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Lesser Climb 30}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Greater Climb 30}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Brachiating 30}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Hover 30}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Lesser Flight 30}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Greater Flight 30}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Lesser Swim 30}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Greater Swim 30}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Jet 30}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Lesser Teleport 30}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Greater Teleport 30}}
|-
| '''40 ft.'''
|	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Walk 40}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Vaulting 40}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Burrowing 40}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Tunneling 40}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Earth Glide 40}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Lesser Climb 40}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Greater Climb 40}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Brachiating 40}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Hover 40}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Lesser Flight 40}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Greater Flight 40}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Lesser Swim 40}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Greater Swim 40}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Jet 40}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Lesser Teleport 40}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Greater Teleport 40}}
|-
| '''50 ft.'''
|	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Walk 50}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Vaulting 50}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Burrowing 50}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Tunneling 50}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Earth Glide 50}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Lesser Climb 50}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Greater Climb 50}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Brachiating 50}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Hover 50}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Lesser Flight 50}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Greater Flight 50}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Lesser Swim 50}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Greater Swim 50}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Jet 50}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Lesser Teleport 50}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Greater Teleport 50}}
|-
| '''60 ft.'''
|	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Walk 60}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Vaulting 60}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Burrowing 60}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Tunneling 60}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Earth Glide 60}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Lesser Climb 60}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Greater Climb 60}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Brachiating 60}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Hover 60}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Lesser Flight 60}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Greater Flight 60}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Lesser Swim 60}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Greater Swim 60}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Jet 60}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Lesser Teleport 60}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Greater Teleport 60}}
|-
| '''75 ft.'''
|	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Walk 75}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Vaulting 75}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Burrowing 75}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Tunneling 75}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Earth Glide 75}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Lesser Climb 75}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Greater Climb 75}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Brachiating 75}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Hover 75}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Lesser Flight 75}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Greater Flight 75}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Lesser Swim 75}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Greater Swim 75}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Jet 75}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Lesser Teleport 75}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Greater Teleport 75}}
|-
| '''90 ft.'''
|	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Walk 90}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Vaulting 90}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Burrowing 90}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Tunneling 90}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Earth Glide 90}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Lesser Climb 90}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Greater Climb 90}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Brachiating 90}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Hover 90}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Lesser Flight 90}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Greater Flight 90}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Lesser Swim 90}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Greater Swim 90}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Jet 90}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Lesser Teleport 90}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Greater Teleport 90}}
|-
| '''120 ft.'''
|	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Walk 120}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Vaulting 120}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Burrowing 120}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Tunneling 120}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Earth Glide 120}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Lesser Climb 120}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Greater Climb 120}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Brachiating 120}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Hover 120}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Lesser Flight 120}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Greater Flight 120}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Lesser Swim 120}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Greater Swim 120}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Jet 120}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Lesser Teleport 120}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Greater Teleport 120}}
|-
| '''150 ft.'''
|	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Walk 150}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Vaulting 150}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Burrowing 150}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Tunneling 150}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Earth Glide 150}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Lesser Climb 150}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Greater Climb 150}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Brachiating 150}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Hover 150}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Lesser Flight 150}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Greater Flight 150}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Lesser Swim 150}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Greater Swim 150}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Jet 150}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Lesser Teleport 150}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Greater Teleport 150}}
|-
| '''180 ft.'''
|	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Walk 180}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Vaulting 180}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Burrowing 180}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Tunneling 180}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Earth Glide 180}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Lesser Climb 180}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Greater Climb 180}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Brachiating 180}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Hover 180}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Lesser Flight 180}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Greater Flight 180}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Lesser Swim 180}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Greater Swim 180}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Jet 180}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Lesser Teleport 180}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Greater Teleport 180}}
|-
| '''210 ft.'''
|	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Walk 210}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Vaulting 210}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Burrowing 210}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Tunneling 210}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Earth Glide 210}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Lesser Climb 210}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Greater Climb 210}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Brachiating 210}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Hover 210}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Lesser Flight 210}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Greater Flight 210}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Lesser Swim 210}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Greater Swim 210}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Jet 210}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Lesser Teleport 210}}	||	{{Mount-Movement|transcludesection=Greater Teleport 210}}
|}

==Advancing A Mount's Mounted CR==
After a mount has been purchased or acquired, a player can choose to advance its CR as high as they wish above its starting CR.  The only limit on this is the expenditure of time and money to do so, though players are also cautioned that higher CR mounts are much harder to control in combat (see [[Ride#Mounted Combat|Mounted Combat]] for details).

For each additional CR that a mount is advanced, the player must expend the difference in cost on the table below from the current CR to the new CR, as well as spend one [[Full Day]] of working with the mount per CR being advanced (e.g. advancing a mount two CR's costs the delta between the mount's current CR and the new CR, and requires 2 days of downtime). If you spend more than 1 hour doing anything else during a day you are working with the mount (except meals and short rest breaks), that day cannot be counted toward advancing its CR.

If you have a number of ranks in [[Handle Animal]] greater than or equal to the desired Mounted CR you wish to advance your mount to, there is no gold cost to do so, though you must still spend a full day per CR advanced.  You must still pay the initial purchase price of the mount, unless you capture and train it yourself.

Once a mount has advanced its Mounted CR, that 'point' of CR can be spent on one of three things:
* '''Movement:''' increase one of the mount's movement speeds (refer to the table above). Note that some steps on the table cost more than 1 'point' of CR.
* '''Damage:''' increase the amount of bonus melee damage the mount grants to its rider, at a rate of +1 damage per 'point' of CR.
* '''Special:''' unlock one of the mount's special abilities (see Mount Special Abilities, below), if available.

In most cases, mounts cannot acquire a new movement type than those they already possess.  GMs may allow exceptions to this, especially in a case where a beloved mount has served the character faithfully for many levels, and the new movement type is just an improvement over an existing type (for instance, our example Dire Bat might graduate from Lesser Flight to Greater Flight).  Such changes ALWAYS require GM approval, and are very rare.  If allowed, the player must expend a number of 'points' of CR equal to the difference between the old move type and the new one.  It is recommended that players just acquire a new mount with the desired movement type.

==Mount Prices By Mounted CR==
The prices below reflect the cost of a mount with the listed Mounted CR.  All mounts are assumed to be Combat Trained at these prices.  Mounts which are merely trained to the purpose of Riding cost half the listed amount.  Note that non-combat-trained mounts cannot grant bonuses to a rider's melee attacks while mounted, though they still provide their movement speed to their rider.

If you are advancing an existing mount from one CR to a higher CR, you only need to pay the difference in price.

:{| class="ep-default" style="display:inline-block; float:left; text-align:center; font-size:85%; border-collapse:collapse;"
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! width="50px" | Mounted CR || width="100px" | Cost
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| 1	|| align="right" | 50 gp	
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| 2	|| align="right" | {{#number_format: {{Mount-Costs|transcludesection=2}}}} gp	
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| 3	|| align="right" | {{#number_format: {{Mount-Costs|transcludesection=3}}}} gp	
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| 4	|| align="right" | {{#number_format: {{Mount-Costs|transcludesection=4}}}} gp	
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| 5	|| align="right" | {{#number_format: {{Mount-Costs|transcludesection=5}}}} gp	
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| 6	|| align="right" | {{#number_format: {{Mount-Costs|transcludesection=6}}}} gp	
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| 7	|| align="right" | {{#number_format: {{Mount-Costs|transcludesection=7}}}} gp	
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| 8	|| align="right" | {{#number_format: {{Mount-Costs|transcludesection=8}}}} gp	
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| 9	|| align="right" | {{#number_format: {{Mount-Costs|transcludesection=9}}}} gp	
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| 10	|| align="right" | {{#number_format: {{Mount-Costs|transcludesection=10}}}} gp	
|}

{| width="10px" style="display:inline-block" |}

{| class="ep-default" style="display:inline-block; text-align:center; font-size:85%; border-collapse:collapse;"
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! width="50px" | Mounted CR || width="100px" | Cost
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| 11	|| align="right" | {{#number_format: {{Mount-Costs|transcludesection=11}}}} gp	
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| 12	|| align="right" | {{#number_format: {{Mount-Costs|transcludesection=12}}}} gp	
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| 13	|| align="right" | {{#number_format: {{Mount-Costs|transcludesection=13}}}} gp	
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| 14	|| align="right" | {{#number_format: {{Mount-Costs|transcludesection=14}}}} gp	
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| 15	|| align="right" | {{#number_format: {{Mount-Costs|transcludesection=15}}}} gp	
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| 16	|| align="right" | {{#number_format: {{Mount-Costs|transcludesection=16}}}} gp	
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| 17	|| align="right" | {{#number_format: {{Mount-Costs|transcludesection=17}}}} gp	
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| 18	|| align="right" | {{#number_format: {{Mount-Costs|transcludesection=18}}}} gp	
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| 19	|| align="right" | {{#number_format: {{Mount-Costs|transcludesection=19}}}} gp	
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| 20	|| align="right" | {{#number_format: {{Mount-Costs|transcludesection=20}}}} gp	
|}

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{| class="ep-default" style="display:inline-block; text-align:center; font-size:85%; border-collapse:collapse;"
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! width="50px" | Mounted CR || width="100px" | Cost
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| 21	|| align="right" | {{#number_format: {{Mount-Costs|transcludesection=21}}}} gp	
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| 22	|| align="right" | {{#number_format: {{Mount-Costs|transcludesection=22}}}} gp	
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| 23	|| align="right" | {{#number_format: {{Mount-Costs|transcludesection=23}}}} gp	
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| 24	|| align="right" | {{#number_format: {{Mount-Costs|transcludesection=24}}}} gp	
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| 25	|| align="right" | {{#number_format: {{Mount-Costs|transcludesection=25}}}} gp	
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| 26	|| align="right" | {{#number_format: {{Mount-Costs|transcludesection=26}}}} gp	
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| 27	|| align="right" | {{#number_format: {{Mount-Costs|transcludesection=27}}}} gp	
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| 28	|| align="right" | {{#number_format: {{Mount-Costs|transcludesection=28}}}} gp	
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| 29	|| align="right" | {{#number_format: {{Mount-Costs|transcludesection=29}}}} gp	
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| 30	|| align="right" | {{#number_format: {{Mount-Costs|transcludesection=30}}}} gp	
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{| class="ep-default" style="display:inline-block; text-align:center; font-size:85%; border-collapse:collapse;"
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! width="50px" | Mounted CR || width="100px" | Cost
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| 31	|| align="right" | {{#number_format: {{Mount-Costs|transcludesection=31}}}} gp
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| 32	|| align="right" | {{#number_format: {{Mount-Costs|transcludesection=32}}}} gp
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| 33	|| align="right" | {{#number_format: {{Mount-Costs|transcludesection=33}}}} gp
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| 34	|| align="right" | {{#number_format: {{Mount-Costs|transcludesection=34}}}} gp
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| 35	|| align="right" | {{#number_format: {{Mount-Costs|transcludesection=35}}}} gp
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| 36	|| align="right" | {{#number_format: {{Mount-Costs|transcludesection=36}}}} gp
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| 37	|| align="right" | {{#number_format: {{Mount-Costs|transcludesection=37}}}} gp
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| 38	|| align="right" | {{#number_format: {{Mount-Costs|transcludesection=38}}}} gp
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| 39	|| align="right" | {{#number_format: {{Mount-Costs|transcludesection=39}}}} gp
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| 40	|| align="right" | {{#number_format: {{Mount-Costs|transcludesection=40}}}} gp
|}

==Mount Size==
There is no cost modifier for a mount's size.  While it may seem unrealistic that a sized gargantuan woolly mammoth costs the same as a sized-medium battle puma of the same CR, the advantages of a larger mount (you can carry your whole party and all their gear in style) are balanced by their disadvantages (you need reach weapons to attack while mounted, the mount cannot fit into most places, and it will seriously freak out townsfolk).  

Similarly, a sized-medium giant gecko bearing a sized-small player character is very convenient &mdash; it can be ridden into most dungeons with only a little extra cajoling.  However, that sized-medium mount will probably never grant its rider the +1 to-hit bonus for higher ground, it can't haul as much treasure and equipment around as a larger mount, and it will still seriously freak out townsfolk, despite being smaller. (Townsfolk these days. So skittish.)

However, despite there being no cost differences, a mount's size does dictate how much it can carry.  Note that the rider's weight must be included in any load the creature is carrying.  If a creature's load exceeds the listed weight, all [[Handle Animal]] and [[Ride]] checks are made with a +10 penalty to the DC until the load is reduced.  This penalty increases by an additional +10 for each multiple of the load (so, a medium creature, with a carrying capacity, loaded up with 620 lbs. of stuff would be at a -20 penalty).  If a creature is loaded down with triple its listed carrying capacity, it is pinned under the weight unable to move, and will die within 3 rounds unless the weight is removed.

:{| class="ep-default" style="font-size:85%; border-collapse:collapse;"
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! Size || Carrying Capacity
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| Fine || align="right" | 2 lbs.
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| Diminutive || align="right" | 8 lbs.
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| Tiny || align="right" | 20 lbs.
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| Small || align="right" | 60 lbs.
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| Medium || align="right" | 300 lbs.
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| Large || align="right" | 1,000 lbs.
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| Huge || align="right" | 3,500 lbs.
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| Gargantuan || align="right" | 8,000 lbs.
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| Colossal || align="right" | 20,000 lbs.
|-
| Titanic || align="right" | 50,000 lbs.
|}

== Additional Riders ==
If a mount is large enough, it can carry more than one rider.  A woolly mammoth with an howdah can host quite a few riders on its back.  In this event, only one rider is the 'primary rider' of the mount, and all other riders are considered 'secondary riders'.

The primary rider determines how and where the mount moves each round. Secondary riders cannot expend move actions to make the mount move, even if the mount hasn't moved this round.  Only the primary rider can make the mount move, but only the primary rider has to expend actions to do that.  Secondary riders have their full set of actions during their turn.

Secondary riders may make their own [[Ride]] checks (per the [[Ride#Mounted_Combat | Mounted Combat]] rules) each round to gain some of the benefits of the mount, despite not being in control of the mount's movement.  These secondary riders, if they succeed on their check, gain the mount's bonus damage to any melee attacks they make while riding (assuming the mount is combat trained), and the +1 to-hit bonus for higher ground (if the mount is a larger size than the enemies being fought). Riders must be able to reach their targets from their space on the mount in order to benefit from the mount's to-hit and damage bonuses.

==Mount Special Abilities==
Some mounts offer the possibility of a special ability granted to their riders, but the ability must first be unlocked by advancing the mount to a higher CR.  Instead of applying the point(s) of CR toward increased move speed or additional bonus damage, the point(s) of CR is applied toward unlocking the special ability.

Mounts may only ever unlock a single special ability, even if more than one is listed as available.  Once one special ability has been unlocked for a given mount, all others become permanently unavailable to that mount.  Unless specifically stated otherwise, no special ability may be purchased more than once.

Secondary riders cannot make use of a mount's special ability, even if it is 'always on'.  Only the primary rider gains this benefit.

== Mounts ==
The following mounts are listed as examples of creatures which might be available from a vendor specializing in mounts and exotic mounts.  With the proper training, any creature can be made into a mount, however.  The prices below are for Combat Trained mounts.  If you wish to purchase a mount which is only trained to the Riding purpose, they cost only half the listed amount.

{{MountPageAid|Aurochs (Mount)}}

{{MountPageAid|Axe Beak (Mount)}}

{{MountPageAid|Blade Spider (Mount)}}

{{MountPageAid|Bulette (Mount)}}

{{MountPageAid|Camel (Mount)}}

{{MountPageAid|Crocodile (Mount)}}

{{MountPageAid|Destrier (Mount)}}

{{MountPageAid|Dire Bat (Mount)}}

{{MountPageAid|Dolphin (Mount)}}

{{MountPageAid|Donkey (Mount)}}

{{MountPageAid|Elephant (Mount)}}

{{MountPageAid|Elk (Mount)}}

{{MountPageAid|Flying Carpet (Mount)}}

{{MountPageAid|Giant Eagle (Mount)}}

{{MountPageAid|Giant Frilled Lizard (Mount)}}

{{MountPageAid|Giant Frog (Mount)}}

{{MountPageAid|Giant Octopus (Mount)}}

{{MountPageAid|Giant Owl (Mount)}}

{{MountPageAid|Giant Seahorse (Mount)}}

{{MountPageAid|Giant Serpent (Mount)}}

{{MountPageAid|Giant Snapping Turtle (Mount)}}

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