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Psychosis
2010-11-06, 12:58 AM
Ok, so I'm prepping to run a new campaign with an equally new crowd (new to me; from what I understand they're veteran players) when I recall something from a few years back. A reoccurring sub-villain in the form of a Death Knight. Basically his running theme at the time was that the PCs would manage to kill his mount and then escape before he could slaughter them all (he was built to be feared, so his level was significantly higher than where the party started.) Then, offscreen, the cult that supported him would obtain some sort of magical riding animal to replace the last one. This meant that when the PCs next encountered him he would have a newer, more outlandish mount. First it was just an animated, Spellstitched version of his first horse, but somewhere toward the end of his unlife he somehow found himself atop a Greater Barghest. I forget what all happened in the middle.

So after recalling all that tl;dr stuff up there, I decided I wanted to bring back a Death Knight with an unusual mount. It's not like they'll know I'm recycling. But what should it be?

Unlike before I want this one to actually have some sort of lifespan. Y'know, make it an icon of sorts for this villain. I'm still deciding whether or not he should be medium or large (possible Half-Ogre DK) so I'll need both Large and Huge creatures to get the proper scope of my options. Also after the Barghest I'd prefer not to have anything with some sort of civilization, so no demons or any of that. Personally I find myself looking at an advanced Ecalypse (as seen in Manual of the Planes) but I'm sure you lot can find me something better.

So, suggestions?

EDIT: Oh yeah, and it's 3.5.

Thurbane
2010-11-06, 01:24 AM
The Dread Ram (Ghostwalk 3.0) isn't the most powerful mount (although you could advance it, up to 21HD/Huge), but it looks feakin' cool:

http://i53.tinypic.com/9ul0.jpg

Psychosis
2010-11-06, 01:30 AM
The Dread Ram (Ghostwalk 3.0) isn't the most powerful mount (although you could advance it, up to 21HD/Huge), but it looks feakin' coolThat actually is pretty cool. What's it do, in a nutshell? A google search failed me.

Zom B
2010-11-06, 01:38 AM
In Sandstorm, there's a giant worm-looking thing that looks pretty nifty, and it can be bought as a mount by anybody. My holy assassin rode one.

EDIT: It's called an Ashworm. Here's a pic:

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/sand_gallery/87606.jpg

Psychosis
2010-11-06, 01:56 AM
In Sandstorm, there's a giant worm-looking thing that looks pretty nifty, and it can be bought as a mount by anybody. My holy assassin rode one.

EDIT: It's called an Ashworm. Here's a pic:

Well ****. Short of saddling up a Leviathan I think that's as crazy as it can get. Sadly that almost looks too flavored though. Like, if this was a drier setting I might consider it, but for rolling hills it looks too out-of-place even by my standards.

Thurbane
2010-11-06, 01:57 AM
That actually is pretty cool. What's it do, in a nutshell? A google search failed me.
It's basically a big undead brute that gets trample, a fairly weak fear aura, and a 1/day breath weapon. Starts at 6 HD/Large, but can be advanced up to 21 HD/Huge. It's intelligent (3), so it can take feats.

Psychosis
2010-11-06, 02:11 AM
Simple, but usable. I like it. Advancement + magic barding + spellstitching + ??? could make it a mount to be feared.

Still, keep 'em coming folks! You guys always find the stuff I've never even heard of.

herrhauptmann
2010-11-06, 02:23 AM
Zhentarim skymage.
Get a mount based off of your class level and charisma (I think. Could also be your intimidation skill...)

AslanCross
2010-11-06, 02:37 AM
The Charnel Hound. (Monster Manual III)

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/mmiii_gallery/82974.jpg

It's a hound. Made of corpses. The size of a house. That heals itself when it eats corpses.

Psychosis
2010-11-06, 02:43 AM
Zhentarim skymage.
Get a mount based off of your class level and charisma (I think. Could also be your intimidation skill...)Worth looking into. Thanks!


The Charnel Hound.Hot damn, MM3. I totally shrug that thing off all the time. Good find.

AslanCross
2010-11-06, 02:53 AM
Hot damn, MM3. I totally shrug that thing off all the time. Good find.

MMIII is actually one of the better Monster Manuals along with MMV. II is the most notorious for its odd CRs (some are way too high, others way too long, like the CR 9 Adamantine Horror with At-will disjunction and disintegrate). MMIV is downplayed because of it consisting mostly of core monsters with class levels; its only claim to fame is the large section devoted to the Spawn of Tiamat, which are awesome.

Oh yeah, the Crawling Apocalypse (Sandstorm) is also a cool mount. It's an undead, mummified war machine version of a kraken that burrows through the desert. The CR is also lower than the Charnel Hound's. It's Gargantuan, though.

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/sand_gallery/87610.jpg

Psychosis
2010-11-06, 03:36 AM
I actually find reasons to use 2 all the time. Granted, I just like throwing weird/unexpected things at my players and it totally delivers in that regard. And yeah, let's not talk about the Adamantine Horror....

Ok, that thing. Mr Dirt Squid there. He's a bit too big for an actual mount (unless sir DK was a literal giant in life) but that's almost too cool not to squeeze in somehow. When the party gets to the badlands I'll have to burn through the desert stuff you guys are tossing at me.

AslanCross
2010-11-06, 04:12 AM
Actually, you can ride any creature that is willing, able, and at least one size category larger. (For PCs, the DMG states that it should be at least 2 CRs lower than the character, but you're the DM.) There's nothing stopping a Medium character from riding a Tarrasque if he somehow found a way. Half-ogre guy would definitely be able to ride a Crawling Apocalypse. Admittedly it would be more of a tank.

Psychosis
2010-11-06, 04:26 AM
Absolutely. Standing on some titan's shoulder while it stomps around the countryside just doesn't seem as ominous as the armored skeletal figure with is legs slung over his trusty steed. So basically it's just me and my weirdo aesthetics. That said, he's effectively the dragon (the trope, not the scaly fellow) so if all else the mastermind now has a bitchin' tentacle-car-thing to get around in.

AslanCross
2010-11-06, 05:31 AM
Ah, yes. You do have a point there. If the mount is too scary, the big bruiser guy won't be as scary.

Tyger
2010-11-06, 05:48 AM
Personally, nothing says evil rider like riding a
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/MM35_gallery/MM35_PG195.jpg.

Granted, its more of a cohort than a mount, but still!

Amphetryon
2010-11-06, 06:32 AM
In Sandstorm, there's a giant worm-looking thing that looks pretty nifty, and it can be bought as a mount by anybody. My holy assassin rode one.

EDIT: It's called an Ashworm. Here's a pic:

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/sand_gallery/87606.jpg

Ashworm has the advantage of a decent PrC based around it: the Ashworm Dragoon.

hotel_papa
2010-11-06, 07:05 AM
Libris Mortis p. 89: A Boneyard.

My google-fu is not as strong as many, so I'll not be providing a picture, but it is essentially a size huge bone serpent. That Flies. Also, it liquefies it's victims' bones to make a tasty beverage. And can make undead minions out of it's own bones.

hamishspence
2010-11-06, 07:59 AM
Libris Mortis p. 89: A Boneyard.

My google-fu is not as strong as many, so I'll not be providing a picture,

Mine is :smallwink:

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/libris_gallery/84740.jpg

And yes, 'tis cool.

Moonlitdreams
2010-11-06, 10:39 AM
How about a Canoloth? (MM III)

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/mmiii_gallery/83084.jpg

It doesn't fly, but it has blindsight, nice movement, some SLAs, telepathy and a wicked tongue attack. 6 HD, can be advanced up to 15, and intelligent enough to take feats.

Callos_DeTerran
2010-11-06, 12:44 PM
Ride a gray render. :smallbiggrin:

Urpriest
2010-11-06, 12:53 PM
Gelatinous Cube!

RanWilde
2010-11-06, 12:57 PM
Anybody thought about taking a Rust Monster and really boosting the hit dice/size?

Nanoblack
2010-11-06, 01:13 PM
Ghost ride using a ghost touch saddle. Imagine going all landshark, gliding along the ground with only the saddle exposed and then having a spectral hydra leap out of the ground.

Psychosis
2010-11-06, 01:49 PM
So apparently the secret to reply floods is sleep. :smallwink:


Personally, nothing says evil rider like riding a
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/MM35_gallery/MM35_PG195.jpg.

Granted, its more of a cohort than a mount, but still!I'd be lying if I said the first thing I thought of wasn't a Nightmare. It just strikes me as being too cliche though. It's like the easy way out. Though with an obscure template I suppose I could make it more colorful...


Libris Mortis p. 89: A Boneyard.

My google-fu is not as strong as many, so I'll not be providing a picture, but it is essentially a size huge bone serpent. That Flies. Also, it liquefies it's victims' bones to make a tasty beverage. And can make undead minions out of it's own bones.Ok, that's pretty cool. Thanks to Hamish for giving me a visual reference. What's the save on that bone-liquid thing? I only ask because I see his CR is 14, while the DK himself will be coming in at around 15. Either way, this is probably my favorite after Aslan's corpse doggy up there.


How about a Canoloth? (MM III)Huh, that picture's way cooler than the one in MotP. Still, I'm not sure how I feel about riding a full-on Yugoloth around. It kinda goes back to what I said about demons in the first post.


Ghost ride using a ghost touch saddle. Imagine going all landshark, gliding along the ground with only the saddle exposed and then having a spectral hydra leap out of the ground.Mother of christ, that is insanely awesome! I'd be a fool to take that off the table.

The Tygre
2010-11-06, 03:08 PM
Folks, why is this still a debate?

Dragon.

Mother-****ing DRAGON.

What have you got to lose?

Crossblade
2010-11-06, 03:25 PM
Landwyrm. You have like 9 to choose from.
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/draco_gallery/75636.jpg
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/draco_gallery/75638.jpg
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/draco_gallery/75640.jpg
Or Felldrake.
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/draco_gallery/75634.jpg

All in Draconomicon.

Ravens_cry
2010-11-06, 03:55 PM
Folks, why is this still a debate?

Dragon.

Mother-****ing DRAGON.

What have you got to lose?
Yeah, that was my thought. Sure, there are some cool mounts out there, tar and feather and call me Buckbeak, but I want a character who rides a hippogriff, but we are playing Dungeons and Dragons. DRAGONS. How much more do we need to spell it out people?
Thread + Dragons = Over!

GolemsVoice
2010-11-06, 04:17 PM
Have him ride on a platform that is pulled around by (probably undead) slaves!

Dust
2010-11-06, 05:12 PM
Have him ride on a platform that is pulled around by (probably undead) slaves!
Living slaves in shackles, magically connected to him via the shackles. There's a ring in the original DMG, the name escapes me, (Shield Ring?) that can 'split' damage taken between the two ring-bearerers. The BBEG uses a modified version of this to split damage between him and his slaves whenever the party strikes him.

randomhero00
2010-11-06, 05:30 PM
I vote a smaller than average dracolich with some cool reason why he's weaker than normal and is being used as a mount.

FuryOfMetal
2010-11-06, 05:59 PM
Dust that is such a cool idea that i just have to steal it for any sort of ruler/overlord bossy BBEG. *bows down to Dust*

Fcannon
2010-11-06, 08:45 PM
If you want one out of left field, I'm rather fond of the Yrthak.


http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/MM35_gallery/MM35_PG262.jpg

It's Huge, so a Large villain would be appropriate. Maybe throw on a template like Shadow to make it more menacing/durable.

herrhauptmann
2010-11-06, 10:30 PM
Living slaves in shackles, magically connected to him via the shackles. There's a ring in the original DMG, the name escapes me, (Shield Ring?) that can 'split' damage taken between the two ring-bearerers. The BBEG uses a modified version of this to split damage between him and his slaves his slaves whenever the party strikes him.

You mean armor of the dread emperor in BoVD?

Kris Strife
2010-11-06, 10:47 PM
Living slaves in shackles, magically connected to him via the shackles. There's a ring in the original DMG, the name escapes me, (Shield Ring?) that can 'split' damage taken between the two ring-bearerers. The BBEG uses a modified version of this to split damage between him and his slaves his slaves whenever the party strikes him.

Isn't there a cannon villain in, I think, Forgotten Realms that has a bunch of children chained to his armor for that exact effect?

Shadowleaf
2010-11-06, 11:09 PM
I vote a smaller than average dracolich with some cool reason why he's weaker than normal and is being used as a mount.
There is no reason you cannot have a medium or large Dracolich. The Dragon just became a Dracolich before being fully mature (as in, before Adult/Mature Adult for most Dragons).


Isn't there a cannon villain in, I think, Forgotten Realms that has a bunch of children chained to his armor for that exact effect?

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_J3X6vhq-vNI/S5jDbuNN9KI/AAAAAAAABFM/BCEb-kcvNbs/s400/babyarmor.jpg

Sorry. Had to.

Stumblebee
2010-11-06, 11:12 PM
GolemsVoice is onto something, here. How about a chariot pulled by skeletal steeds? Or one of those cool Dread Rams? ...or TWO of those cool Dread Rams?

Thrawn183
2010-11-06, 11:16 PM
Battletitan Dinosaur. Make his ultimate plan involve making a battletitan dinosaur lycanthropy strain. An army of were-battletitan dinosaurs would be almost unstoppable.

And he can ride the original.

Edit: Also from MM III. Not a big surprise as it's the best MM.

herrhauptmann
2010-11-06, 11:35 PM
Remember that succubi paladin? Well in the same idea, I remember they created a giant (possibly fire) were T-rex.
Have HIM pull the chariot/wagon/whatever

Lev
2010-11-06, 11:58 PM
Mine is :smallwink:

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/libris_gallery/84740.jpg

And yes, 'tis cool.

If I could vote 100 times for mounts, at least 90 votes of mine would go to Bone Yard, as seen in the above image.

Not only does it deal HEAVY drain to 3 stats per bite attack, it also can take any shape you want as a mount as long as the general mechanics are the same-- it could be a serpent, you could have it pretend to die and collapse into a pile of bones and then restructure into a dragon or whatever.

GolemsVoice
2010-11-07, 07:08 AM
Succubus Paladin....

a chariot pulled by SUCCUBI! Now that's what I call a hot ride.

BunnyMaster42
2010-11-07, 11:33 AM
Personally, I've always loved the idea of a Death Knight riding a Hydra into battle. Sure, it isn't the most mobile mount, but it would at least be semi-decent in battle, and it would be completely awesome.

Barring that, I would have to go with either the Charnel Hound of the Boneyard since they are probably the best options you're going to find mount-wise. But how do you choose which one is to be your mount? Will it be the Charnel Hound in all it's corpsy glory, or the Boneyard with all its snakey goodness?

Well wonder no more, for why bother going with one or the other when you can have both! Simply mix them together (refluffing either as appripriate) and you too can own this:

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_C9VxAyWq7ZY/SnwH5ZN7WQI/AAAAAAAAALI/ZjyHOPb5zgo/s1600/Leviathan+3+The+Fallen+Angel.JPG

And if that still isn't good enough for you, well, then I give up. Sheesh, there's just no pleasing some people...

Callos_DeTerran
2010-11-07, 11:44 AM
Personally, I've always loved the idea of a Death Knight riding a Hydra into battle. Sure, it isn't the most mobile mount, but it would at least be semi-decent in battle, and it would be completely awesome.

Barring that, I would have to go with either the Charnel Hound of the Boneyard since they are probably the best options you're going to find mount-wise. But how do you choose which one is to be your mount? Will it be the Charnel Hound in all it's corpsy glory, or the Boneyard with all its snakey goodness?

Well wonder no more, for why bother going with one or the other when you can have both! Simply mix them together (refluffing either as appripriate) and you too can own this:

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_C9VxAyWq7ZY/SnwH5ZN7WQI/AAAAAAAAALI/ZjyHOPb5zgo/s1600/Leviathan+3+The+Fallen+Angel.JPG

And if that still isn't good enough for you, well, then I give up. Sheesh, there's just no pleasing some people...

That looks...uh...a lot bigger then 'large to huge'. o.o Where did you get that picture from though? Tis awesome and I feel the strange desire to homebrew it.

BunnyMaster42
2010-11-07, 12:01 PM
That looks...uh...a lot bigger then 'large to huge'. o.o Where did you get that picture from though? Tis awesome and I feel the strange desire to homebrew it.

Well, you could scale it down as appropriate. As for where I got the picture, I have no idea where it's originally from, I just found it doing a google image search for "Leviathan" a few years back. If you really must know where I found it this time around it was here (http://squadkuna.blogspot.com/2010/05/best-devil-who-represent-seven-deadly.html), but I'm fairly certain that isn't the original source.

hamishspence
2010-11-07, 01:39 PM
Two examples of "Leviathan" in a D&D context:

A magical beast resembling a whale (MM2)
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/mm2_gallery/88268_620_79.jpg

And an Elder Evil, resembling an immense serpent with flippers, in Elder Evils.

Unfortunately, I can't find the Elder Evils art on the WoTC site.

Acero
2010-11-07, 02:10 PM
Bulette perhaps if you want a more streamlined look for the mount.

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/MM35_gallery/MM35_PG30.jpg

GolemsVoice
2010-11-07, 02:35 PM
Add chrome to it for extra speed!

Lev
2010-11-07, 02:47 PM
Bulette perhaps if you want a more streamlined look for the mount.

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/MM35_gallery/MM35_PG30.jpg

Or for CR imbalance.


Hell, you could make an undead template and gain it through CR using the undead cohort variant in Libris Mortis.

Even more, bring it back as a revived fossil, that way its made of stone AND lowers the CR to 5, then strap a few ranks of evolved undead on it and watch your mount spit out cloudkill, haste, hold monster and greater invisibility as special attacks.



Leadership Score of 7 Required for a CR5 Undead Cohort
This means with a Cha of 18 you would need to be level 3 if you counter Moves Around A Lot with Special Powers and have no other modifiers.

A undead 143HP mount with DR10/ada, AC25, an attack of 4 attacks of +15 melee dealing 2d10 each AND a burrow speed? Dear God.
---------------

Revived Fossil Bulette CR 5
Size/Type: Huge Undead (Neutral Evil, Mindless)
Hit Dice: 9d12+45+40 (143 hp)
Initiative: +1
Speed: 40' Burrow 10'
Armor Class: 25, touch 9, flat-footed 20 (-2 size, +1 dex, +18 natural)
Base Attack/Grapple: +5/+21
Attack: Bite +12 Melee 2d8+8
Full Attack: Bite +12 Melee 2d8+8 and 2 claws +6 Melee 2d10+8
Space/Reach: 15 ft./10 ft.
Special Attacks: Leap (Full Attack Deal 4 claws at +15)
Special Qualities: Bonus Hit Points +40, DR10/Adamantine, Cold Immunity,
Saves: Fort +5, Ref +6, Will +5
Abilities: Str 27, Dex 13, Con —, Int --, Wis 10, Cha 1
Feats: Combat Reflexes

Type Info
Undead
Undead are once-living creatures animated by spiritual or supernatural forces.
Traits
An undead creature possesses the following traits (unless otherwise noted in a creature’s entry).

* No Constitution score.
* Darkvision out to 60 feet.
* Immunity to all mind-affecting effects (charms, compulsions, phantasms, patterns, and morale effects).
* Immunity to poison, sleep effects, paralysis, stunning, disease, and death effects.
* Not subject to critical hits, nonlethal damage, ability drain, or energy drain. Immune to damage to its physical ability scores (Strength, Dexterity, and Constitution), as well as to fatigue and exhaustion effects.
* Cannot heal damage on its own if it has no Intelligence score, although it can be healed. Negative energy (such as an inflict spell) can heal undead creatures. The fast healing special quality works regardless of the creature’s Intelligence score.
* Immunity to any effect that requires a Fortitude save (unless the effect also works on objects or is harmless).
* Uses its Charisma modifier for Concentration checks.
* Not at risk of death from massive damage, but when reduced to 0 hit points or less, it is immediately destroyed.
* Not affected by raise dead and reincarnate spells or abilities. Resurrection and true resurrection can affect undead creatures. These spells turn undead creatures back into the living creatures they were before becoming undead.
* Proficient with its natural weapons, all simple weapons, and any weapons mentioned in its entry.
* Proficient with whatever type of armor (light, medium, or heavy) it is described as wearing, as well as all lighter types. Undead not indicated as wearing armor are not proficient with armor. Undead are proficient with shields if they are proficient with any form of armor.
* Undead do not breathe, eat, or sleep.

Mindless
Mindless can not act on their own, they must be commanded and can only carry out simple functions. If commanded to kill a target they will continue to do that to the best of its ability until it cannot.

Acero
2010-11-07, 04:12 PM
AND while we're at it, you can make it Half-Dragon!

houlio
2010-11-07, 04:25 PM
AND while we're at it, you can make it Half-Dragon!

Only if you add half-fiend

Urpriest
2010-11-07, 04:31 PM
Lev, where are you seeing this CR=ECL for undead cohorts rule? Page 32 of Libris Mortis is quite specific that either creatures use their normal ECL, or they use the values given in the table, neither allows you to get cohorts that don't have an ECL and aren't called out in the table.

Not that it matters in this case, since NPCs don't get leadership, they just get to be part of an encounter with an additional NPC.

DragonBaneDM
2010-11-07, 04:52 PM
Ride a Human Centipede.

Lev
2010-11-07, 05:30 PM
Lev, where are you seeing this CR=ECL for undead cohorts rule? Page 32 of Libris Mortis is quite specific that either creatures use their normal ECL, or they use the values given in the table, neither allows you to get cohorts that don't have an ECL and aren't called out in the table.

Not that it matters in this case, since NPCs don't get leadership, they just get to be part of an encounter with an additional NPC.
My bad, I was thinking about this and thought "oh damn, gotta be level 6 for that, riiiight".

But yeah, no way to convery ECL? I usually just use CR = CL in ECL, as in a Elephant is a ECL7

ScionoftheVoid
2010-11-07, 05:34 PM
I second the Bullete, and the templated Bullete, and the Yrthak.

However, I have my own suggestion.

Behold, the Lodestone Marauder:
http://i789.photobucket.com/albums/yy173/Voidminion/lodestonemarauder.jpg

Theodoriph
2010-11-07, 05:39 PM
I vote that he enslaves the leaders of the kingdoms he defeats and uses them as mount.


Edit: His favourite song is obviously Tupac - When We Ride On Our Enemies.

Aidan305
2010-11-07, 05:50 PM
I second the Bullete, and the templated Bullete, and the Yrthak.

However, I have my own suggestion.

Behold, the Lodestone Marauder:
http://i789.photobucket.com/albums/yy173/Voidminion/lodestonemarauder.jpg

That... looks painful.

Spiky things don't tend to make good mounts in my opinion.

How about a skeletal coatl?

Coidzor
2010-11-07, 06:09 PM
Well ****. Short of saddling up a Leviathan I think that's as crazy as it can get. Sadly that almost looks too flavored though. Like, if this was a drier setting I might consider it, but for rolling hills it looks too out-of-place even by my standards.

Half-Dragon Behir?

Jothki
2010-11-07, 06:15 PM
You could just go with a horse-shaped flesh golem made of the corpses of his victims. Easy enough to repair and replace, and easy to justify it advancing in power as the campaign progresses.

Lev
2010-11-07, 06:36 PM
Any way to enlarge some of these 4 legged mounts? I'm pretty sure a Giant sized 4 legged mount could install an undercarriage.

Though the fossil idea could basically be a carriage in itself, just hollow out the inside.

Nanoblack
2010-11-07, 11:23 PM
Why not be an ironic hipster and ride:
http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2010/144/9/4/94e857a0213ee782a92861f2c9c61531.jpg
The Dark Unicorn!

TechnOkami
2010-11-08, 01:35 AM
A Beholder.

RanWilde
2010-11-08, 01:58 AM
A Beholder.

How do you ride something that doesn't have a back?

And yes I know exactly how sexual that sounds.

Nanoblack
2010-11-08, 02:02 AM
Hang a basket underneath it?

TechnOkami
2010-11-08, 02:46 AM
How do you ride something that doesn't have a back?

And yes I know exactly how sexual that sounds.

1. I didn't think about that (as per your latter comment).

2. You hollow out its insides, make it undead, and add a steering wheel. :smallcool:

Tvtyrant
2010-11-08, 02:47 AM
Have his mount be an awakened animated ghost ship. It would sail across the ground like the ground was water, and because it is a creature it can be a mount. Have it be viking longboat sized and the dragon head on the front be an actual animated dragon head for pure win.

Kris Strife
2010-11-08, 03:23 AM
http://www.instablogsimages.com/images/2009/06/13/skull-bike-1_IoELz_6648.jpg

Sorry for the logo, but I couldn't find any other decent pictures of the whole bike.

AslanCross
2010-11-08, 05:55 AM
How do you ride something that doesn't have a back?

And yes I know exactly how sexual that sounds.

http://www.montecook.com/images/Pactlords_250.jpg
Considering both Mind Flayers and Beholders are asexual, I don't think that's a problem.

Aidan305
2010-11-08, 06:30 AM
2. You hollow out its insides, make it undead, and add a steering wheel. :smallcool:

That one exists in an old issue of Dragon somewhere. It has little levers so that you can control the eye beams.

panaikhan
2010-11-08, 08:56 AM
What you want is a stone disk with a throne in the middle, balanced on four Elephants, who are standing on an enormous Turtle.

Gnorman
2010-11-08, 09:25 AM
+1 to Beholder Zeppelin.

Acero
2010-11-08, 02:23 PM
What level are the characters right now?

Ganurath
2010-11-08, 02:28 PM
Skeletal Snake of the appropriate size. Have it use its ribcage to skitter about like a centipede. Be sure to wrap the spinal area and joints with leather nailed into place to act as studded leather barding, added to it to secure the more vulnerable points of skeletal undead. If you feel that's too mundane, feel free to throw on the Spellstitched Template. Exotic is all well and good, but there's something to be said for the more classic variety of creepy.

Terumitsu
2010-11-08, 02:44 PM
Take the Living Spell from the Ebberon setting. Preferably Lightning Bolt or something similar of at least Caster Level 7 (For large size). Make a saddle enchanted with Ooze Puppet so that you can controll it and maybe slap on a constant Expeditious Retreat on it to make it faster (Or just paint it red).

After all that, now your villian can go out and Ride The Lightning!

Coidzor
2010-11-08, 04:04 PM
http://www.montecook.com/images/Pactlords_250.jpg
Considering both Mind Flayers and Beholders are asexual, I don't think that's a problem.

Happiest Beholderface ever.

Sipex
2010-11-08, 04:40 PM
I dunno, I don't see anything wrong with a Nightmare.

Sometimes cliches are cliches because they're good ideas. Unless you have players who scoff at anything cliche then you should be ok.

Heck, my players would love that scenario. It's sort of a "Hey! I know this set up! This is going to be BAD ASS!"

RanWilde
2010-11-08, 04:41 PM
http://www.montecook.com/images/Pactlords_250.jpg
Considering both Mind Flayers and Beholders are asexual, I don't think that's a problem.

That is flipping awesome!

AslanCross
2010-11-08, 06:22 PM
I dunno, I don't see anything wrong with a Nightmare.

Sometimes cliches are cliches because they're good ideas. Unless you have players who scoff at anything cliche then you should be ok.

Heck, my players would love that scenario. It's sort of a "Hey! I know this set up! This is going to be BAD ASS!"

The nightmare is a pretty good mount, especially since it has a set of really awesome abilities. I guess the OP was just looking for a spectrum of mount choices to match his villain's progression.

KingMerv00
2010-11-08, 06:25 PM
A three-headed purple worm wearing full-plate armor.

The multi-headed template is somewhere but I forget where specifically.

Yes I've used it in my campaign.

Thurbane
2010-11-08, 06:30 PM
http://www.montecook.com/images/Pactlords_250.jpg
Considering both Mind Flayers and Beholders are asexual, I don't think that's a problem.

http://i52.tinypic.com/e8ldud.jpg

AslanCross
2010-11-08, 06:33 PM
A three-headed purple worm wearing full-plate armor.

The multi-headed template is somewhere but I forget where specifically.

Yes I've used it in my campaign.

That is awesome.

And I found it here. (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/mm/20020621a)

TechnOkami
2010-11-08, 08:43 PM
http://www.montecook.com/images/Pactlords_250.jpg
Considering both Mind Flayers and Beholders are asexual, I don't think that's a problem.

You can't believe how happy I am right now.

And the picture isn't on the link btw.

AslanCross
2010-11-08, 09:44 PM
You can't believe how happy I am right now.

And the picture isn't on the link btw.

The link was a response to KingMerv, who said there was a multiheaded template but didn't remember where it was. I just googled the Illithid riding beholder.

Thurbane
2010-11-08, 10:26 PM
A Spellwarped Gravetouched Ghoul Elephant would be a pretty badass mount for a Death Knight, too.

TechnOkami
2010-11-12, 10:42 PM
Have his mount be an awakened animated ghost ship. It would sail across the ground like the ground was water, and because it is a creature it can be a mount. Have it be viking longboat sized and the dragon head on the front be an actual animated dragon head for pure win.

I'm so sad I never saw this at first, because that my friend is awesome. I'm going to use it in my game >:D

Jack_Simth
2010-11-12, 10:53 PM
There's nothing stopping a Medium character from riding a Tarrasque if he somehow found a way.Caster level 24 Miracle (Simulacrum(Tarrasque))?

flabort
2010-11-12, 11:13 PM
If your going to mention beholders and the Multiheaded template in the same thread.............
Mhuh heheheh... Heeheehoohaihahahahahahahahaha!

Ok, some of you may argue a beholder has no disernable head.
http://pokedream.com/pokerep/images/sugimori/110.jpg
I argue it's all head.