
Mounts and Vehicles
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A good mount can help you move more quickly through
the wilderness, but its primary purpose is to carry the
gear that would otherwise slow you down. The Mounts
and Other Animals table shows each animal’s speed an
base carrying capacity.

An animal pulling a carriage, cart, chariot, sled,
or wagon can move weight up to five times its base
carrying capacity. including the weight of the vehicle.

If multiple animals pull the same vehicle, they can add
their carrying capacity together.

Mounts other than those listed here are available in
the worlds of D&D, but they are rare and not normally
available for purchase. These include flying mounts
(pegasi, griffons, hippogriffs, and similar animals) and
even aquatic mounts (giant sea horses, for example).
Acquiring such a mount often means securing an egg
and raising the creature yourself, making a bargain with
a powerful entity, or negotiating with the mount itself.

**Barding.** Barding is armor designed to protect an
animal’s head, neck, chest, and body. Any type of
armor shown on the Armor table in this chapter can
be purchased as barding. The cost is four times the
equivalent armor made for humanoids, and it weighs
twice as much.

**Saddles.** A military saddle braces the rider, helping
you keep your seat on an active mount in battle. It
gives you advantage on any check you make to remain
mounted. An exotic saddle is required for riding any
aquatic or flying mount.

**Vehicle Proficiency.** If you have proficiency with a
certain kind of vehicle (land or water), you can add your
proficiency bonus to any check you make to control that
kind of vehicle in difficult circumstances.

**Rowed Vessels.** Keelboats and rowboats are used on
lakes and rivers. If going downstream, add the speed of
the current (typically 3 miles per hour) to the speed of
the vehicle. These vehicles can’t be rowed against any
significant current, but they can be pulled upstream
by draft animals on the shores. A rowboat weighs 100
pounds, in case adventurers carry it over land.

Mounts
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.. csv-table::
    :header: "Mount", "Cost", "Speed", "Carrying Capacity"

    "Camel", "50 gp", "50 ft.", "480 lb."
    "Donkey or mule", "8 gp", "40 ft.", "420 lb."
    "Elephant", "200 gp", "40 ft.", "1,320 lb."
    "Horse, draft", "50 gp", "40 ft.", "540 lb."
    "Horse, riding", "75 gp", "60 ft.", "480 lb."
    "Mastiff", "25 gp", "40 ft.", "195 lb."
    "Pony", "30 gp", "40 ft.", "225 lb."
    "Warhorse", "400 gp", "60 ft.", "540 lb."


Tack, Harnesses and Drawn Vehicles
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.. csv-table::
    :header: "Item", "Cost", "Weight"

    "Barding", "x4", "x2"
    "Bit and bridle", "2 gp", "1 lb."
    "Carriage", "100 gp", "600 lb."
    "Cart", "15 gp", "200 lb."
    "Chariot", "250 gp", "100 lb."
    "Feed (per day)", "5 cp", "10 lb."
    "Saddle, Exotic", "6O gp", "40 lb."
    "Saddle, Military", "20 gp", "30 lb."
    "Saddle, Pack", "5 gp", "15 lb."
    "Saddle, Riding", "10 gp", "25 lb."
    "Saddlebags", "4 gp", "8 lb."
    "Sled", "20 gp", "300 lb."
    "Stabling (per day)", "5 sp", ""
    "Wagon", "35 gp", "400 lb."

Waterborne Vehicles
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.. csv-table::
    :header: "Vessel", "Cost", "Speed"

    "Galley", "30,000 gp", "4 mph"
    "Keelboat", "3,000 gp", "1 mph"
    "Longship", "10,000 gp", "3 mph"
    "Rowboat", "50 gp", "1 1/2 mph"
    "Sailing ship", "10,000 gp", "2 mph"
    "Warship", "25,000 gp", "2 1/2 mph"
