Mount

Default: DX-5.
Mount (DX/Average) is the trained skill of carrying a rider. Creatures with this skill tend to be more resolute and trustworthy mounts, and are less likely to toss their riders.
If the creature's mount skill is higher than its rider's skill, use the average of the two skills (round up). If the mount has even one point in Mount, it may give a +1 to Riding.
On the opposite side of the coin, a creature may use its mount skill to toss an unwelcome rider! Use a Quick Contest of Mount vs the opponent's Riding.
== Noble Steeds ==
Any noble steed worth their salt has some level of Mount, be they knightly destriers or supernatural Superior Horses. Sapient mounts like the Ganesh may learn Mount as an vocational skill!
== Stranger Uses ==
* You could theoretically use Mount if you were carrying another character piggyback, such an an ogre carrying a halfling. You could just carry the character in your arms... but piggybacking may allow you keep an arm or two free for fighting!
** This concept of carrying other humanoids has been mentioned more than once!
==See also==
*Riding
== Trivia ==
* This skill was first developed as "Riding (Being Ridden)" from Classic: Horseclans.
* Due to similar words showing up in indexing (such as "amount") and alternate uses of the word ("mount an attack"), this skill can be difficult to track down. If you see it in Pyramid or other GURPS books, add it here!
== References ==
* Basic Set, p.210
Category:Skills