Mount

You gain the following benefits.

Ability Score Increase. Increase your Strength score by 1, to a maximum of 30.

Mountable. If you weren't already able, can be mounted by other PCs. You can be ridden by a creature the same size as you or smaller, but you are still limited by carrying capacity. You are an independent mount.

Combined Initiative. If you start combat with a rider, you both roll initiative and act on the lower count in any order you want. If mounted in combat, the rider or the mount moves to the other's initiative at the start of the next round.

Shield. Well being ridden, you can force an attack targeted at your rider to target you instead.