I have always found classes like druids and rangers interesting from a worldbuilding perspective, usually it takes thousands of years to domesticate an animal like a horse or cow, so it made me think, if it is possible to tame basically any animal, why only use horses? Why not even tame monsters if things like griffon mounts exist why not tame other monsters like manticores as well? What unique mounts or work animals have you seen in campaigns you've played or what creatures would you think be used in a setting which suck techniques exist?
Most of the more unique mounts are either too intelligent to tame(Manticores can speak, for example) or too hard to catch(Again, Manticores). A nondomesticated horse is easy to catch and domesticate because it has a low level of intelligence and can only effectively attack a target in front of it if agitated. A manticore could not be domesticated because it is intelligent and can fly. Druids are also often unwilling to aid the process of domestication and could only help with beasts, not monstrosities anyway.
IRL taming and domesticating whilst similar are not the same thing, and it is up to the DM to what extent taming is applicable
Domestication is about taking an animal and through selective breeding making one with certain traits. Domesticated animals are not necessarily tame; if you think so talk a walk to a farm and hop into pig pen or a field with a bull in it.
Taming is about taking an animal, either a domesticated one or a wild one and conditioning it to accept you to a lesser or greater extent.
Typically it is easier to tame a domesticated animal as they have been bred to be more docile as a rule but there are plenty of people who have tamed wild animals.
The more intelligent an animal and the later if life it has been captured the hard it will be.
Technically a griffon is a monstrosity, not a beast, so it doesn’t play well with rangers and druids, although you could change this for your setting if you wanted.
My setting has domesticated rocs that carry airships, and domesticated mini-rocs that function as fighter aircraft / cavalry.
Later when I get into a desert area, I’m going to have a flightless bird that acts like a cross between an ostrich and a camel.
One of my NPCs herds geese and collects their feathers and down for coats and bedding, much like shepherds use sheep’s wool.
One of the craziest ideas I’ve seen is the board game Iron Dragon, which posits dragons being used as the boilers for steam locomotives.
Most of the more unique mounts are either too intelligent to tame(Manticores can speak, for example) or too hard to catch(Again, Manticores). A nondomesticated horse is easy to catch and domesticate because it has a low level of intelligence and can only effectively attack a target in front of it if agitated. A manticore could not be domesticated because it is intelligent and can fly. Druids are also often unwilling to aid the process of domestication and could only help with beasts, not monstrosities anyway.
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IRL taming and domesticating whilst similar are not the same thing, and it is up to the DM to what extent taming is applicable
Domestication is about taking an animal and through selective breeding making one with certain traits. Domesticated animals are not necessarily tame; if you think so talk a walk to a farm and hop into pig pen or a field with a bull in it.
Taming is about taking an animal, either a domesticated one or a wild one and conditioning it to accept you to a lesser or greater extent.
Typically it is easier to tame a domesticated animal as they have been bred to be more docile as a rule but there are plenty of people who have tamed wild animals.
The more intelligent an animal and the later if life it has been captured the hard it will be.
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Technically a griffon is a monstrosity, not a beast, so it doesn’t play well with rangers and druids, although you could change this for your setting if you wanted.
My setting has domesticated rocs that carry airships, and domesticated mini-rocs that function as fighter aircraft / cavalry.
Later when I get into a desert area, I’m going to have a flightless bird that acts like a cross between an ostrich and a camel.
One of my NPCs herds geese and collects their feathers and down for coats and bedding, much like shepherds use sheep’s wool.
One of the craziest ideas I’ve seen is the board game Iron Dragon, which posits dragons being used as the boilers for steam locomotives.