Every powerful noble house has its own group of lizard-riding warriors. These fighters are fearless and talented warriors trained to fight from lizard-back. Drow lizard riders as well as their mounts receive a special training, and both share an almost telepathic bond. Some of them are masters with the rare death lances which they use just like the surface mounted knights their lances.

While lizards are the predominant choice for mounts, there are a number of drow houses which use trained spiders or foulwings as well, e.g. House Mizzrym of Menzoberranzan.

 

Hit Dice: d8

 

REQUIREMENTS:

Race: Drow

Skills: Ride 8 ranks.

Feats: Animal Affinity, Mounted Combat, Weapon Focus (spear, lance or whip).

Special: Must be member of a noble drow house and must have trained under a drow weapon master, but not be of drow noble blood themselves.

 

CLASS SKILLS:

The Drow Lizardrider's class-skills (and the key ability for each skill) are Climb (Str), Craft (Int), Handle Animal (Cha), Intimidiate (Cha), Jump (Str), Ride (Dex).

 

Skill Points at each level: 2 + Int modifier.

 

Table: The Drow Lizard Rider

 

Level	BAB	Fort	Ref	Will	Special
1st	+1	+2	+2	+0	Mounted Damage Bonus +1
2nd	+2	+3	+3	+0	Ride Bonus, Fearless Mount
3rd	+3	+3	+3	+1	Mounted Damage Bonus +2
4th	+4	+4	+4	+1	Bonus Feat
5th	+5	+4	+4	+1	Full Mounted Attack

CLASS FEATURES:

All the following are class features of the Drow Lizard Rider prestige class.

 

Weapon and Armor Proficiency:

Drow Rider are proficient with all simple and martial weapons, with all types of armor (heavy, medium, and light), and with shields (except tower shields).

 

Specials:

Mounted Damage Bonus (Ex): A Drow Rider gains a +1 bonus on his damage roll while mounted. At 3rd level, this bonus increases to +2.

 

Ride Bonus (Ex): Starting at 2nd level, a drow rider gains a competence bonus equal to his prestige class level on all Ride checks.

 

Fearless Mount (Ex): At 2nd level, his mount gains a moral bonus against magical fear or fear effects equal to the drow rider's prestige class level if its rider is mounted.

 

Bonus Feat: At 4th level, a drow rider gains a bonus feat which must be drawn from the following, mounted combat related list: Ride-by Attack, Skill Focus (ride), Spirited Charge or Trample. A Drow Rider must still meet all prerequisites for the bonus feat.

 

Full Mounted Attack: At 5th level, a drow rider can make a full attack when his mount moves more than 5 feet, but not farther than a single move action would carry it. The drow drider cannot combine this full attack with a charge.