Buy me a coffeeCelestial Advanced Pegasus
The pegasus is a magnificent winged horse that sometimes serves the cause of good. Though highly prized as aerial steeds, pegasi are wild and shy creatures not easily befriended.
A typical Celestial Advanced Pegasus stands 6 feet high at the shoulder, weighs 1,500 pounds, and has a wingspan of 20 feet. Most pegasi are white, though occasionally one is hatched with conventional horse colors and markings.
| Celestial Advanced Pegasus CR4 |
| XP 1200 CG Large magical beast Init +4; Senses Darkvision 60 ft., detect evil, detect good, lowlight vision, Scent; Perception +13 |
| DEFENSE |
| AC 18, touch 13, flat-footed 14 (+4 Dexterity, +5 natural, -1 size) hp 42 (4d10+20) Fort +9, Ref +8, Will +6; Resist acid 5, cold 5, electricity 5; SR 8; fire10; immunity to petrification attacks; +4 racial bonus on saving throws against poison |
| OFFENSE |
| Speed 60 ft., Fly 120 ft. (perfect) Melee bite +9 (1d3+6), 2 hooves +4 (1d6+4) Space 10 ft.Reach 5 ft. Special Attacks Smite Evil 1/day (swift action, +Charisma bonus to attack, +HD bonus to damage; persists until target dead or creature rests). Spell-Like Abilities (CL 4th) Constant-detect evil (60-ft. radius), detect good (60-ft. radius) |
| STATISTICS |
| Strength 22, Dexterity 19, Constitution 20, Intelligence 14, Wisdom 17, Charisma 17; Base Atk +4; CMB 11; CMD 25 Feats Flyby Attack, Iron Will Skills Fly +7, Perception +13, Sense Motive +9; Racial Modifiers +4 Perception Languages Common (cannot speak) |
| ECOLOGY |
| Environment temperate and warm plains Organization solitary, pair, or herd (6-10) Treasure none |
Combat
Smite Evil (Su): Once per day an Celestial Advanced Pegasus can make a normal melee attack to deal extra damage equal to its HD (maximum of +20) against an evil foe.
Spell-Like Abilities: At will-detect good and detect evil within a 60-foot radius. Caster level 5th.
Skills: Celestial Advanced Pegasus have a +4 racial bonus on Listen and Spot checks.
Training a Pegasus
The pegasus is, despite its appearance, as intelligent as a human. As such, those who try to train a pegasus to serve as a mount find the pegasus to be recalcitrant and even violent. A pegasus cannot speak, but it understands Common and greatly prefers the company of a good companion. The proper method to convince a pegasus to serve as a mount is to befriend it with Diplomacy, favors, and good deeds.
A pegasus is generally indifferent to a good-aligned creature, unfriendly to a neutral one, and hostile to an evil one – before a pegasus will serve as a mount, a pegasus must be made helpful via Diplomacy checks or other means. Riding a Celestial Advanced Pegasus requires an exotic saddle or no saddle at all, as a regular saddle’s straps interfere with the creature’s wings. A pegasus can fight while carrying a rider, but the rider cannot also attack unless he or she succeeds on a Ride (Dexterity) check. Trained pegasi are not afraid of combat, and the rider does not need to make a Ride (Dexterity)check each round merely to control his mount.
Pegasus eggs are worth 2,000 gp each on the open market, while young are worth 3,000 gp per head. Pegasi mature at the same rate as horses. Professional trainers charge 1,000 gp to rear or train a pegasus, which serves a good or neutral master with absolute faithfulness for life. However, as they are intelligent, good-aligned creatures, selling eggs and young is essentially slavery and is looked down on or outlawed in good societies.
Carrying Capacity
A light load for a Celestial Advanced Pegasus is up to 300 pounds; a medium load, 301-600 pounds; and a heavy load, 601-900 pounds.
In some pegasi, the blood of a mighty heroic stallion ancestor runs strong. These champions have the lifespan of a human, the advanced template, perfect flight maneuverability, fire resistance 10, a +4 racial bonus on saving throws against poison, and an immunity to petrification attacks. Some are able to speak a few words in Common or Celestial. They are fully aware of their superiority over common horses and pegasi, and need no training to Fly with a rider, but only allow themselves to be ridden by great heroes.