Animal Training (sage field)

Animal Training is a sage field available to fighters, paladins and rangers — and in part to assassins — which involves the teaching of specific responses to animals through conditioning and stimuli. Animals are trained through the field for the purpose of companionship, work, protection, entertainment and more. The field also includes breeding and veterinary skills.

The field includes the following sage studies:

• Camelback Riding: the use of a camel as transportation and for the purpose of combat.

• Dog Training: the employment of dogs for defense, attack, transport and work.

• Falconry: includes the use of falcons, hawks, eagles and owls for the purpose of hunting and reconnaissance work.

• Flying Mounts: includes the use of hippogriffs, pegasi and other flying mounts, for transportation and combat.

• Horseback Riding: like other mounts on this list, describes the use of the horse for transportation, combat and work.

• Mahout: allows action as a rider, trainer and keeper of elephants and oliphants.

• Underwater Mounts: allows knowledge of hippocampi, sea horses and sea turtles, providing superlative action in both waterborne and underwater environments.

"Mahout" and "Underwater Mounts" are studies not normally available to assassins.

In most cases, the most important aspect of these studies is the use of animals as riding mounts or as creatures trained to attack and otherwise function in case of combat and war.

Druids are not included among the classes that train animals as the class usually circumvents such methods through other means.

See also,
Animal Friends
Assassin Sage Abilities
Fighter Sage Abilities
Paladin Sage Abilities
Ranger Sage Abilities