Undead Beast, Mounted

Undead horse with high level undead knight

Skeleton knights on Phantom Horses

Mounted Undead Beast is a mounted beast, implies a a master, be it a necromancer or another Undead.

Introduction[]

Necromancers and certain Undead are able to control Wild Undead Beast. If they have the skill, they can also use them as Mounts.

This open a special class of Mounted Undead Beasts, which directly serves traveling or warfare purposes, and especially large scale warfare, as demonstrated by the army of Lich Shire.
This class should be considered as a temporary subclass, because without its master control, Undead Beast tend to run amok.

There is a large variety of Mounted Undead Beasts. From regular Phantom horse to large Undead Rhinoceros.
It also includes flying mounted beast.
Potentialy, it could include any kind of Undead Beast monster, even a Bone Dragon. It all depend of the difference of level between Master & beast.

undead horse with master

The fact that the rider raised the Beast himself from the dead makes the control absolute. Otherwise, the control is relative and depend on the undead level, skill and class.
A necromancer will not have the control of a Beast he has not risen himself.
If the master dies before the Beast, the beast will turn wild. Check Undead, Wild Beast
A Undead Mounted Beast should be expected with a high level Boss Class Undead, especially for undead warrior type, which have fighting while riding skill.
A Undead Mounted Beast can be protected, strengthened or even healed, by its master. Example: the Serpa Witch protected their Mounts (v7c2). It depends on the skills, the intelligence and the mana level of the master.

A mounted Undead Beast is a support and a tool for a stronger Undead. It directly benefits from it. Example: the charge power of a mounted skeleton Knight or a Serpa witch.
High level Undead Beast always have strong special skills.
An Undead Mounted Beast has an unlimited amount of stamina. In case of pursuit, that makes them relentless and fearful hunters.
Sometimes, the master life also truly relies on the strength of his mounted beast. Example: the Undead Rhino for the Serpa Witch.
Being able to rely on flying Undead Mounted Beast can become a strength in warfare.

Their smell should be good, and their sight should be bad, at least in daylight, as for most of the Undead.

Their strength is strongly weakened by silver, holy water or divine magic, as proved by Weed victory against the Undead legion.

A Undead Mounted Beast can be expected with a high level Boss Class Undead, especially for a fighting class type, which have learned fighting riding skill.
Same as for Undead. Same as for Ancient Giant Undead. Sometimes, the novel does not bother to mention the level or even he type of Beast.
There is no indication if Bar Khan used (or not) as a mount one of his feared large Bone dragon, like Weed did for example with his Ice dragon.
There is a limit of Beast control. A good example of that is Weed with his very high level Boss Class living sculpture or servants.