And it would be especially hard to feed those things. Can you imagine how much a magical creature eats? They use a lot of energy. Much more than a horse would normally
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SSUPII@sopuli.xyz 1 week ago
I feel like it would be much more effort to tame a flying creature or magic, with the latter often being displayed as a life-long commitment.
Estiar@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
squirrel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 week ago
Yeah, you can put horses on any pasture and they will happily graze on whatever weed grows there. Gryphons (just one example of a popular fantasy mount) should be carnivorous. So how many cows do you need to feed that thing before it will fly someone safely across the countryside, without deciding that this someone looks awfully tasty?
Big flying mounts should be horribly expensive to maintain. Only the most wealthy nobles and wizards who can literally conjure money should be able to pay for them.
Personally I always have to suspend a lot of my disbelief whenever dragon mounts are being mentioned in fantasy books and there is absolutely no explanations how these creatures are being fed. Usually the topic is quietly sidelined or simply dismissed with “something something magic”.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
Except high-magitech worlds of course.
Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
At the very least, building a fence to keep in a Pegasus seems like MUCH more work
howrar@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
As would building a fence to keep in a bird.
rumschlumpel@feddit.org 1 week ago
Cages are clearly more effort (and cost) than fences, though.