Role-playing Games Stack Exchange is a question and answer site for gamemasters and players of tabletop, paper-and-pencil role-playing games. It only takes a minute to sign up.
Sign up to join this community
The existing vehicles in the PHB, like carts and wagons, are made for slow, overland movement and transport. Both are heavy and not easy to maneuver in.
Does D&D 3.5e have an animal-drawn vehicle a single PC to ride in that is maneuverable and fast? Preferably pulled by one creature, and not limited to just one environment (e.g., a dogsled can only work in a cold environment).
In Arms and Equipment Guide (D&D 3.0) there are the rules to create vehicles and some example. The more maneuverable is the cart (average).
The player handbook give us a price, weight and description for Sleds, but no stats are given. Nor does it have any reference for sleighs.
Sled
Price: 20 gp Weight: 300 lb.
This is a wagon on runners for moving through snow and over ice. In general, two horses (or other beasts of burden) draw it. A sled comes with the harness needed to pull it.
However, pathfinder (which is 3.5e compatible), does have price, weight and stats for Dog Sleds:
DOG SLED
Price 20 gp; Passage 3 CP
This sled is designed to be pulled over snow and ice by a team of trained riding dogs. Most sleds have runners at the back for a musher to stand on. A dog sled can carry up to the capacity of all the dogs that pull it.
And also for Sleighs (which has full statistics on the vehicle):
SLEIGH
Price 50 gp; Passage 2 CP
This wagon has runners, making it an ideal conveyance for snow and ice travel. In general, two horses (or other beasts of burden) are needed to draw it. A sled comes with the harness required to pull it.
As for the stats of the riding dogs, they can be found here, while horses can be found here.
A flying carpet.
The only "problem" with that solution, is finding a creature able and willing to pull it. On the plus side, you can use the carpet to find and catch the creature in mind.
NB: The smaller the carpet, the better its maneuverability.
I don't think there will be an answer for this question as what you are describing is the role of a horse and saddle. There won't be a horse drawn vehicle to replace this as there wouldn't be an advantage to such a vehicle. The closest thing is probably the chariot, which there are homebrew rules for and are typically, historically, for 2 people.
Thanks to Hey I Can Chan for pointing out there are official, 3rd edition rules for chariots in Sword and Fist on pages 78-9.
The only alternative I can think of would be using something like Tenser's Floating Disk and following along behind another player. However, this would only be as maneuverable as the player it's following and only as fast as their normal movement, so you're looking at 20-30ft movement unless your wizard is playing a non-standard race or took a barbarian dip or something.
