The title asks it all...

I am the proud owner of a golden war pony as a paladin and had some fun taking it to blood wolves and silver-backed bears, where I hunt.

It started out fun, with pony stomping and kicking away, until we spent more time with bears.

On the first hunt, a bear targeted the pony but we killed it before it did more than a scuff or two. Took it back to town, stabled, and tried again the following day.

Since then... it's just about impossible. It doesn't happen often; in fact, I'd say it happens less than 5% of the time, but when a bear targets the pony, it's nearly impossible to guess which one has it targeted. The first time it happened I nearly crapped and cried, as getting a pony trained for war, combat, etc took hours... and hours provided pro-bono by a ranger. I was relieved to figure out I could recall the mount from the stable for 1 gold, sans tack, and try again... and since then, I've tried again and the pony's died twice more.

Is this expected now? I thought horses (and ponies) were immune to damage, even with paladins. If it was tougher, or armor actually did something, or I could ward it with Aspirant's aegis, I'd use it, but my only tools are stun foe, shield slam for the stun, and pray I guessed correctly if there are three bears in the room.

If I guess wrong, the pony is two or three shot, and once in combat, I can't lead out.

Is this an intended change? something buggy with the creature I'm fighting?

If it matters, I'm not fighting mounted, but alongside. I haven't found anyone to teach me combat yet.

Mithgrek, player of.

As I stop back in after a long sabbatical of life...

Can you clarify what you mean with "Does this not work?" Do you mean "does this not work for you?" "...for your playstyle?" or is a word missing?

My general question was: are horses supposed to be targetable/killable now? My reading before (and I was.. and still am, new to DR), was the horses were not.

If they aren't supposed to be targetable and killable, then yes, I could bug it (if bug is still there).
If they are... well, the lore I read said they weren't.


Mithgrek