Elemental Reductions

I spent too long looking trying to generate a random horse system.  After taking a break from it, I thought about how to handle dogs (war, riding, hunting, and tracking), guard geese, hawks, elephants, and riding apes.  I decided I wasn't smart enough to get too into the weeds with them, and came up with this far simpler method to introduce variety to all kinds of adventurer's animal accomplices.  Basically, just use these to put more of an emphasis on animals, and further differentiate them from each other. Pets & Service Animals This is for every kind of animal, from mounts to combat animals to familiars. Tricks "Unintelligent" animals (those with 1 or 2 intelligence, if it's quantified at all) can learn 2 tricks, smart animals learn 4.  They are triggered by a visual signal or a sound.   Trained animals are worth 25% more per trick they know.  If in doubt, assume an animal knows the tricks for the things it already does regularly.   Each t...