Chapter 1 - Non-weapon Proficiencies
Riding, Camel Spec Non-weapon Proficiency
(must be from Al-qadim)
Rather than riding and keeping horses, camelriders become masters of camels. A character with this proficiency gains the following skills:
The rider can fall from a camel and suffer no damage upon making a successful proficiency check.
The character can vault onto a moving camel upon making a successful check - assuming there are ropes, saddles, or patches of fur to allow such mounting. (This feat is more difficult than vaulting onto a horse.)
Failure indicates that the individual is sprawled in the dust, but suffers no damage beyond a battered pride.
Upon making a successful proficiency check, the camel-rider can grab an item while riding past it, provided the item is within reach (typically having a handhold at least 3 feet above the ground). Living targets can fight back, and if they succeed the rider, the attempt to grab is foiled.
The character can ride a camel without a saddle and suffer no discomfort or loss in ability. The character can even use spears or lances while riding bareback.
The rider can persuade a camel to move at twice its normal daily movement rate for up to 10 days without ill consequence, provided that a proficiency check is made each day. This does not mean that the rider's camel is moving faster only that the character has urged an otherwise recalcitrant beast to keep to its path.
A rider with this proficiency is also a master at caring for camels, able to identify camel afflictions and immediately discern the quality of a camel. (See Chapter 6 in the DMG.) A camel-rider who also has the animal training proficiency can break a camel of unpleasant proficiency traits in 1d4 weeks, provided both checks are made. Similarly, an individual with both proficiencies can train a camel to perform a particular trick in 1d4 weeks (such as "come when called" or "don't bite unless I give the command"). Such a trick is not a bonus; it counts toward the total number of feats (2d4) that any camel can learn.
This proficiency refers only to camels; if any other mount is used, the benefits do not apply. (To receive those benefits, the character must take the land-based riding proficiency for the new mount.)
