Originally Posted by Red Harvest
I didn't try increasing the hitpoints or armour of the mount. I wanted the scythed chariots to remain vulnerable...and slower. They didn't fare well in battle in this time frame, so that was my primary reasoning. I really did like the visual though. It just looked right with that heavily armoured charioteer. (I won't claim that the scythed chariots used cataphract horses in reality--although I have seen some modern renditions of this. It is something I need to research to see if there are any good period descriptions/depictions of scythed chariot horses. I expect the horses would have had some sort of head and breast covering at a minimum considering their role.)
Cataphract camels would be funny, and even slower. Don't think it would have worked in reality as camels aren't fast enough, nor would their shoulder height, etc. seem appropriate for harnessing a chariot team.