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<blockquote data-quote="Snapdragyn" data-source="post: 6371111" data-attributes="member: 12432"><p>So a character riding a dragon who says 'Hey, let's go attack THAT guy' has now either a) denied the dragon its attack if the dragon does as he suggests, or b) been granted the ability to deny courses of action to the dragon by suggesting them.</p><p></p><p>The more situations that come up with this, the screwier it gets if <em>any and every</em> element of control equates to a mount unable to attack. Heck, what if my high level wizard wants to Polymorph the fighter and ride him into combat? Better not discuss strategy beforehand, or the polymorphed fighter won't be able to attack because CONTROL!</p><p></p><p>I do think the answer upthread is the best one here - Specific before General. The specific rules that the ranger can direct his ACo's movement with free verbal commands and sacrifice an attack to allow it to attack overrides the general that a mount can't attack if being controlled.</p><p></p><p>For dragons & polymorphed fighters, I'd say follow logic - the verbal suggestions/strategizing of the ally does not <em>control </em>the actions of the intelligent mount, but the mount can certainly choose to follow them (or not).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Snapdragyn, post: 6371111, member: 12432"] So a character riding a dragon who says 'Hey, let's go attack THAT guy' has now either a) denied the dragon its attack if the dragon does as he suggests, or b) been granted the ability to deny courses of action to the dragon by suggesting them. The more situations that come up with this, the screwier it gets if [I]any and every[/I] element of control equates to a mount unable to attack. Heck, what if my high level wizard wants to Polymorph the fighter and ride him into combat? Better not discuss strategy beforehand, or the polymorphed fighter won't be able to attack because CONTROL! I do think the answer upthread is the best one here - Specific before General. The specific rules that the ranger can direct his ACo's movement with free verbal commands and sacrifice an attack to allow it to attack overrides the general that a mount can't attack if being controlled. For dragons & polymorphed fighters, I'd say follow logic - the verbal suggestions/strategizing of the ally does not [I]control [/I]the actions of the intelligent mount, but the mount can certainly choose to follow them (or not). [/QUOTE]
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