Mount Attacking During Ride by

[Twilgiht33]

I am currently working on a mounted combat character and im scouring every book i can get my hands on to find a way to allow my mount to get an attack in during a ride by attack. Anyone know of a way to allow my mount to do this? pretty much any official 3.0/3.5 book and dragon & dungeon can be pulled from.

 

[Amazing Mumford]

Hmmm, as far as I know you'd have to get your mount the Spring Attack feat-- or Fly-By Attack, if it were a winged mount... so as far as Spring Attack goes, the mount would have to of course have Dodge and Mobility first, and a Dex of 13+. If we're talking about a light or heavy warhorse, this build is not going to work normally-- both the light and heavy warhorse have the Dex requirement but only get 2 feats. You would have to find an advanced one in order to get the third feat slot. A trained tiger, on the other hand... (just a thought). A pegasus already comes with Flyby Attack, and a griffon or hippogriff can have this feat if you switch out one of their usual feats.

 

[ElectricDragon]

Why not instead take Improved Overrun and Trample? It kind of gets you what you want. Of course, this trades your attack for the mount's attack, hardly ever a good proposition. But you do get to use the mount's Strength score and size on the opposed check (and gain the +4 bonus to prevent being knocked prone on a failure because your mount has more than 2 legs). If the opponent falls prone, your mount gains a +4 bonus to its hoof attack. And you get to continue your move past the opponent and do not have to move in a straight line.

Ciao,
Dave