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We're talking mounted archers. Stay separated and far away. Bows have a much greater range than a fireball spell. And mounted warriors...

Mounted combat (ranged or melee) in D&D is great right up until someone lobs a fireball at your 7th level party and all the 19hp horses...

Not only bowmen, but also hurling spears and the like. In Tomb of Annihilation, I had a dragonborn paladin riding an allosaurus (named...

See; Mongolian and Japanese mounted archers.

Depends on the Mounted Archer. During the Crusades one of the better groups of mounted archers (not on the Crusader's side...by the...

This isnt true, actually. Mounted archers historically were using full powered war bows at full draw. Mount should benefit from your...

The two important things is 1. Mounts give better mobility and 2. Mounts are bonus HP. I've played a Gnome mounted on a giant hamster...

Shooting from the hip here ;) but mounted archery depends on lightly armored, close-quarters-battle (CQB) foes. Like deer or footmen...

Basically never... I tend to run urban and dungeon adventures, and mounts are used for travelling but that happens most often between...

Mounted combat for PCs is wonky but it can work for enemy mounted archers. A good way is that if the creature moves up to a portion of...

tried it once in 3.5e, wasted 3 feats to be good mounted archer, 1 out of 5 sessions could utilize it. waste of design space, unless DM...

A feat that isnt specific to melee combat on a mount would help.

I have a Halfling in Eberron who rides a dino and uses a bow from it, benefiting from its speed and we discussed making a subclass for a...

I've had centaur archers (classical!), but rarely use mounted combatants in 5e. The rules around using a mount are a bit "handwavey"...

I was watching this and was reminded that there were a great many mounted archers through history. In fact, I seem to recall Egyptians...