I think it would depend on the specialness of the mount.
If this is the nameless horse I bought for five gold and use to get places faster off screen, then no.
If this is Swift Wind my trusty steed whom I ride into battle and is as close to me as a brother, then okay.
Pretty sure the discussion of elements refers to the classical four, earth, wind, fire and water. I see nothing odd about a creature of air doing both lightning and cold damage.
Opinions are not free from empirical criticism when they touch on things that can be objectively evaluated. Complexity may be a hazy definition, but it is a real thing. I mean we could objectively order card games in order of complexity with something like War < Go Fish < Poker
Why assume the don't make any money during their downtime? Plenty of odd jobs to be down around towns, especially for heroes with amazing strength or ability to blast things with magic.
Lower the dragons hit points a bit and use other monsters. I just don't think a solo monster is going to work very well period against that PC setup.
Edit: Also, isn't that setup a L+1 fight? I mean that's just not going to be a challenge, especially when they go 'omg dragon!' and blow their...
Against an enemy that are hard to hit depending on what portion your strength bonus is of your static modifiers.
When attacking with an OA after getting heavy blade opportunity.
When the enemy less health then you have static damage modifiers.
All situations in which Sure Strike outperforms a...
Sure Strike is overly maligned. The power is roughly two to three points less dpr then a melee basic at decent to high chance of hitting and it is up to two points more dpr then a melee basic at very low chance of hitting. But of course, the problem is generally the lack of riders since the...
I try to always leave a way to advance the plot, should the PCs choose not to follow up on the plot, well they clearly didn't find it interesting. I try to do less overarching plot and more reoccurring villain types of plots.
It's not a charge. You still get the Bracer of Tactical Blows bonus.
Yes you could use it in place of a melee basic attack for the opportunity attack granted by agile opportunist.