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Message: <blockquote data-quote="StreamOfTheSky" data-source="post: 4984185" data-attributes="member: 35909">It's also highly debatable if you can pounce while mounted, as any Pal charger build would be.  I definitely don't allow it, especially on a Ride-by Attack.Jeff...is there a reason you're trying to make an NPC that can vaporize people on the tip of his lance?  It's an awesome, fun build exercise, but really not a good/fun idea to actually use in play, especially against the PCs.  DM: *rolls a 2 to hit* "Thanks to Shock Trooper, that still hits you even with full PA, you take 534 damage."  PC: "....What?!"The only time I've ever used an uber-charger as an enemy, his damage was still in the range where barring a crit, he could at best knock someone to dying, but not dead.  And I made him boastful and full of hubris, so the PCs knew what to expect.  Fight became almost more like a puzzle, with them doing everything they could to prevent his charge.  Grease worked amazingly (used as a readied action <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> ).  Stopped one charge, then when he tried the next round, the Setting Sun focused PC used Counter Charge and sent him right back into the grease, leaving him prone to boot!  It was an awesome fight.  /reminiscing</blockquote>