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<blockquote data-quote="iserith" data-source="post: 8361635" data-attributes="member: 97077">Is it unrealistic to target mounts though? In the context of a situation where the mount provides, as you say, &quot;a huge buff in combat&quot; and the rider is often tougher to hit and kill than the mount, it seems to me to make a lot of sense to target the mount. Is that unrealistic compared to battle tactics in the real world? I don't know and D&amp;D isn't exactly realistic to begin with. And I'm sure I've seen a few shows and movies where mounts are attacked instead of the rider for particular effect.As DM, I attack mounts often because it's interesting to threaten something the player or character cares about other than the character itself. It changes the usual dynamic a bit - threaten a buff they've paid money for and given a name to and see what they do. If it comes up enough and they care to do something about it, they can always take the Mounted Combat feat (if feats are available) or other feats or subclass options to mitigate the targeting of mounts.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="iserith, post: 8361635, member: 97077"] Is it unrealistic to target mounts though? In the context of a situation where the mount provides, as you say, "a huge buff in combat" and the rider is often tougher to hit and kill than the mount, it seems to me to make a lot of sense to target the mount. Is that unrealistic compared to battle tactics in the real world? I don't know and D&D isn't exactly realistic to begin with. And I'm sure I've seen a few shows and movies where mounts are attacked instead of the rider for particular effect. As DM, I attack mounts often because it's interesting to threaten something the player or character cares about other than the character itself. It changes the usual dynamic a bit - threaten a buff they've paid money for and given a name to and see what they do. If it comes up enough and they care to do something about it, they can always take the Mounted Combat feat (if feats are available) or other feats or subclass options to mitigate the targeting of mounts. [/QUOTE]

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