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<blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 6231250" data-attributes="member: 82106">While it is true that 4e doesn't provide elaborate rules for mounted combat, it does cover the subject adequately for the vast majority of cases. You can ride a mount and the rules clearly provide for it. You can even ride things like flying mounts and the rules will handle the interaction with ground-based action adequately. There aren't really good rules for things like aerial dog fights, but no previous edition has had elaborate core rules for that sort of thing either. In most cases the existing rules will work well enough and the DM is encouraged to elaborate where needed.If you want to run a campaign that focuses heavily on mounted combat, then 4e might not be the most suitable system. OTOH I think you could pull it off. It would be helpful to have a few added feats, maybe a theme or two, and perhaps some more involved rules for mount abilities and training. It would have been nice if WotC had gotten around to at least writing up an article on this subject and a supplement or something would have been super nice its still easily in reach of a lot of DMs. If 4e is otherwise the system you'd want to use then it certainly makes sense to home brew a thing or two. I'm sure there are some systems out there with really elaborate mounted combat rules, but 4e is pretty solid all around.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AbdulAlhazred, post: 6231250, member: 82106"] While it is true that 4e doesn't provide elaborate rules for mounted combat, it does cover the subject adequately for the vast majority of cases. You can ride a mount and the rules clearly provide for it. You can even ride things like flying mounts and the rules will handle the interaction with ground-based action adequately. There aren't really good rules for things like aerial dog fights, but no previous edition has had elaborate core rules for that sort of thing either. In most cases the existing rules will work well enough and the DM is encouraged to elaborate where needed. If you want to run a campaign that focuses heavily on mounted combat, then 4e might not be the most suitable system. OTOH I think you could pull it off. It would be helpful to have a few added feats, maybe a theme or two, and perhaps some more involved rules for mount abilities and training. It would have been nice if WotC had gotten around to at least writing up an article on this subject and a supplement or something would have been super nice its still easily in reach of a lot of DMs. If 4e is otherwise the system you'd want to use then it certainly makes sense to home brew a thing or two. I'm sure there are some systems out there with really elaborate mounted combat rules, but 4e is pretty solid all around. [/QUOTE]

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