Miniature Facing in 3.5

[Enceladus]

Yes, but if the rider's in the center and has 5' reach, how does he attack?

He can only use ranged attacks.

 

[rounser]

Yes, but if the rider's in the center and has 5' reach, how does he attack?

If he's a paladin, he unsummons his mount, attacks, then resummons it underneath him next round. See, they thought of that.

 

[drnuncheon]

Maybe its counted 5' from the big square. Just like the horse can attack 5' around it, maybe the fighter can too.

That would be the most logical. After all, the horse can be anywhere in that 10' square at any particular moment, so it makes sense that the rider can be just about anywhere in the square as well.

J

 

[Six Hit Dice]

Well...somewhere I read something like "the 10'X10' space represents the area the creature fights within, not its actual size." Perhaps giving the rider the equivalent of a 5 ft. step on his horse, allowing him to get to any of the 4 squares would solve the problem of reach and attack. This could be considered like shifting in the saddle (while the horse is getting from one place to the other) or shifting the horses position slightly (if the horse is basically staying put within its squares on the grid).

I will, of course, wait until I see the books, but I kinda wish they had kept 5X10 creatures. I never had a problem with them. It was when you had something that was 10X30 or something strange like that when things got a little cumbersome.

Come on July 18!!!

 

[Enceladus]

Come on July 18!!!

Exactly 30 days away.

 

[Ranger REG]

Yes, but if the rider's in the center and has 5' reach, how does he attack?

The rider simply uses the mount's fighting space to determine his weapon reach. Simply put, both rider and mount attack as a unit, even though the opponent have a choice of two targets. After all, do we need the exact placement of our PC when it is occupying a large 5-foot-square fighting space?

Remember, combat is abstract in D&D. So don't try to make exact scale measurement down to the micron.

 

[Enceladus]

I think rangers will get a 15' reach during mounted combat.

 

[Mark]

I think rangers will get a 15' reach during mounted combat.

Only when wielding a double-Halfling-ed chain...