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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Xphile" data-source="post: 5227359" data-attributes="member: 86197">According to the 4e mounted combat rules, a monster and its mount share the same actions (standard, move and minor), but the mount itself gets counted as normal XP for the battle.  To me this seems a bit odd, as instead of having to face X attacks per round of combat, the PCs only have to deal with X/2 attacks per round.  To me this seems a bit under powered, except in the case of something like the Skeletal Steed which gives the rider a free attack.This came up while I was building an encounter for a party of six level 3 PCs.  I thought it would be interesting to show them how mounted combat would work by having them fight 3 Warhorses and 3 human riders.  Looking at the creatures though, this seems like it will become a super easy battle as the only attacks are mostly going to come from the three riders.Has anyone else experienced this?  Have you found that it is better to make either the mounts or riders into minions?</blockquote>