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Message: <blockquote data-quote="humble minion" data-source="post: 9862933" data-attributes="member: 5948">Um, no?Temp hp from different sources don't stack so your hp total only benefits from whichever one of Inspiring Leader, Heroism, Aid, or the potion of Heroism gives you the most, and that's not going to help a lot.  Aid only gives a tiny amount of temp hp by level 10 standards unless you upcast heavily, and Heroism only helps if your mount can somehow survive a full round of combat without dying flat-out.  Oh, and it requires concentration - is this really what you're choosing to use your only concentration slot on, especially your bard or your cleric9/paladin1 who could otherwise be throwing 5th level spells around?  And the potion of heroism is a Rare item and they're not cheap or widely available at that level or most levels, it's certainly not something you can routinely rely on.Mounted Combatant does legit help (the ability to force attacks to target you rather than the mount, especially), but once you're up at level 10 or so, spells are still going to crush any regular mount or non-Greater steed.  It sounds like your entire party was built and optimised and your spells chosen around mounted combat and steeds.  Hey, and that's fine if that's your bag.  But having to do all that just so your mount isn't a liability isn't really an advertisement for how well the RAW work.</blockquote>