Mounted Charge w/ Lance

[IanB]

I played a halfling paladin with a riding dog. I got very used to the Lance Shuffle...

Round 1 - charge. Attack with lance, finish 10 feet away.
Round 2 - Attack with lance. Dog 5' steps forward and bites.
Round 3 - Dog bites and 5' steps back. Attack with lance.
Round 4 - see Round 2.

-Hyp.

Hm, it sort of makes you wonder how many tricks does that require the dog to know, and if "delay" is a legitimate use of a trick slot. Of course, with a paladin's mount, tricks are not especially relevant since you can communicate with it (not to open the old "what does empathic link let you do" argument.)

 

[IanB]

On another note, how do you resolve someone's position if the mount they are on suddenly disappears? Let's say someone mounted a gargantuan creature that was summoned in, and was crossing a chasm when the duration expired. Do they appear on one side of the chasm, the other, or in between (falling to their doom?)

Personally I let the mounted character decide which square they end up in.