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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hypersmurf" data-source="post: 2904893" data-attributes="member: 1656">It's the core rules (with errata) that make Ride-By Attack almost useless; the FAQ contains a suggestion for a rule change to make it work better.  (The FAQ suggests that instead of charging directly to the nearest space from which you can attack the target, you allow a Ride-By Attack to charge directly to the nearest space from which you can attack the target and continue the straight line of the charge.)With the rules erratum that prohibits overruns as partof a charge, the Ride-By Attack feat is now nearly useless.You must use the charge action to use the Ride-By Attackfeat, and that requires you to travel in a straight linetoward your target. Using the example in the Player’sHandbook, this would appear to rather specifically meanalong a line from your entire square (or squares if riding ahorse or other mount with a space of 10 feet or greater), tothe target square. Ride-By Attack allows you to continuemoving along the straight line of the charge after yourattack. This would have to mean that at some point youwould enter the square (or squares) of the creature youattacked. (At least I cannot conceive of any other way itcould be done). Since you cannot enter your foe’s spaceunless the creature is already dead, Ride-By Attack is nowpretty much useless if you can’t also overrun the foe. Somehave suggested that you could charge in a manner thatwould not bring you through the target creature’s square(or squares). To do so, you would not be charging directlytoward the target and likely not moving by the shortestroute (also a charge requirement) or attacking it from thefirst possible square (another charge requirement). In anyof these cases, you would be breaking the rules for a charge.Am I wrong about any of this?No, you’ve got it about right.When using the Ride-By attack feat, you must conduct yourcharge so that you move in a straight line toward the closestsquare from which it is possible to attack your chosen foe, solong as it is a square that allows you to attack and then continueon in the straight line of the charge. You still must attack yourfoe the moment you reach that square. (Although the featdescription doesn’t say so, you and your mount also must moveat least 5 feet after you make your attack to get the benefit ofthe feat.) This is a special rule for charging when using theRide-By Attack feat. Note that the Flyby Attack feat (discussedin the previous question) does not require you to move in astraight line. You merely make a single move and take anotherstandard action at some point during that move.-Hyp.</blockquote>

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