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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pvandyck" data-source="post: 466394" data-attributes="member: 6885">Hey, I need your thoughts on this rules question.The following text is quoted from the PHB, page 138:"Combat while Mounted: With a successful Ride check (DC 5), you can guideyour mount with your knees so as to use both hands to attack or defendyourself while mounted.  If your mount moves more than 5 feet, you can onlymake a partial melee attack. Essentially, you have to wait until the mountgets to your enemy before attacking, so you can’t make a full attack.  Whenyou attack a Medium-size or smaller creature that is on foot, you get the +1bonus on melee attacks for being on higher ground.When charging on horseback, you deal double damage with a lance.You can use ranged weapons while your mount is taking a double move, but ata –4 penalty on the attack roll. You can use ranged weapons while your mountis running (quadruple speed), at a –8 penalty. In either case, you make theattack roll when your mount has completed half its movement.You can even exercise the full attack action while your mount is moving.Likewise, you can take move-equivalent actions normally (you are not usingyour personal move for much else), so that, for instance, you can load andfire a light crossbow in a round while your mount is moving."So, it's saying you can do a full attack while the mount is moving.  It'salso saying you can't do that when the animal moves more than 5 feet.Are they only talking about charging?  I checked the ERRATA and FAQ fromWoTC, and there is nothing.I get the impression I am missing something obvious or this rule is poorlywritten.   Any ideas?GedvondurDM--Legion of the Red Paw</blockquote>

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