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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FreeTheWeasel" data-source="post: 6491537" data-attributes="member: 6685037">Greetings,I have been running Hoard of the Dragon Queen for my daughter and her eighth grade friends and they are about to embark on some overland travel on mounts - not horses mind you. Oh no. They are going to be riding giant weasels, lizards, and winter wolves. These will be be horses in disguise so that  I don't have to worry about different movement rates, armor class, or attacks. But you see, we have the minis and they want to ride them <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Seems like a beautiful opportunity for some mounted combat, but I want to ensure that I'm interpreting the rules reasonably.As far as I can tell, the mounted character retains his actions, and the mount provides the movement. At the same time, the mount has the actions Dash, Disengage, or Dodge.I see three possibilities.1) The rider and mount dash into battle and the PC attacks as normal. Attacks against the rider and mount are standard and without advantage or disadvantage.2) The rider and mount ride into battle, the mount dodges, and the PC attacks as normal. Attacks against the rider and mount are at disadvantage.3) The PC attacks once in battle, the mount disengages, and the two ride away without provoking OA.Really, I am most curious about option #2 - does a dodging mount apply the same benefit to the rider? It seems to make sense to me from a role playing perspective. It is going to be hard to hit a rider when his 1000 pound horse is pushing you around.I'm also inclined to rule that if two characters are fighting and both mounts are dodging, then both pc and monster attack with disadvantage. The disadvantages do not cancel each other out.I will also (probably) rule that a mounted PC has advantage against a non mounted (medium sized) combatant. Again, this seems to make sense from a role playing perspective and should make mounted combat against unmounted foes a great deal of fun.Thoughts?Thanks.FreeTheWeasel</blockquote>

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