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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kirowan" data-source="post: 1013616" data-attributes="member: 2728">I need some help understanding how mounted combat works.  I never used it before in third edition.  The text on pg. 157 says that, "Your mount acts on your initiative count as you direct it.  You move at its speed, but the mount uses its action to move."Does that mean if I move my horse at any point during my turn using a move action, the horse exhausts its standard action and move action for the round?  Would that also mean that if I wanted my horse to attack, I couldn't move at all in the round?Basically, I'm having trouble understanding how a PC's actions for the round and a mount's actions for the round interact.  Are mounts even supposed to get a standard action and a move action every round like everyone else?  Also, the Ride skill description says that a character can use a free action to use his mount for cover but can't attack or cast spells while doing so.  How long does this last?  What kind of action is required to get back up on the mount?  The description makes it seem like you can keep bobbing up and down on your mount every time you are attacked.  I know that can't be right.  Thanks for any help you guys can give me,Nick</blockquote>