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<blockquote data-quote="jgsugden" data-source="post: 8219170" data-attributes="member: 2629"><p>There is no hard and fast law here. It comes down to what role the mount is supposed to serve. A 20th level PC can be on a CR 1 mount and be effective. Unless the mount is an animal companion or something of that type, I would not want it to steal the spotlight.Each creature is separate - mount and rider (absent a special ability). There are mounted rules that allow it to be more of a "one with you" situation, but those mounts cannot attack. </p><p>Separate unless you elect to merge them. See PHB 198.</p><p>I'd let them each have their own turns (unless the merged initiative option is used) and not add legendary actions.</p></blockquote><p>5. If your party is also mounted, would your monster /mount team up be more likely to go for the rider, or the mount?[/quote]Every monster and combatant is different. An intelligent tactician fighter, a bear, a druid, a dragon ... all would look at the situation differently. Role play the foes and their motivations.</p><p>PHB, martial weapon.</p><p>Yes. In the PHB. Pg 198. It is listed in the index. There are also rules hidden in certain monsters, feats, etc... that change the basic rules. One key sentence elsewhere in the PHB is: This has an interaction with the last line of the Controlling a Mount section on page 198. When you're mounted, whether controlling the mount or independent, if the mount provokes an opportunity attack while you’re on it, the attacker can target you or the mount. However, if the mount moves you <em>without</em> you being mounted, it can protect you from an OA. This is relevant for more intelligent mounts, such as dragons.</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="jgsugden, post: 8219170, member: 2629"] There is no hard and fast law here. It comes down to what role the mount is supposed to serve. A 20th level PC can be on a CR 1 mount and be effective. Unless the mount is an animal companion or something of that type, I would not want it to steal the spotlight.Each creature is separate - mount and rider (absent a special ability). There are mounted rules that allow it to be more of a "one with you" situation, but those mounts cannot attack. Separate unless you elect to merge them. See PHB 198. I'd let them each have their own turns (unless the merged initiative option is used) and not add legendary actions. [/quote]5. If your party is also mounted, would your monster /mount team up be more likely to go for the rider, or the mount?[/quote]Every monster and combatant is different. An intelligent tactician fighter, a bear, a druid, a dragon ... all would look at the situation differently. Role play the foes and their motivations. PHB, martial weapon. Yes. In the PHB. Pg 198. It is listed in the index. There are also rules hidden in certain monsters, feats, etc... that change the basic rules. One key sentence elsewhere in the PHB is: This has an interaction with the last line of the Controlling a Mount section on page 198. When you're mounted, whether controlling the mount or independent, if the mount provokes an opportunity attack while you’re on it, the attacker can target you or the mount. However, if the mount moves you [I]without[/I] you being mounted, it can protect you from an OA. This is relevant for more intelligent mounts, such as dragons. [/QUOTE]
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