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<blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 5056302" data-attributes="member: 82106">My opinion is that if you're mounted you're stuck with the movement modes of the mount and its speed, etc. In whatever ways the mount is superior it helps you, and in whatever ways the mount is inferior it limits you.Again I might be willing to say allow a rogue with Deft Strike to have the mount move 2 squares and then the PC makes an attack. I think that kind of thing is at least well within what the rules seem to intend. I base that on the fact that you can charge while mounted and that your actions are shared. I think a DM would be well within his rights to not allow that as it isn't clearly the mount or the player taking the action though. Overall my impression is the mounted combat rules are designed to be relatively simple and work well enough for situations where parties happen to run into an encounter while mounted or a rare kind of &quot;special&quot; situation. They aren't bullet proof though and I get the impression the designers really weren't interested in nailing everything down tight since they probably hadn't playtested it to death and were leery of roping DMs into unworkable mechanics. They may well revisit mounted combat in a supplement or something at some point and flesh some of this out a bit more. For now I'd say go with what makes sense in the given situation and is fun.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AbdulAlhazred, post: 5056302, member: 82106"] My opinion is that if you're mounted you're stuck with the movement modes of the mount and its speed, etc. In whatever ways the mount is superior it helps you, and in whatever ways the mount is inferior it limits you. Again I might be willing to say allow a rogue with Deft Strike to have the mount move 2 squares and then the PC makes an attack. I think that kind of thing is at least well within what the rules seem to intend. I base that on the fact that you can charge while mounted and that your actions are shared. I think a DM would be well within his rights to not allow that as it isn't clearly the mount or the player taking the action though. Overall my impression is the mounted combat rules are designed to be relatively simple and work well enough for situations where parties happen to run into an encounter while mounted or a rare kind of "special" situation. They aren't bullet proof though and I get the impression the designers really weren't interested in nailing everything down tight since they probably hadn't playtested it to death and were leery of roping DMs into unworkable mechanics. They may well revisit mounted combat in a supplement or something at some point and flesh some of this out a bit more. For now I'd say go with what makes sense in the given situation and is fun. [/QUOTE]

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