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<blockquote data-quote="Aluvial" data-source="post: 4117762" data-attributes="member: 6862">I am having trouble, as the DM, getting a handle on the Ride rules, controling mounts, Handle Animal, Mounted Combat, etc. during the game.UPDATE: See my post #11 for my solutions to the below problems...Here was my situation.&nbsp; The party is riding light horses.&nbsp; Ghasts spring up at the group.&nbsp; No surprise, the ghasts close some of the distance, but not quite all of the way, some of the party dismounts, the spell casters use the horses to move away and cast spells from horseback.&nbsp; My question is this, what exactly do I need to ask my players to roll for in this situation?&nbsp; They are casting combat spells while riding light horses.&nbsp; These are offensive, loud, whistling, crackling, sonic blast spells and the like.&nbsp; Shouldn't they have to roll to control their mounts in battle?&nbsp; What if one of them was a Small character, who rode double behind a fighter type on a Medium light horse.&nbsp; I see there is a -5 for that.... maybe?Can Small character ride Medium mounts without checks?Anyhow, any advice on this would be appreciated.Aluvial</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Aluvial, post: 4117762, member: 6862"] I am having trouble, as the DM, getting a handle on the Ride rules, controling mounts, Handle Animal, Mounted Combat, etc. during the game. [b]UPDATE: See my post #11 for my solutions to the below problems...[/b] Here was my situation. The party is riding light horses. Ghasts spring up at the group. No surprise, the ghasts close some of the distance, but not quite all of the way, some of the party dismounts, the spell casters use the horses to move away and cast spells from horseback. My question is this, what exactly do I need to ask my players to roll for in this situation? They are casting combat spells while riding light horses. These are offensive, loud, whistling, crackling, sonic blast spells and the like. Shouldn't they have to roll to control their mounts in battle? What if one of them was a Small character, who rode double behind a fighter type on a Medium light horse. I see there is a -5 for that.... maybe? Can Small character ride Medium mounts without checks? Anyhow, any advice on this would be appreciated. Aluvial [/QUOTE]

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