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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Vraille Darkfang" data-source="post: 1548505" data-attributes="member: 16989">Well, this sure was a shock.I'm DM'ing a 3.5 game (overall I like it better, barely, than 3.o).  My party is nearly 20th level.  But, we just had the first character come in who actually used a mount on a regular basis (a human paladin).  So I decided to whip out my books & read up on mounted combat.  It was then I realized where 3.5 really screws things up.  Specifically when a medium character is riding a large mount.In 3.0 who had a space/facing combo system where large (long) mounts were 2 5' squares long.  Now in 3.5 all creatures are based on squares. A medium character takes up 1 5' square & a large creature takes up 4 squares. (see below)1234If 1 & 2 are the mounts front end & 3 & 4 the mounts back end; exactly where does the 1 square medium rider go?  Square 3?  Square 4?  the quarter sections of squares 1,2,3,4 that would make up a 5' square in the middle of the other 5' squares?  If I'm situated on Square 3 and a goblin is attaking me in the square next to 4; does it need a Reach weapon to hit me?  Do I need a reach weapon to attack him?Also if a what to hitch up 2 horses in tandem to draw a chariot (think Ben-Hur), does it have to be 20' wide?  After all each mount needs a 10' wide space.  Would this mean a road has to be 40' wide to allow 2 wagons to pass side by side (thus the Texas highway reference).Does anyone know of rules clarification on this issue?  Did I miss something in the core books?Vraille Darkfang"Are you sure you want to desecrate the alter to the storm god in that manner?""Yep, my dwarven barbarian's positive.  He just drank about 4 gallons of ale and has to do something.""OK.  Take 40 points of damage as lightning spews forth from the alter along a very specfic trajectory.  He He He"Ture story.</blockquote>

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