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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jodyjohnson" data-source="post: 1796447" data-attributes="member: 5590">Generally if you want both to attack on a charge both should have the same reach.  Otherwise pick one attack for the charge and that's all you get.SRD Mounted Combat:Note that this doesn't preclude the mount attacking on a charge if it ends in a position to do so.  (The Ride check for the riding to attack if the mount attacks covers that.)  The only stipulation for getting an attack benefit on a charge is that the attack occurs at the end of the charge (movement).  The rider and mount get the defensive penalty either way.It also allows the rider to take a single normal attack at any point in the move while the mount must make it's attack before or after its move action or at the end of a charge.Alternately you might stretch the interpretation slightly (house rule) and consider the mount as the primary attacker (charge and attack) and then allow the rider his normal one attack during a mount move >5' and grant that normal attack the benefits of charging.  Regarding mount and rider attacking it is legitimate for the mount to make a 5' step before or after the rider's full attack and get its full attack if it has not otherwise moved.  If the mount has moved more than 5' than the rider only gets one melee attack at any point in the move.</blockquote>