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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Quasqueton" data-source="post: 1320532" data-attributes="member: 3854">Will a warhorse attack on its own without the rider "telling" it to? There is a ride check for the rider and horse to both attack, but what if the rider does not care to attack himself? Is it just a matter of riding the horse up to a foe, and the horse will automatically attack the foe?We had a debate in our game the other night about this. Some were saying that all you had to do was move the war horse up to the enemy, and it would fight without the rider needing any kind of ride or handle animal check (so long as the rider wasn't trying to attack also). Others were saying that war horses were trained to be calm in battle and let the rider fight, unless the rider made a ride or handle animal check to make the horse fight. But the rules say nothing of this.If the former is correct, and all you have to do is get the mount to the enemy for it to start attacking, then does the rider have to make a ride/handle animal check to prevent the mount from attacking?Some characters want war horses so they can ride into battle and fight on horseback (without the mount fighting also). Some apparently want war horses so they can ride into battle and have the horse fight for them (without themselves fighting). Both are legitimate tactics. But they are also opposing assumptions about how the war horse will act.So, when riding a war horse into battle, does it automatically attack? If so, what is the check to prevent it from attacking? If not, what is the check to prompt it to attack?I've always played war horses as not attacking unless you want them to. But I can't find any rule in the books stating this. Nor can I find a rule stating they automatically attack.Help, please.Quasqueton</blockquote>

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