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<blockquote data-quote="Artoomis" data-source="post: 27371" data-attributes="member: 111">This is in the SRD somewhere (I admit I'm not the one who found it, and Wizards.com is down right now so I can't check on it).edit:&nbsp; The site is back up, but I can't find any mounted combat info in the SRD.&nbsp; That's pretty much beside the point&nbsp; for this question, but does anyone know where those rules are in teh SRD?This description (the same as in the PHB) raises an interesting point for mounted archers and mutiple opponents.&nbsp; For archery, you obviously don't need to wait until you &quot;get to the combatant's enemy before attacking,&quot; so one might think you get to use a full attack while your mount is moving.For melee, if you have a line of opponents, it implies you could swing at them as you go by, using a full attack.&nbsp; Of course, they would all get an AoO on you as you go by unless you have reach, like from a lance.I think neither of these were intended, but both are very plausible readings of the mounted combat rules.What do you think?&nbsp; Is the &quot;flavor text&quot; meant to have any rules meaning here, or is the first line about making only a &quot;partial melee attack&quot; the controlling language.Note, this says &quot;melee&quot; which may or may not mean this was meant to include ranged attacks (that depends on how hyper-technical you want to get with the rest of the rules).The terminology here is a bit weak, and the &quot;flavor text&quot; looks important, so the question boils down to what do you think the intent was here?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Artoomis, post: 27371, member: 111"] This is in the SRD somewhere (I admit I'm not the one who found it, and Wizards.com is down right now so I can't check on it). edit: The site is back up, but I can't find any mounted combat info in the SRD. That's pretty much beside the point for this question, but does anyone know where those rules are in teh SRD? This description (the same as in the PHB) raises an interesting point for mounted archers and mutiple opponents. For archery, you obviously don't need to wait until you "get to the combatant's enemy before attacking," so one might think you get to use a full attack while your mount is moving. For melee, if you have a line of opponents, it implies you could swing at them as you go by, using a full attack. Of course, they would all get an AoO on you as you go by unless you have reach, like from a lance. I think neither of these were intended, but both are very plausible readings of the mounted combat rules. What do you think? Is the "flavor text" meant to have any rules meaning here, or is the first line about making only a "partial melee attack" the controlling language. Note, this says "melee" which may or may not mean this was meant to include ranged attacks (that depends on how hyper-technical you want to get with the rest of the rules). The terminology here is a bit weak, and the "flavor text" looks important, so the question boils down to what do you think the [b][i]intent[/i][/b][i][/i] was here? [/QUOTE]

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