Questions tagged [mounted-combat]
For questions about combat involving a rider mounted on another creature, such as a horse or other riding animal.
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Can a rider with both mounted combatant feat and saddle of the cavalier be forceably dismounted by attack actions?
If a rider was successfully grappled by an opposing threat, who had both mounted combatant feat and saddle of the cavalier would this dismount them from their steed?
Context: my character with both ...
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What is a "double move", and how does it affect mounted combat?
From Combat:
If you use two move actions in a round (sometimes called a “double
move” action), you can move up to double your speed. If you spend the
entire round running, you can move up to ...
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Do riders provoke Attack of Opportunity?
Attack of Opportunity has this trigger:
A creature within your reach uses a manipulate action or a move action, makes a ranged attack, or leaves a square during a move action it’s using.
If you are ...
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Can you direct a controlled mount to ready a dash action?
So you're a ranged combatant riding a controlled mount, maybe a horse. Regarding "Controlling a Mount", the PHB states about controlled mounts:
It moves as you direct it, and it has only ...
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If a character falls off a flying mount (e.g. a pegasus), can the mount fly down to catch them before they hit the ground?
Say a paladin is riding on a pegasus mount from the find greater steed spell (XGtE, p. 156). The pegasus is flying 100 feet in the air, but something or someone knocks the paladin off.
Can the Pegasus ...
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Can you unhorse a rider using involuntary movement? [duplicate]
Imagine a rider on a horse. Imagine the rider is hit with involuntary movement. Will the rider be unhorsed?
At first, when contemplating this question I inferred that a rider must be grappling the ...
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Can you switch places with your mount using bait and switch?
If you made a Battle Master fighter and used Bait and Switch to switch places with your mount, would the mount or rider benefit from the effect of Bait and Switch?
What would the cost be? Does this ...
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How to get a ranged bonus action attack before/without attacking or using a combat manoeuvre?
I want to use Maneuvering Attack to move my mount, and then make an attack action on the creature I move towards. However I want the weapon attack that triggers this combat manoeuvre to be made as a ...
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Can I use Maneuvering Strike benefiting my mount, as a battle master?
Here's my scenario, I'm on a mount. I make a weapon attack and use Maneuvering Strike:
When you hit a creature with a weapon attack, you can [...] choose a friendly creature who can see or hear you. ...
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Am I allowed to double-dip on my mount's turn, granting it extra dashes?
Here's a very silly situation that I'm sure would be easy to rule around, but as an exercise to understand the rules better, I'd still like to know how this works. It might even just be a variation of ...
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Dissonant whispers targeting a mounted combatant
When a mounted target of Dissonant Whispers fails its saving throw, can it use its reaction to move the mount and itself away from the caster, or does it use its reaction to move on its own, ...
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Can a mounted combatant utilize the pouncing charge maneuver from their mount's charge?
As related to this question, can a creature utilizing a mount take advantage of pouncing charge from page 88 of Tome of Battle: The Book of Nine Swords?
The relevant rules for pouncing charge are:
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What can cause a rider in a Saddle of the Cavalier be unseated against their will?
Is there any circumstance that a rider on a mount, in a saddle of the cavalier, could be unseated against their will?
Here are some possible things to consider:
Mount is pushed (combat action), ...
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Sneaking while mounted
So now I know that the only move action I can take while mounted is
dismount. But if I am sitting on an Animal Companion that is trained at Stealth, and I am too, can we somehow Sneak together?
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Can I Tumble Through enemies while mounted?
Tumble Through:
You Stride up to your Speed. During this movement, you can try to move through the space of one enemy. Attempt an Acrobatics check against the enemy’s Reflex DC as soon as you try to ...
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Rokugan's Light Cavalry
Sword and Fan does offer a lot of military background for Rokugan. Including the following excerpt:
Light cavalry is a staple of any Rokugani army, even
if it otherwise has little in the way of ...
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Does an attack against a mount that is redirected via the Mounted Combatant feat allow the mount to make use of its Sentinel feat?
Imagine a kobold who has the Mounted Combatant (PHB, page 169) feat. For this question, the relevant benefit will be:
You can force an attack targeted at your mount to target you instead.
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Do a mount and its rider share the same space?
Does a rider share the same space as its mount?
The rules regarding sharing the same space are clear:
Whether a creature is a friend or an enemy, you can't willingly end your move in its space
You'd ...
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How does turn order work for the Beast Master ranger's alternative class feature Primal Companion?
Tasha's Cauldron of Everything contains an alternative class feature for the Beast Master ranger that replaces the Ranger's Companion feature (PHB, p. 93). The description of the new Primal Companion ...
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Mounted Combat: Ride-by attack + Overrun possible?
Can a Cavalier declare a Ride-by attack and then use their mount to overrun the target (thus continuing the movement through the enemies square)?
Is it enough for the Cavalier to have the Ride-by ...
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What happens if you cast Giant Insect on a Ranger's Companion?
In the Players Handbook I noticed Giant Insect spell. I was interested in Spider and Scorpion (I will further mention only the Scorpion), since they can be Beastmaster's pets. It looks like ...
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When I'm mounted, can I use the Bait and Switch maneuver exchanging the mount and my ally's position?
Tasha's Cauldron of Everything added one of my favourite maneuvers Bait and Switch. In my game as a player I used it while mounted and the DM was like "Nice, like in chess [The king and rook ...
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RAW, can you break up turns between a rider and their controlled mount? [duplicate]
Can't seem to find clarification on this, it always just directs me to the Mounted Combat rule.
Mounted Combat
[...] The initiative of a controlled mount changes to match yours when you mount it. It ...
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Shielded Stride while Mounted
Pathfinder 2E
I'm building a Human Fighter into a sort of Knight character. I was curious about the 4th-level Class Feat Shielded Stride. The feat reads
When your shield is up, your enemies' blows ...
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Does mounted combat require a willing rider as well as mount?
The Mounted Combat rules say...
A willing creature that is at least one size larger than you and that has an appropriate anatomy can serve as a mount, using the following rules..."
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What happens if a Cavalier fighter or their mount is knocked prone?
The rules for mounted combat (PHB, p. 198) give direction in the following cases:
Mount moved against its will: rider makes Dex save vs falling off and landing prone
Rider knocked prone: rider makes ...
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Mounted creature vs. the Giant Killer feature from the Hunter ranger?
Does a mounted creature count as "large or larger", if it attacks a Hunter ranger with Giant Killer, but the mounted creature is normally medium without the mount (such as a human on a horse)...
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What happens when I redirect an attack with mounted combatant but I am outside the reach of their weapon on a grid? [duplicate]
The mounted combatant feat (PHB 168) allows someone to "force an attack targeted at your mount to target you instead."
Suppose I am playing on a grid. Let E be enemies without reach/ranged ...
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Mounted Harbinger Teleportation
I am currently playing an Omen Rider Harbinger in a campaign. I have the Veiled Moon Style combat feat allowing me to teleport 10-ft as part of a movement. Would this teleport include my mount, or ...
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How does an attacker's reach interact with the Mounted Combatant feat's ability to force an attack against the mount to target the rider instead?
The second benefit of the Mounted Combatant feat says (PHB, p. 168):
You can force an attack targeted at your mount to target you instead.
I was playing a campaign, and my DM attacked the ...
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Does the Frog Rider trait of a Bullywug Royal work with Giant Toads?
The Ghosts of Saltmarsh WOTC Hardcover contains a few new statblocks, including the Bullywug Royal, who has the following trait:
Frog Rider. The royal has advantage on melee attacks made while ...
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Can you throw yourself off your mount?
The mounted combat rules for normal ("safe") dismounting are as follows:
Once during your move, you can [...] dismount. Doing so costs an amount of movement equal to half your speed.
Some external ...
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From how far away can I attack an opponent, after dismounting and using Shield Master?
I have a lvl 6 Half Orc Paladin with the Shield Master feat riding a worg. The paladin has a speed of 30ft, the worg has 50ft.
I move forward \$x\$ft and attack the opponent with my lance, dealing ...
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How does the spell Earthquake interact with a mounted PC, if the mount is knocked prone?
If you are on a mount and it is knocked prone, do you automatically get knocked prone too?
To set the scene, I am mounted on my Warhorse when an evil NPC casts Earthquake below where we stand. My ...
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Ride-by attack with a lance
I am currently mastering a game of Pathfinder with a few friends, and a situation occured during a game.
The cavalier which has a few mounted feats (including ride-by attack), charges.
He asked if ...
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Would it be better to target a rider or mount with a banishing arrow?
I’ve an Arcane Archer character who chose the Banishing Arrow option for the Arcane Shot feature.
In our campaign we often come across hobgoblins riding worgs.
If I wanted to really put a thorn in ...
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What happens if an Arcane Archer fighter's Banishing Arrow hits a mounted combatant?
I’ve an Arcane Archer character who chose the Banishing Arrow option for the Arcane Shot feature.
In our campaign, we often come across hobgoblins riding worgs. I’m having trouble interpreting what ...
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Does your steed stay invisible after you dismount?
So in the D&D game that I run, one of my players is a lore bard that took find steed as his magical secret. We just had a battle where he used greater invisibility while on his steed causing them ...
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Does Lightning Bolt hit both a mount and its rider?
I have a wizard casting Lightning bolt at a flying mount (Griffon), hoping to hit both the mount and its rider. The DM has determined that I have hit the mount, but we have the question of if this ...
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Can Opportunity Attacks by a mounted PC with the Mounted Combatant feat be made with Advantage?
Can Opportunity Attacks have Advantage? For instance, if a character with the Mounted Combatant feat was to perform an attack of opportunity on a smaller creature while mounted, would that attack have ...
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Why stand on a mount?
Epic Ride checks confer the ability to stand on a mount. What mechanical benefit does this confer? The only description given in the SRD is:
This allows the character to stand on his or her mount’s ...
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What happens when you are knocked prone while mounted and make the saving throw to remain mounted?
The rules for mounted combat include a special effect for falling prone (emphasis added):
If an effect moves your mount against its will while you’re on it, you must succeed on a DC 10 Dexterity ...
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Does a Steel Defender mounted by an artificer still get its actions, if commanded?
Playing a human artificer battle smith with the spell Enlarge/Reduce, I want to use the Steel Defender as a mount. It is a medium size construct that becomes large size under the effects of the spell.
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How does the second benefit of the Mounted Combatant feat interact with total cover?
The second benefit of the Mounted Combatant feat (PHB, p. 168) lets you force an enemy to attack you rather than your mount when they attempt to attack the latter. What happens if you do that while ...
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Exchanging control of a mount
This is a situation that came up recently in a game I play in. Two player characters were riding an elephant in combat. The elephant was acting as a controlled mount under control of one of the riders,...
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While riding a mount summoned by Find Steed, when does the caster choose whether the mount is controlled or independent?
Other Q&As on RPG.SE have discussed the by-now-familiar rules for mounted combat, including the differences between controlled and independent mounts. See, e.g., When can you choose to control a ...
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Is a character on a motorcycle-like vehicle considered "mounted"? What about a larger vehicle? [duplicate]
Does a character using a Devil's Ride, the motorcycle-like vehicle from BG:DiA, count as "mounted" for the purposes of using a lance or the Mounted Combatant feat? If so, what about a larger vehicle; ...
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How do we kill what we can't see?
We are a large party, all level 6:
Storm Sorcerer, Shadow Sorcerer, Lore Bard, Dual wielding DEX fighter, Thief, Moon Druid, Forge Cleric
We are repeatedly running into a problem encounter, that we've ...
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How does it work when two riders are on one mount?
The prestige class asavir gains at level 4 the supernatural ability djinni’s blessing that says
When an asavir reaches 4th level, her mount receives the blessing of the djinn, making it swift and ...
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How does the Mounted Combatant feat interact with Infernal War Machines?
The new Baldur's Gate - Descent into Avernus hardcover features a brand new mechanic: Infernal War Machines! A few things caught my eye - first off, that they have a stat block:
An infernal war ...
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