Stephen White wrote:
Re flying mounts, as a GM, you're never too sure whether your better tactic is to aim for the mount or aim for the rider?
Please target Ari (my Roc)!
But seriously, assuming that the NPC has sufficient sense or knowledge, it's best to target the rider. The rider can generally use Mounted Combat to negate hits to the mount, and the mount typically has natural armour, in addition to armour and dex, so on the raw numbers, the mount's harder to hit.
Plus, it's the rider who's doing most of the damage, not the mount.
Of course, to those less intelligent NPCs out there, poultry must taste better than bony gnome.... even if the bony gnome's dropping swords on you in the Andoran tradition.