Sohei - Lance / Spirited Charge / Mounted Skirmisher


Rules Questions


I was thinking of making an Emissary1/Sohei? and started looking up the different mounted feats.

Anyway, I wanted to know whether or not this combination worked. Does a the Sohei with a flurry of attacks deal four times the damage with the Lance with each hit?


No because mounted skirmisher doesn't let you charge and full attack. It let's you move up to the mounts move or less and full attack.

As a seperate issue If you read the ruling on lance pounce the basic idea is that if you somehow get multiple charge attacks with a lance by the time you do the second attack the horse isn't moving anymore and you loose the extra damage.

Paizo Employee Design Manager

The combo mostly works, but you only gain the charge bonus damage on the first hit. Remember, when your mount charges, you are not the one charging, so you can use Mounted Skirmisher from the back of a charging mount. See here for relevant conversation: http://paizo.com/threads/rzs2p96k&page=3?How-does-Vital-Strike-work-wit h-Spirited-Charge#110

Paizo Employee Design Manager

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Mojorat wrote:

No because mounted skirmisher doesn't let you charge and full attack. It let's you move up to the mounts move or less and full attack.

As a seperate issue If you read the ruling on lance pounce the basic idea is that if you somehow get multiple charge attacks with a lance by the time you do the second attack the horse isn't moving anymore and you loose the extra damage.

"If your mount moves its speed or less, you can still take a full-attack action."

I see no limitations on the nature of the movement written into that feat. Any time your mount's total move in the turn is no more than its speed, you get to take a full attack. Why would that preclude charging? Wouldn't it also allow you to make a full Ride-By Attack, presuming you didn't exceed your mount's speed even with the second part of your movement?

Liberty's Edge

There's an FAQ that specifically prevents gaining the bonus damage from the lance on multiple attacks per turn.

Paizo Employee Design Manager

Ride-by attack states that you may move and attack "as if with a standard action" so it wouldn't be compatible with Mounted Skirmisher.

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