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When you attack a creature smaller than your mount that is on foot, you get the +1 bonus on melee attacks for being on higher ground.
I'm assuming this is assuming that you're both on level ground. What if the thing is actually on higher ground, do you still get it? Does this bonus stack with the actual "on higher ground" modifier?
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"Higher Ground" is where the bonus is coming from.
Riding on a mount larger than your opponent simply gives you "Higher Ground".
Edit: changed the wording of my response.
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"Higher Ground" is where the bonus is coming from.
Riding on a mount larger than your opponent simply gives you "Higher Ground".
Edit: changed the wording of my response.
Even if you're not actually higher? If I'm attacking a tiny creature that's on foot but still happens to be five feet above the ground I'm standing on (on a table, tiny cliff, etc), then I still get the higher ground bonus?
No it assumes level ground. so a medium beastie attacking a mounted knight could negate the higher ground bonus by climbing on a handy nearby bench.
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Even if you're not actually higher? If I'm attacking a tiny creature that's on foot but still happens to be five feet above the ground I'm standing on (on a table, tiny cliff, etc), then I still get the higher ground bonus?"Higher Ground" is where the bonus is coming from.
Riding on a mount larger than your opponent simply gives you "Higher Ground".
I've mentioned this ad nauseum before, and I'll keep reiterating it: Pathfinder was not meant to operate off of a literal reading of the rules text. The game falls apart when that happens, and dead characters keep acting. Most text is conversational, and assumes a modicum of common sense.
If you're "higher" than your opponent, you receive "higher ground".
Try not to pick it apart any more than that.