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Size of the ancients, level 17 dragonkin ancestry feat. It makes you huge for a minute and it says you add 5' to your reach and if you are a shipborn dragonkin you add 10' to your reach. That implies a large dragonkin starts with 10' reach at first level which it does not say on the statblock.

You all getting in the weeds with poor excuses for this game mechanic. I will leave you with a solution and I will start dismounting when I get next to a bad guy so Im not nerfed compared to other animal companion users.

If your companion moved on it current turn it shares map. If it did not move on its current turn it does not share map

Also a mount still can count as cover even if you are not riding it and it can be a flank buddy if you are not mounted on it. So these things go both ways...give and take

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The wolf support benefit is not good and the wolf has to hit to get the good benefit. I am calling riding the mount a free action in this case whether the mount gets it from a feat or using one of its actions I gave it using command. I would ratherspend a extra move action than share map. The size of the mount does not matter either, in fact I rather it stayed medium cuz its easier to move around in combat and size doesnt factor in when you are next to an enemy. Cover, never gonna use that either. The map is the real meat on the bone here and the wolf has to hit to do its takedown and most fights you dont need to move much so I have to disagree with you all so far. Nothing personal.

If you are mounted, moving costs a single action for both you and your mount

I spend an action to command my mount/animal companion and it gets 2 actions. I dont spend a move action when it moves if I am sitting on it.

If Im mounted on my animal companion we share map. If Im not mounted on it we dont share map. If we start a round mounted and next to an enemy I dont even get the free move action but me or my animal companion is still penalized with sharing map just because I am sitting on it. So the rules in effect force you to dismount or one of you suffer a 25% penalty on their first attack

If my wolf didnt have to use a move action, say after moving into combat on the first round, it would be able to knockdown with its second action if it hits with its first action but thats a lot harder because my sprite is sitting on it supposedly. In this scenario I am not even getting the free move action and like I said that is overly punitive.

Why can a animal companion atack on its own if you use an action to command it but if you are riding it you have to share attack penalty? That ruins mounts. Its way to punitive for getting to share a move action. Who would ride into combat then get off their mount so they are not totaly poned in combat. Makes no sense. I get a clean attack then my mount is heavily penalized on his cool advanced attack cuz Im sitting on him but if he is standing next to me he isnt penalized. What the F? That just kills mounted combat. Nobody is going to take that trade. What is the rational for this?