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Another question that may need to be addressed if riding a fellow PC is allowed - if the rider has Mounted Combat, would he be able to use a Ride check to negate a hit against his "mount" once per round?

That is a question that came up in the other threads as well, it's kinda strong, it's not balanced well for this situation, avoiding an attack based on a skill check seems too strong to me. On the other hand I guess it sort of makes sense, having a little person on your back might make it easier to avoid being hit, they would have better vantage point to see attacks coming and direct you to avoid them.

There really aren't very clear rules on most of this, frankly.

I think that's part of the problem, the rules don't mention it at all.

This does not seem like an unreasonable thing for people to want to do in a fantasy game, especially seeing as this is not the first thread about it.

There really should be some rules about it.

I had some questions about riding other player characters. I have seen other threads posted about this and there seems to be no consensus.

Is riding other player characters allowed assuming they are willing?

Can medium bi-pedal races such as human be used as a mount for small races? I assume they are considered ill-suited and take a -5 on ride check but are there any other problems?

How does initiative work in this case?

How does movement and full attack work for the mount and the rider?

Who is in control, is the rider in control of everything or do they act independently?

What ride checks would the rider need to make? Just to stay in the saddle or more?

For example, can a small halfling PC ride a medium human PC, providing they have the strength, an exotic saddle, and the necessary ranks in ride?