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Alright I learned quite a few things, according to you guys, A cavalier can't attack at only 5ft distance with a reach weapon in a charge or not. With this out of the way, #4 is the most plausible. (AoO=yes charge=no)

While charging, both the cavalier and his mount are considered to be in a charge action.

Some good news is that the lance will still deal double damage on the AoO or other attacks the occur while charging.

I don't know about that, when the ready action is triggered, I don't think the cavalier and his mount are still considered "charging" since:

I might be wrong (I'd hope so^^). If it also works with AoOs, then spirited charge is more powerful than I thought.

Thanks, to be honest, both of these answers are plausible and that’s why I find this situation so complicated rulewise. I think it would come down to the DM at this point.
Gotta say though in real life, the cavalier wouldn’t give a s&@$ if the npc advanced or not lol.

Hi,
I'm building a cavalier with a lance and I thought about an uncommon, but possible situation :
What if the npc makes a ready action vs my cavalier like "I'll use a move action towards the cavalier as soon as he is in my move range"

Then the cavalier charges.
Flow is interrupted when the cavalier is about 30ft away.

Here's the possibilities IMO :
1 The npc goes in front of the cavalier, provoking an AoO (because reach) AND the cavalier completes the charge as normal with ride-by attack.

2 Like #1 but breaking the ride-by attack because the npc is blocking the way.

3 The npc goes in front of the cavalier, NOT provoking AoO because the cavalier is in the middle of a charge, and completing the charge as normal.

4 Provoking AoO, but interrupting (read cancelling) the charge since a lance can't attack at 5ft distance.

5 No attacks whatsoever (less likely)

6 Can't make a ready action in the middle of a charge?

Note : You can't initiate a charge with a ready action so the NPC can only move. I think it would be the 2nd possibility, but IDK. English is not my first language so, sorry. Thank you!

Alright thanks guys I guess I'll just put points in linguistics then.

Thanks, yeah Herald caller is really nice for that. But there has to be a magic item I could use to speak with my summons that isn't worth 20k.

Hey guys,

I was wondering if :

1: I could summon a creature that has truespeech such as an Azata Lyrakien to command another summoned creature witch I can't communicate with. Example, I want to ask my summoned water elementals to help that drowning man over there.

2: My friend's PC has the Terran language. Can I ask him to order my earth elementals arround or they will only listen to me?

Is there any other cheap ways to talk to my summons other than learning their language?

Thank you