Apologies in advance if this issue has a clear, readily available answer. I swear I looked, but sometimes I steamroll right by the obvious.
I have a mounted paladin/fighter, and I need to know what he can and cannot reach from the saddle. I can't seem to find it in the Pathfinder rules. In [url=http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/rg/20050208a]Part Three of Skip Williams' [i]All About Mounts[i][url],he writes "you use your mount's space and your own reach (measured from the part of the space you and your mount share)" to determine what the rider can and cannot reach.
Is this how it works for Pathfinder? Since a horse is 2 squares x 3 squares, and going from the horse's occupied squares, I take it that the rider and the mount share the same reach on the sides, but the rider suffers a 5' increment directly in front and behind, as such:
0 1 2 3 4
0 1 2 3 4
The mount is the bolded numbers. The rider sits between the 2's. So , for example, a rider's lance will reach the same square as the horse's natural weaponry in front of and behind the mount, to reach the 4's and 0's, but the rider will require an additional square on the sides to use the lance, or any reach '5 weapon. Conversely, wielding, say, a long sword, the rider could not hit an opponent adjacent to the horse's head or rear( squares #4 and #0, for lack of reach, but could reach an opponent adjacent to its sides.
Is this correct?
Any clarification is greatly appreciated.