Apologies, I never meant to imply that the mount would have the ride-by feat, but rather the rider. I wouldn't be able to even use this ability until level 3, but I like planning ahead. That link you just sent says that both the creatures are considered charging, so I'm still a bit skeptical on whether or not one of them attacking cancels the other's ability when the rider has the ride-by attack feat, but I'll defer to your call. I do agree if they had the same reach it would simplify things greatly. The pony still has the double hoof attack that it could use in the same instance. It also doesn't change size so a small character wouldn't have to change mounts (doesn't really matter for a beast rider, though.) It also has a 4th level advancement that the wolf doesn't, which also includes free combat training (the latter being pointless for a cavalier.) I'm also reading the beast rider text again, and towards the bottom it says that a mount can't have fewer than 4 legs. .. what the hell does that mean when they just named a bunch of bipedal dinosaurs right above? ! Also I need to prep a new scenario in the level 2ish range. Any one in particular that you think I should buy and Nicole can get credit for playing? -Posted with Wayfinder
So I'm rereading all these mount related feats, and I don't think that spring attack is what I actually need to get my mount to attack the same round. I say this because both charge and spring attack are full round actions, so they can't be used during the same round. Spring Attack I think the main point of this feat is that unlike charge with ride by attack, this type of attack let's you change directions at any point in time. You pretty much spring at the target directly or however you want, attack, then you can move away from the target in any direction. Ride-by Attack Are you sure this isn't all I need to accomplish my goal? Here it says the charge continues after my attack, so since my wolf would still have its attack opportunity, why wouldn't he be able to use it? -Posted with Wayfinder
Whoops, I hastily added spring attack after our discussion on charging. I'll have to change that to something else. I guess there's no way to do a reach charge attack AND have my mount attack in the same round at this point in time. Eclipse doesn't have light armor efficiency. That gets replaced by endurance for beast masters. -Posted with Wayfinder |