Can a Paladin call his flying mount under him if he falls more than X feet?


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A `full-round action` is completed on your turn, so how far?


IIRC you fall approximately 600 feet in the first round and 2000 feet by the end of the second round.

And falling 600 feet onto a flying horse's back isn't going to do any less damage than falling 600 feet onto the ground, except that you'll hurt your flying horse, too.

Sovereign Court

Well the horse should have some give :)


Robert Hawkshaw wrote:
Well the horse should have some give :)

You'd think water had some give, too, but you really don't want to belly flop into any kind of water from 600 feet up.


As Zurai said, unless you have some way to slow yourself after falling 600 feet it does not really matter what ya hit.

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Hmmm summon the horse above, have it dive down, match speeds, grab on and then spread wings? I wonder if there is a fly check for that.

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A better question might be, can a falling paladin dismiss his mount?

Silver Crusade

WAIT WAIT WAIT.

What is the planet's AC? Will the paladin even hit it?


Lord Fyre wrote:
A better question might be, can a falling paladin dismiss his mount?

No. Paladin mounts are no longer PokeMounts. They aren't extraplanar creatures summoned for a brief time by the Paladin. They're wholly of this world and can't be unsummoned or dismissed. They can be summoned to the Paladin, but that's only so that if the Paladin leaves his horse at the front door and exits the dungeon through the back door, his class feature doesn't get lost for a month.

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Mikaze wrote:

WAIT WAIT WAIT.

What is the planet's AC? Will the paladin even hit it?

Of course he/she would. Not obeying the "Law of Gravity" would be against the paladin's alignment.


And what happens on a Nat 1, he automatically misses the planet... but where does he end up?

Silver Crusade

Lord Fyre wrote:
Mikaze wrote:

WAIT WAIT WAIT.

What is the planet's AC? Will the paladin even hit it?

Of course he/she would. Not obeying the "Law of Gravity" would be against the paladin's alignment.

We got atonement for a reason!

Messageboard Troll! wrote:
And what happens on a Nat 1, he automatically misses the planet... but where does he end up?

Slingshot effect.

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Zurai wrote:
Lord Fyre wrote:
A better question might be, can a falling paladin dismiss his mount?
No. Paladin mounts are no longer PokeMounts. They aren't extraplanar creatures summoned for a brief time by the Paladin. They're wholly of this world and can't be unsummoned or dismissed. They can be summoned to the Paladin, but that's only so that if the Paladin leaves his horse at the front door and exits the dungeon through the back door, his class feature doesn't get lost for a month.

What? No more ...

Windstriker, I choose you?

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