Yar.
Both the rider and the mount take the penalty, just as both the rider and the mount gain the bonus to attack.
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Yar.
Ok, how about Cavalier's Charge. Does it go to both the mount & rider? Now neither have the penalty?
Although I'm sure that people will feel one way or the other regarding this addition to the topic, the RAW is this:
At 3rd level, a cavalier learns to make more accurate charge attacks while mounted. The cavalier receives a +4 bonus on melee attack rolls on a charge while mounted (instead of the normal +2). In addition, the cavalier does not suffer any penalty to his AC after making a charge attack while mounted.
The RAW in thi instance only references the Cavalier himself, thus when a 3rd level cavalier and his mount charge, the mount gets a +2 to hit & -2 to AC, while the Cavalier get +4 to hit, and -0 to AC.
This is how I'm reading the RAW. They are still BOTH making the charge, but the Cavalier has superior training doing so.
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Must once again open the hallowed pages of the Halflings rule all and eternal sourcebook:
Halfling don't generally need to have a recorded Armor Class, they are nigh untouchable, in addition to being immortal and god-like...which is to say that gods are halfling-like.....sometimes I just have to sit back and take a minute, our overwhelming greatness takes a little while to process...there is ALOT there.
Yar...
Must once again open the hallowed pages of the Halflings rule all and eternal sourcebook:
Halfling don't generally need to have a recorded Armor Class, they are nigh untouchable, in addition to being immortal and god-like...which is to say that gods are halfling-like.....sometimes I just have to sit back and take a minute, our overwhelming greatness takes a little while to process...there is ALOT there.
...right into an orc.
:p
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Yar.
Sorry, but that didn't help me........Playing Ebon the Destroyer tomorrow & need a decision...
I do hope that I have been helpful. By my reading of the rules, I feel pretty confident in my interpretation posted above (+4 hit, -0 AC is for the Cavalier only, mount still is at +2, -2).
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