Paladin Mount - Axe Beak trip and lance

[Rich Burgess]

Hey,
Just been looking through some rules and can't find anything definitive for my question. When mounted on an axe beak as a lvl 5 paladin using a lance. When charging the enemy does the lance attack HAVE to resolve first? or can my axe beaks attack resolve first ?

Reason being the axe beak gets a free trip as part of its charging attack, making a huge difference on my to hit roll for the lance. I can't find anything saying that the lance has to go first, just that it deals double damage on a charge. Thoughts and help appreciated ^_^

[cartmanbeck]

I don't think there's any reason why you can't allow your mount to resolve its attack first. Should be fine.

[Rich Burgess]

Excellent!

Could make all the difference with that +4 to hit with the lance for the prone ^_^